Captain Canada returns with reviews of Get Hard, The Omega Man, and Robert Altman's Popeye. 

I like passion. I love discourse. I like arguments that seem to fill in the blanks for your heartbeat. What I’m sick to shit of are snobs, and it seems like people who honestly believe their aesthetic choices hold sway over all others are more prevalent on the internet than ever. 

One of my goals for 2015 is to just stop greeting the news of remakes and the like with the weepy, drunken refrain of “They’re ruining my childhood.” They are, but who gives a shit? 

I feel like I’m kind of repeating myself, but I seem to be pathologically incapable of not doing that, so here we go. In terms of movies, we have a long year ahead of us. Awards season, as it will do, is going to make things feel even longer for a little while. The blockbusters and reboots are waiting, as well, and all the speculation in the world isn’t going to get us to them any faster. 

Honestly, I thought people would be a lot more upset with those leaked Sony memos. We’re learning all kinds of neat things because of them. We know we’re not getting The Interview anytime soon, which is thus far sparked far more outrage than anything else connected to the memos. Fair enough. No one likes to see an entire country that supposedly doesn’t negotiate with terrorist groups cave in to a hacker group that may or may not (sources say they do) have ties to North Korea. Sony is clearly terrified at whatever else the hackers might have. Judging by what we’ve seen so far, perhaps Sony should be afraid. 

I don’t understand why people hate open endings. I was thinking about the strange ending for Birdman (Michael Keaton has apparently taken over this movie rodeo, as we were also talking about him in last month’s column), as I left the theater, and began annoying the entire city of Ashland, Oregon with a cigarette.