After a stressful week, my guy and I decided on a movie date night. He, being the sensitive one, chose “Gloria Bell.” I would have been “Captain Marvel” all the way, except it was a Saturday opening weekend and crowds are my kryptonite. Honestly, I had not even heard of “Gloria Bell.” So I watched…
DetailsIt’s a bit ironic that DC’s best movie, so far, is still Wonder Woman, the first comic book hero movie with a female lead, and Marvel’s first foray into a female lead comic book hero movie doesn’t quite live up to expectations. It’s not to say that Captain Marvel isn’t a fun film, it just…
DetailsAnother week, another bunch of stuff happens. Go figure. IN THIS WEEK’S “Feel old yet?” story, Actor Luke Perry, known for roles in Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale, died on Monday after suffering a massive stroke on Wednesday. He was 52. If that isn’t enough, then, here’s more bad news: Keith Flint, the double-mohawked lead…
DetailsI was thrilled to be asked to review BACHMAN, a new documentary about Randy Bachman, who was the BACHMAN in Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I was even more delighted that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Randy Bachman hit #1 with two separate bands. First in The Guess Who with “American Woman,” and then in…
DetailsWhat do you get when you combine the styles of James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez? Sort of the worst of one director and the best of the other. Alita: Battle Angel is full of awesome action and 3D CG effects that will surely keep you glued to your seat… then you’ll listen to clunky, hokey…
DetailsIN THIS WEEK’S “FINALLY!” story, We were worried for a minute there. The monumentally troubled, decades-spanning production of director Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has become the stuff of legend – not to mention the subject of the acclaimed 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha. But after soldiering through enough setbacks this…
DetailsThis film sure got a LOT of Oscar buzz this year. It was perhaps the most positively talked about film at Oscar time, in fact. But I heard soem mixed things – mostly good – and wanted to see it. The director, Yorgos Lanthimos, makes good films. I’ve seen Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of…
DetailsAnd we’re back! It’s a new week. Funny how that happens. IN THIS WEEK’S “Lots of talk” story, when you hear Jason Reitman describe the incredibly detailed ways he’s going to bring the Ghostbusters franchise back to its roots, it’s clear the new director is catering to those same folks that cried “sacrilege!” when Dan…
DetailsHere we go again with the film news! IN THIS WEEK’S “Zombieland gets the Verizon guy” story, Thomas Middleditch is joining Sony Pictures’ upcoming Zombieland sequel. The “Silicon Valley actor will star alongside Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin in Zombieland 2. As previously reported, Zoey Deutch and Rosario Dawson are also…
DetailsOne week closer to the Oscars! IN THIS WEEK’S “Before Suicide Squad 2, Superman” story, Since James Gunn was unfortunately fired from directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, he’s now jumped over to Warner Bros. Pictures to tackle their own misfit comic book sequel, The Suicide Squad. However, before the studio gave him control…
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