• May 10, 2017
• Action, At Home, Mystery

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...

• April 11, 2017
• Action, At Home

It is an unabashedly unapologetic, ridiculously fun, high-octane, automotive extravaganza that, from the get-go, fires on all cylinders and never really slows down long enough for you to catch...

• March 10, 2017
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

The idea of moving a monster movie like King Kong into the 70s is inspired. It’s 1973 and the Vietnam War is starting to wind down. A group of...

• December 13, 2016
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

DC Comics’ Suicide Squad is a mishmash of bad guys and villains pulled together as the government’s secret weapon. Superman is dead, and an official posits the scary thought,...

• November 4, 2016
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

OK, so I know dismissing a whole Marvel movie based on the theory of white male privilege sounds dismissive, but a few hours after watching Doctor Strange, the latest...

• October 27, 2016
• Action, At Home, War

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...

• October 27, 2016
• Action, At Home, War

Sooo, I finally saw Rambo. It was fine. Okay, it wasn’t fine. It wasn’t fine at all. It made me mad. And I know it got decent reviews and...

• October 27, 2016
• Action, At Home, War

I don’t recall ever having standards, but at some point in my young life, I must have decided that 96% action and 4% dialogue was a bad ratio for...

• October 27, 2016
• Action, At Home, War

After revisiting First Blood I was chomping at the bit to get my hands on the sequel. You can imagine my horror when I got it home and the...

• October 17, 2016
• Action, At Home, Comedy

I’m pretty sure that moviegoers of all persuasions and sexes have a collective cinematic crush on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Shoot, how could you not? A towering, handsome guy...

• October 16, 2016
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

I think the screenwriter of this film must have read the bestseller King Leopold’s Ghost, which describes in fascinating and appalling detail the Belgium monarch’s greed-driven pillaging and exploitation...

• October 14, 2016
• Action, At Home, Drama

Ben Affleck is a kind of quirky, deadpan man named Christian Wolff who wears very nice suits. He doesn’t pick up small talk cues, or really look anyone in...