Children of the 80s experience a weird feeling every time we try to inflict our favorite films on our children: we’re hit with this wave of realization and revulsion that maybe, just maybe, our childhood classics have some themes and … Continue reading →
In the name of total honesty, I did not want to see Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle when it came out. My kids dragged me, and I truly thought it would be another dud. The stuff I’ve braved for them… … Continue reading →
Living in America, one can’t help but feel the pull of religion lately as it digs its way even further into the legal system. What’s the best way to approach it then? Black comedy, of course. 2004’s Saved! is the … Continue reading →
HEAR ME OUT ON THIS! I know – on the surface, this does not sound like a rational choice. What started out as a web series with three-minute long increments about a child’s toy does not sound like a good … Continue reading →
Martin McDonagh’s 2012 gem Seven Psychopaths is a fun one to catch. The story of screenwriter Marty (Colin Farrell), who gets mixed up in a dog heist that now involves mobsters and killers, it’s a fun little jaunt into both … Continue reading →
Some weeks, trailers are found based on word of mouth. Other times, something is forwarded to me, or requested. I’m a huge fan of sitting on my butt and waiting for someone else to be brilliant. And then there are … Continue reading →
Yes, yes, I know, I know – a film about love around Valentine’s Day. Don’t really care. I stumbled across the short film on YouTube and it was enough to give me pause. Here’s Jackson Massey and Dylan Shepherd’s Love Unexpected. … Continue reading →
My couch and I are engaged in a love affair. I’ve mentioned that before, right? If I haven’t, well, I’m here to say it loud and proud: I love my couch. We’re rather intimate. It knows the shape of my … Continue reading →
How many of you forgot about this little gem from the 90s? Long before there was the Academy Award-nominated I, Tonya, there was Comedy Central’s Spunk: The Tonya Harding Story. Written by Michael McCarthy and starring Tina Yothers, it’s a tongue-in-cheek look at … Continue reading →
As much as I have problems with the first Overboard from 1987, I do have a soft spot for it. After all, it has some things I hold dear: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, deliciously rotten kids with hearts of gold,and … Continue reading →
