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Kim Hollis: What movies have you watched lately, and what did you think of them?

Felix Quinonez: American Hustle - I loved it. The movie was filled with great performances and it was pretty hilarious at points. It was very entertaining and I'm glad it is doing so well at the box office.

Desolation of Smaug - Even though I don't consider this a great movie by any means, I thought it was a vast improvement from the first installment. This one was a lot more entertaining and, unlike the last one, it didn't feel like you sat through an hour of nothing before the movie even starts. And of course Smaug was visually amazing. Benedict Cumberbatch was awesome in the role. Also I know a lot has been said about Evangeline Lilly's character and the fact that she wasn't even in the book but even though that's true I thought she was a great addition. And I think Lilly is awesome so I'm all for seeing her in any movie.

Gravity - Visually it was amazing. And the movie itself was great. I really enjoyed it. I think the comparison has been made before but I feel that it was a similar experience to watching Buried, with Ryan Reynolds. I thought it was just really intense and I found myself literally holding my breath at points. I really loved Sandra Bullock in it and I hope she gets some Oscar recognition for her performance. One thing that bothered me, and I don't think I heard anyone else mention this, but I found Clooney to be really annoying in the movie. I felt like he was just being himself and I know a lot of people think he's super charming but I found him to be really, really annoying. I really just wanted him to shut up. But otherwise I loved the film.

Her - I really wanted to love this movie but instead I just liked it. I thought it was obviously well written and smart but I just couldn't connect to it on an emotional level. No matter how well Scarlett Johansson acted, I just couldn't get over the fact that it was a voice over the phone. And I knew that going in but for some reason I couldn't get emotionally invested in their relationship. And I don't want to go into any spoilers but there were some scenes that I'm sure were meant to be important and might have seemed really good in the script but in execution, were just silly.

Thor: The Dark world - I thought it was great, way better than Iron Man 3. I liked it about the same as the first Thor. I thought it was fun, had a lot of action and it felt like more of a fantasy movie than your typical superhero movie. The only complaint I have, and this is to be expected in a movie that has so much mythology going on, but there was A LOT of exposition. You have to sit through a lot of Anthony Hopkins speeches before things get going. But once that's out of the way, the movie is very strong.

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