David Ayer brings a tremendous, biographical flick with “Fury.” It stars many well-known actors, but the audience will see these actors in a stage of massive-catastrophe.

The month is April, and the year is 1945. Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman-tank and five men tag along. The men are Boyd ‘Bible’ Swan (Shia Labeouf), Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), Trinio ‘Gordo’ Garcia (Michael Pena), and Grady ‘Coon-Ass’ Travis (Jon Bernthal). Together, they are all trying to challenge the overwhelming odds in their best chances to reach the point of conclusion in Nazi Germany.

“Fury” was action-packed with shootings and explosions. Ayer did what he can to get actual rifles to make the movie feel more realistic. All actors did well in the action moments. Bernthal was ruthless and nosed no mercy, while Labeouf, Pena, and Lerman all did what they can do best–and they can obviously act well in a war flick by Ayer.

The lead role which was Pitt was the main focus of this triumphant classic. He was great as the leader in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” (2009), and it was great to see him play this role seriously and dramatically.

To be honest, some moments dragged. There were times when some scenes felt they were longer than they needed to be. However, the surprise explosions kept my attention.

Despite the films minor drags, “Fury” is great, spellbinding, and heroic–definitely to be seen on the big screen.

Three stars.

Generally these family comedies have not grabbed my attention all that much, but “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” was quite amusing. It is an adaptation based off of the classic book also called “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Long story short, I loved the book as a kid and read it consistently, so I just had to see this movie.

The movie stars two well-known celebrities that hold your attention throughout its entire ninety minutes. As always, Steve Carell never disappoints. He always has something to offer that will make the film hysterical at any given moment. Finally, Jennifer Garner fits the role of being the mother in this quirky, family film. The casting in this film all works perfectly, and the movie is somewhat ridiculous, but a a family film with a few laughs is what is fun for family fun at the movies.

As said earlier, the movie is an adaptation based off the children’s novel written by Judith Viorst. Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) is having the worst day of his life followed by a bunch of other disappointments and it is all taking place on the day before his birthday. Issues relating to friends, school, popularity, and his family agitating him all the time. All of this makes Alexander have one wish. That wish is for his family to see what it is like to have a terrible day. That wish comes true and when it does the anarchy begins with many disasters with everyone that is Alexander’s annoyance besides himself.

Even though the film is a bit over done to be funny, I personally had a good time with it. I felt like I can relate to the film because I remember a variety of days where I just felt like my day sucked. Regardless of how bad your day is, for Alexander’s family, their day cannot get anymore disastrous. You can’t help but become dazzled by how over the top the disasters are.

I enjoyed the family-first memo in this movie. Without any spoilers, there is the moment where you just know that the ending is going to be a good ending since this is a family film. You will wonder if Alexander is going to admit its his fault for his family’s day being such catastrophe. If he does or does not, no matter what you will still be laughing until it hurts.

Overall, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” is somewhat dumb, but has many touching moments. If you are looking for a film to have a laugh with your kids this is definitely the right one for that scenario. I will say at least three stars for this movie.

I thought that “Tusk” was going to be as twisted as “The Human Centipede.” “Tusk” is a horror film that is beyond bizarre and not even scary. If you thought “The Human Centipede” was disturbing, do not panic. “Tusk” does not even add up to the disturbance of its concept of a horror film.

I will elaborate on its setup. The film may seem obvious after I explain how it goes. I will not mind because (1) it involves a podcaster with a ridiculous podcast named “The Not-See” party, and (2) why would a scientist be obsessed with turning an innocent man into a walrus? This is a film that I felt ninety-minutes of my time was wasted. Just the whole premise does not make sense.

Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) is a podcaster that takes a trip down to the backwoods of Manitoba to interview a delusional seafarer named Howard Howe (Michael Parks). He drugs Wallace and does surgically twisted operations on him determined to turn him into a walrus.

Wallace is able to make his partner and girlfriend Teddy Craft and Ally Leon (Haley Joel Osment and Genesis Rodriguez) aware that he is in danger.

Teddy and Ali plan to go and save Wallace with the help of an ex-cop named Guy Lapointe (Johnny Depp). Lapointe has a feeling for violence to happen because he is aware of how demented the seafarer is. You will not want to know how crazy the seafarer is, but you do not want to know how he can turn someone into a walrus.

The director Kevin Smith is a well-known director, but “Tusk” is one of his films doing dreadfully; I wonder why I did not just watch one of his good films like “Clerks” or “Jersey Girl.” They may be out dated, but they sound much more entertaining than a film about a man being turned into a walrus.

I will say, this movie made me laugh, but I am not giving it a high star rating. Is this quirky? Is this scary? What’s the point? It is an example of how horror films lack. One star.