In Theaters: October 24th, 2014

There are THREE wide releases this weekend.

23 Blast

A high school football player goes blind and the coach wants him to play anyway.  Based on a true story.  It's one of those inspirational dramas.  It is the directorial debut of Dr. Connors.  I mean, Dylan Baker, the guy who plays Dr. Connors in Spider-Man 2.  Not a lot to say about this one.

23 Blast is rated PG-13 for some teen drinking.

John Wick

I kinda sorta had no idea this was going to be a wide release.  It just looks smaller than that.  And it hasn't really been in the news.  But never fear.  I just watched the trailer so now I am qualified to pass judgment!

John Wick is a retired assassin.  He comes out of retirement for revenge when a group of thugs (ready for this?) kill his dog and steal his car.  Yep.  They didn't murder his family, they didn't steal his fortune, they killed his dog and stole his car.  And beat him up, to be fair I should mention that too.

It was written by Derek Kolstad, which means nothing to me, but this is his picture on IMDb.  I think it's worth pointing out.

an action writer if ever I saw one

I poke fun, but he's a dad who has fun with his kid!  How can you not want to support that?

However, this film was directed by two stuntmen who have never directed anything before.  Yikes.  And (surprise!) one of them was Keanu Reeves' stunt double in The Matrix.

John Wick is rated R for strong and bloody violence throughout, language and brief drug use.

Ouija

I will never know how or why something spelled, "ouija" is pronounced, "weejee," but it is.

I don't do ouija boards.  And I don't do movies about ouija boards.  No gracias.

Anyway it's just another horror movie.  And I don't do those much either.  Some kids find a ouija board and try to use it to talk to a dead friend of theirs.  And then stuff gets all haunted.  You know.

Ouija is rated PG-13 for disturbing violent content, frightening horror images, and thematic material.

      Big Shot Critic