Movie Guru Corey

    It has been a few years since the last shark movie hit theaters.       Nancy, (Blake Lively) is a girl in grief after the death of her mother. She thinks, the best way to connect with her, is through surfing at the beach where her mom did when she found out she was pregnant with her. And as we know she has a friend waiting for her in the water.      Shark movies are very hard to make. The sole reason is because sharks do not make good antagonist in movies. They have to be hyped almost to like what Freddy or Jason would be like in their respective movies. This is my biggest problem with the film. Other than that, Lively carries the movie quite well. The movie is short and to the point.     In the end, well made movie, even if the shark is hyped up a bit. GRADE:B-

        It has been tradition since 2012 to get a new Purge movie every two years and this year is no different. Writer/director James DeMonaco delivers the best one in the series.        After the events of the last purge, Seargent (Frank Grillo) moves his life to Washington D.C., where he is head of security for presidential hopeful, Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell). Her platform is to get rid of the Purge because of who it targets. There are people in political office who do not like this.       This movie builds on what the second one had, with the start of the revolution, and how the poor were the ones that were suffering. The next logical step was to take it to: the government level. Making government corruption was a risky move that, I believe, pays off.      In the end, yes, it is an action movie, but with its heavy political tones, it makes it compelling. GRADE: C+