Sports – NFL Picks 2016, Week 5
Here are my NFL Week 5 Picks (10-5 last week, 34-29 for the season) Bye teams: Jaguars, Chiefs, Saints, Seahawks Ari @ SF – I keep picking the Cardinals and…
Movie Trailer – A Street Cat Named Bob
Director: Roger Spottiswoode Starring: Luke Treadaway, Joanna Froggatt Release: November 18th, 2016 Roger Spottiswoode is the most accomplished director you’ve never heard of, apparently. Under Fire, The Best of Times,…
DVD Review – Genius
Director: Michael Grandage Starring: Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman Year: 2016 Michael Grandage has never directed before, not a short, a TV episode, nothing, which makes this 54-year-old 90s…
Movie Trailer – The Windmill
Director: Nick Jongerius Starring: Charlotte Beaumont, Noah Taylor, Patrick Baladi Release: October 25th, 2016 I can’t tell if this is the worst horror movie ever made or the worst horror…
Movie Review – The Beach
Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Tilda Swinton Year: 2000 There are three Danny Boyles, when you look back on his career thus far. There’s 90s Boyle: Trainspotting,…
Movie Trailer – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp Release: May 26th, 2017 I thought they were done with these movies. The first one was among the…
Book Review – Narnia Series Part 1
Author: C.S. Lewis Year: 1950, 51, & 52 There are two sides to the argument over how to read Lewis’ iconic collection of books: in release or chronological order. He…
Movie Trailer – Fist Fight
Director: Richie Keen Starring: Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan Release: February 17th, 2017 I found this trailer to be funnier than I expected, but not quite funny enough to…
Movie Review – The Finest Hours
Director: Craig Gillespie Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger Year: 2016 Chris Pine is quietly having himself one hell of a late-blooming career. I say ‘quietly’ knowing that he’s…