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Somehow I decided that Table 19 was going to be a broad, slapstick comedy along the lines of Office Christmas Party. This assumption had no basis in reality, but it didn’t leave me especially excited for the movie. When I finally got around to watching it, I was pleasantly...
For one thing, Frank Poncherello (Michael Pena) isn’t just a California Highway Patrol officer, he’s an undercover FBI agent working for the CHP. He’s also not just a smooth lady’s man with unstoppable charm, perfect hair, and gleaming white teeth – he’s a sex addict. And while Michael Pena’s...
OK, so I missed the first Sherlock Holmes movie, despite my (and most of humanity’s) crush on the droll wit, smirk, and goofiness that is Robert Downey, Jr. The idea of a bromance between Sherlock and Dr. Watson is kind of delicious, especially when played by Downey and Jude...
As a single man with few responsibilities, Harry Hooperman is accustomed to living life on his own terms. He goes to work and plays his sax, but he can pop downstairs to his landlord’s apartment whenever he wants a hot meal and some motherly doting. This unencumbered existence comes...
Having grown up in a household with an abusive, alcoholic father and a devoutly religious mother, Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) is accustomed to living in a world of opposing concepts. It comes as no surprise then, that when Desmond feels compelled to enlist during World War II, he is...
If you’re a fan of Tim Burton, you are entirely likely to have a little bit of a crush on Ian Nathan’s new book, Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work. This silvery tome with its sleek hardcover slipcase is perfectly Burtonesque, and that’s only judging the book...
If you haven’t already purchased each of the five When Calls the Heart movies that comprise Season 3, you’re in luck. When Calls the Heart: Complete Season 3 is now available on DVD and gathers this season’s episodes in one handy collection. You can view the installments as five...
Stick Man, as you might imagine, is an actual stick who lives in a tree with his stick wife and two stick children. They share meals, play outside, and celebrate holidays like any other family. The only difference is that they have to go back to being plain old...
After retiring from boxing, American Sean Thornton returns to Ireland and buys the home where he was born. It’s a town so stereotypically Irish that you almost expect to see actual leprechauns singing at the pub. Sean makes an immediate impression upon the locals, but no one is more...
Poor Elizabeth Taylor. It seems as though her whole life was defined by husband drama. Night Watch finds our perfectly-coiffed heroine starring as Ellen Wheeler, a privileged woman with a haunted past who has plenty of time for drinking, thinking, and staring at the neighbor’s house. When she sees...
Would Martin Scorsese put a hit on me if I said I didn’t like Taxi Driver? ‘Cause he sure looked miffed when he didn’t win the Oscar this year. Maybe I should see if any Academy members have recently had their kneecaps broken before I proceed, because never in...
First Blood has to be one of the most distressing movies ever made. Things go badly for John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) from the very first scene, and it only gets worse from there. After learning that his last living war buddy has succumbed to cancer, Rambo walks to the...
