So finally – finally – went to see the remake of Point Break. Now, I’d never accuse the original Point Break of being high art, particularly good, or even anything but kind of a goofy flick so it’s theoretically possible … Continue reading
Went to see Concussion, the new Will Smith movie that wants you to fear and dread the NFL. The NFL… it lurks out there, waiting for you to speak out against it and then they COME FOR YOU!!! This film … Continue reading
Caught an early showing of Quentin Tarrentino’s new movie The Hateful 8 – a kind of locked-room pot-boiler of a western. Eight people in the old west are snowed in during a blizzard and tensions run hot and dialog and … Continue reading
Checked out the new Will Farrell / Marc Wahlberg comedy Daddy’s Home – about a regular guy step-dad who has to content with the return of his step kid’s cool / bad-ass dad (I’ll let you guess who guy plays … Continue reading
Got out to see Joy, the new Jennifer Lawrence movie directed by David O. Russel (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and other oddities). This is one of the best films about selling mops that I’ve ever seen. Didn’t know that … Continue reading
Bone Tomahawk is a western horror movie starring Kurt Russel, Mathew Fox, David Arquette, and Patrick Wilson. The flick is about settlers and cowboy contending with an hunting a war party of sadistic, crazy, cannibalistic native Americans. This is an … Continue reading
If yer in a mood for a kind of dumb throwback yet kind of original action flick, you might check out Big Game, a streaming movie that was released earlier this year. It seems terrorists have shot down Air Force … Continue reading
The Ridiculous Six is a new Netflix-produced western comedy made by Happy Madison / Adam Sandler – it’s the first of four threatened direct-to-netflix movies by the Sandler crew. And, as an opening salvo, it effectively ruins everything. Just everything. … Continue reading
Went to see the movie The Big Short today – an exciting film about the subprime mortgage disaster from 2008… and by exciting, I actually mean it. They managed to make a hilarious and kind of thrilling and fascinating movie … Continue reading
Saw Sisters, the new Tina Fey / Amy Poehler comedy where they come home to have one last bash in their childhood home before their parents sell it. It’s daring and courageous counter-programming on Star Wars opening weekend. The film … Continue reading