Movie Review – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody Year: 1989 The third (and best) Indiana Jones film shows that Spielberg knew the exact problems of the second one…
Movie Review – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan Year: 1984 I tried applying the theory I used to love Raiders of the Lost Ark this time around…
Movie Review – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman Year: 1981 I think it’s important that we don’t let the passing of the way-more-than-we-like-to-admit years change our opinion of…
Movie Review – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei Year: 2007 Sidney Lumet’s final film, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, is a doozy, and perhaps the best…
Sports – NFL Picks 2019, Week 2
Here are my NFL Week 2 Picks (9-6-1 last week, 9-6-1 for the season) Bye teams: none TB @ Car Ari @ Bal Dal @ Was Ind @ Ten Sea…
Movie Review – American Psycho
Director: Mary Harron Starring: Christian Bale Year: 2000 In a laundromat, Christian Bale’s character Patrick Bateman references Santa Fe, and if that isn’t the perfect icing on this well-constructed cake…
Movie Review – Dante’s Peak
Director: Roger Donaldson Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton Year: 1997 Dante’s Peak has been a closet favorite of mine since I was a kid; I had a thing for disaster…
Movie Review – We Own the Night
Director: James Gray Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg Year: 2007 James Gray’s screenplays are extremely hit-or-miss, and this film, unfortunately, is a major miscalculation. Little Odessa, The Yards,…
Movie Review – The Men Who Stare at Goats
Director: Grant Heslov Starring: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges Year: 2009 We love Ewan McGregor too much, so we make him do an American accent too much, so we…
Sports – NFL Picks 2019, Week 1
Here are my NFL Week 1 Picks (169-86-1 in 2013, 170-85-1 in 2014, 163-93 in 2015, 156-98-2 in 2016, 167-87 in 2017, 163-91-2 in 2018) Bye teams: none GB @…