Here's another clump of movies I've seen in the last few weeks.
Logan - My thoughts are in the Logan specific page
John Wick Chapter 2 - My thoughts also are in the John Wick 2 specific page
Headshot - The new Indonesian action movie with multiple Raid actors coming back but without the normal Raid director. Nowhere near as good as the Raid 1 or 2, but still pretty good as an action movie. I recently saw both John Wick 2 and Logan, so Headshot had no chance against those two action powerhouses. The martial arts fight scenes were well done and stylish, but lacked the bad ass final climaxes Gareth Evans does so well. Story was pretty bland and thin, but the action is why you'd watch this movie and it's still very good. Just not an top tier action movie. FYI - this is brand new, but you can rent/buy this on Amazon/VUDU.
Hidden Figures - Solid, but predictable movie. It's similar to the Imitation Game except with more likeable characters and a good commentary of social/race issues. The actual science/math of how these ladies were able to help NASA wasn't explained very well, but it likely would have bogged the pacing down. Great performances all around and an interesting story, but I considered this good not great.
Lion - Decent movie, but the middle act drags and the last act feels very rushed. The little boy should have been nominated over Dev Patel in my opinion, but there is a very good emotional ending to this movie. It's a good movie overall, but it's ultimately forgettable.
Son of Saul - Before each Oscar show, I try to watch the previous year's winner in the foreign language category. Last year it was Son of Saul, which is a Hungarian movie about a man working in a Jewish concentration camp in WWII. As expected, this was a very bleak, grim movie with a good performance by the leading actor, who rarely ever speaks. There's a ton of tracking shots in this movie and it's very impressive what they are able to do within the story. The movie itself is very good, albeit extremely sad and depressing. Worthy of the Oscar win last year and I enjoyed this much more than the previous winner, the Great Beauty.
