{"id":35988,"date":"2015-05-15T13:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=35988"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:12:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:12:07","slug":"new-releases-may-15-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/15\/new-releases-may-15-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: May 15, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mad<\/a>1. Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Brothers, 3,702 Theaters, 120 Minutes, Rated R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images, Rotten Tomatoes: 99% Fresh<\/a> [184 Reviews]): <\/strong>Mad Max <\/strong>is the grand father of the post-apocalyptic thriller. It made a star out of Mel Gibson (for better or worse) and became an enduring cult classic. It spawned two sequels then went away for 30 years.<\/p>\n

But now it’s back, with original director George Miller at the helm. Miller also is back as co-writer, joining comic book scribe Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris (who acted in the first film). This time, Max becomes embroiled in protecting a group of women looking to escape a desert warlord who means to enslave them.<\/p>\n

That’s all I really have to say about this, except to tell you to look at the Rotten Tomatoes score above. That is a legit 99% fresh, with a whopping 182 “Fresh” reviews. You almost never see a summer blockbuster with those numbers.<\/p>\n