Sports – 2018 Fantasy Football: QBs
With the preseason beginning and many fantasy drafts planned for the next few weekends, it’s time to prep for your 2018 Fantasy Football team. Here is my advice/predictions as it…
DVD Review – Ismael’s Ghosts
Director: Arnaud Desplechin Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marion Cotillard Year: 2017 The films of French director Arnaud Desplechin are tied together in ways I can’t comprehend; there’s a scene…
Movie Review – Geostorm
Director: Dean Devlin Starring: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish Year: 2017 Disaster movies are bad, and that’s OK, the badder the better I say, it’s a genre that supports…
Movie Trailer – If Beale Street Could Talk
Director: Barry Jenkins Starring: KiKi Layne, Stephan James Release: November 30th, 2018 Barry Jenkins has a powerful voice that we desperately need to hear, and we get another chance with…
Movie Trailer – Lizzie
Director: Craig William Macneill Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan Release: September 14th, 2018 Whoa, intense. These young actresses, this story, this haunting music; this is gonna be good.
Book Review – Room
Author: Emma Donoghue Year: 2010 Donoghue’s novel was adapted into the film Room in 2015, considered by many to be the second best film of the year behind Spotlight, which…
Movie Review – Lost in Translation
Director: Sofia Coppola Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson Year: 2003 The Beguiled caused me to hold off on declaring Sofia Coppola as terrible a director as she is an actress,…
Movie Review – I Am Not Your Negro
Director: Raoul Peck Starring: James Baldwin Year: 2016 Nominated for Best Documentary at the 2017 Academy Awards, Not Your Negro is a look at the American civil rights movement through…
Sports – 2018 NFL HOF Game
The NFL Preseason kicks off today, Thursday, August 2nd at 8pm on NBC. The game is between the Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Ravens, and will be played at Tom…
DVD Review – Rampage
Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Year: 2018 When your only real and necessary goal is to be better than San Andreas, you’ve succeeded in…