Movie Review – Elf
Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel Year: 2003 Will Ferrell’s utter ridiculousness is well known, and rarely has it been on display so entertainingly than in…
Movie Review – A Christmas Carol (2009)
Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman Year: 2009 My favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the one with Scrooge McDuck & Mickey Mouse from 1983 (the year…
Movie Review – Sound of Metal
Director: Darius Marder Starring: Riz Ahmed, Paul Raci, Olivia Cooke Year: 2019 The Age of Ahmed is upon us; all hail Rey Riz. The British actor burst onto the scene…
Sports – NFL Picks 2020, Week 14
Here are my NFL Week 14 Picks (9-6 last week, 121-70-1 for the season) Bye teams: none NE @ LAR Min @ TB Ari @ NYG KC @ Mia Ten…
Movie Review – Mank
Director: David Fincher Starring: Gary Oldman, Lily Collins, Amanda Seyfried Year: 2020 I read somewhere that Mank was an attempt to pretend that screenwriters could be main characters, and I…
Movie Review – Citizen Kane
Director: Orson Wells Starring: Orson Wells Year: 1941 I have a confession to make; I had never seen Citizen Kane before. I know it’s iconic, I know I’m a film…
Thought – 2021 Oscar Preview
Of course it’s too early to make Oscar predictions; the nominees are months away from being announced. Some of what may be the best films of the year haven’t even…
Movie Review – Soul
Director: Pete Doctor, Kemp Powers Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Rachel House Year: 2020 You know how if you try to please everyone you could end up pleasing no one?…
Sports – NFL Picks 2020, Week 13
Here are my NFL Week 13 Picks (11-5 last week, 112-64-1 for the season) Bye teams: Buccaneers, Panthers Cle @ Ten LV @ NYJ Jax @ Min Cin @ Mia…
Movie Review – Election
Director: Alexander Payne Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein Year: 1999 Election was not what I was expecting. I remember another MTV movie, Jailbait, that came out around the…