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A Traveler feels like a classic Twilight Zone episode

Another Twilight Zone episode, another time to sit down and watch the suspenseful and great storytelling unfold in front of me. I am loving the Twilight Zone reboot so far and the vastly different episodes that I have seen have ...
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April 21, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: A Traveler, CBS all access, Greg Kinnear, Marika Sila, Patrick Gallagher, Steven Yeun, Television, The Twilight Zone, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Unicorn Store fails to deliver magic

Brie Larson is on a roll so far this year with Captain Marvel and now her directorial debut, Unicorn Store on Netflix. I have always admired Brie Larson as an actress and loved her roles in such movies as Short ...
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April 21, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: ★, Annaleigh Ashford, Bradley Whitford, Brie Larson, Comedy, Fantasy, Hamish Linklater, Joan Cusack, Mamoudou Athie, Movie Reviews, Movies, Netflix, Ryan Hansen, Samuel L Jackson, Unicorn Store / Leave a comment

The Perfect Date isn’t perfect, but it is still a lot of fun

The Perfect Date is not a movie meant for me. It features teenagers in high school going on dates and talking about college. Those days are over for me. This movie would have appealed to me 10 years ago. Now ...
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April 20, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: ★★, Camila Mendes, Comedy, Laura Marano, Matt Walsh, Movie Reviews, Movies, Netflix, Noah Centineo, Romance, The Perfect Date / Leave a comment

The Silence is something we have already seen before

The Silence is a new Netflix original film that is based on the book by the same name written by Tim Lebbon. This story is like last year’s horror film A Quiet Place directed by John Krasinski, which featured monsters ...
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April 20, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: ★, Horror, Kate Trotter, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Movie Reviews, Movies, Netflix, Stanley Tucci, The Silence, Thriller / Leave a comment

Dynasty gives us the craziest of twists yet

The Dynasty writers have gone completely off their rockers at this point ... but in a way that definitely makes me want to tune in again next week to see what crazy shizz they're going to pull next. And, by ...
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April 20, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: another major network, Dynasty, Dynasty Season 2, How Two-Faced Can You Get?, Television, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

The Good Fight :: FLOTUS or not

As predicted, last week's episode of The Good Fight did trigger some 'very fine people' after the show suggested it might be time to punch Nazis in the face. This week is sure to trigger more people with its main ...
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April 19, 2019 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: CBS all access, Gina Gershon, Michael Sheen, Television, The Good Fight, The Good Fight Season 3, The One With the Celebrity Divorce, Titus Burgess, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

The past and present collide in the newest episode of The Orville

The second to last episode of The Orville Season 2 aired on Thursday night and it left without making an impression. I’ve mostly enjoyed this season, but lately it has been irritating me. Seth MacFarlane creates these well-thought out storylines ...
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April 19, 2019 / by Justin Moore / tags: FOX, Television, The Orville, The Orville Season 2, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

The Curse of La Llorona is all wet

With the recent Pet Sematary remake offering little in the way of fright or originality, a new horror movie has come along that has the promise of some good quality scares coming from the producers of 'The Conjuring Universe' .. ...
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