This one went under the radar in my neck of the woods, so I didn’t see it until it came up on the HBO line-up. It looked a little silly, Tom Cruise, rock star? But it was actually a LOT of fun! I’m a major Julianne Hough fan, even though I’ve hardly seen anything she’s […]
Review: Pitch Perfect
I wasn’t sure about this movie when I first heard about it. But I always get a little hesitant about movies that have a lot of music/singing in them. There are so many things that could go wrong. Still, I end up enjoying most of them when I finally get around to seeing them, and […]
The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Episode 10: Low Winter Sun Edition
This fall is looking like a scheduling nightmare. Though Mark Strong’s new show, Low Winter Sun (AMC) starts tonight (8/11), a few weeks before most of the networks debut the new lineup, it looks awesome so I thought I’d feature it and its star this week. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Episode 10 Mark Strong […]
Review: Despicable Me 2
I had high hopes, and I know everyone else loved it, but I liked the first one better. I’m sorry. I thought the villain was better, I thought the story was better, and even the minions were better. I was most looking forward to Kristin Wiig as Lucy, Gru’s love interest, and she was pretty […]
Review: Red 2
Bruce Willis has still got it. I know I wasn’t very nice about A Good Day to Die Hard (believe me, I really TRIED, because I love the man and the franchise so much!), but this one is a winner. I might even go so far as to say this was better than the first […]
Review: Pacific Rim
I was not going to see this movie. I thought it was Transformers, underwater, and I thought it looked pretty lame and unoriginal, but after the reviews started coming in (and after I realized the hottie from Sons of Anarchy (Charlie Hunnam) was in it!), I decided to give it a shot. Totally. Worth. It. […]
Review: The Conjuring
I’m not a horror movie person. But I grew up when movies like Dracula: 2000, Valentine, and Halloween H20 were coming out. Not to put down any of those–they were among the better ones at the time (plus they’ve got some super people in them)–but compared to a “real” horror movie, they were a little […]
The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Episode 9: Ray Donovan Edition
We recently got a subscription to Showtime, and it happened to coincide with the premiere of their new series, Ray Donovan, starring Liev Schreiber. I’ve really been enjoying it, and I’m relieved that we’ve got the subscription through the end of the series. It’s gritty, ugly, and the acting is hardcore. I’ve never seen a […]
Review: 2 Guns
The title pretty much sums it up. It’s a pretty violent flick. But, it was pretty entertaining, too. Denzel Washington plays Bobby, an undercover DEA agent trying to bring down a Mexican drug cartel, led by Edward James Olmos’s character Papi, with his partner, an undercover US Navy Intelligence officer, Stig, played by Mark Wahlberg. […]
Review: Fruitvale Station
Indie movies. Some of them are done to perfection, and some of them fail and should remain out of the spotlight forever. This one was the former. Another movie based on a true story, this one told that story in wonderful detail, and raised all the right questions. I almost didn’t get to see this […]