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The LEGO Ninjago Movie builds a fun adventure for the entire family
I grew up playing with LEGOs and was always excited to build a new set. My mother had purchased many of the "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" LEGO sets for me growing up and I was always fond of how ...
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Fuller House :: DJ Tanner-Fuller, don’t be such a selfish bitch
I remember being pleasantly surprised by Season 2 of Fuller House, so I had no idea what to expect with the first half of Season 3 now streaming on Netflix. It's shaping up to be a season full of revelations ...
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It might be better to block Friend Request from your timeline
Friend Request was completed in March of 2014 and is finally seeing its theatrical release from German director Simon Verhoeven. This has a been a trend lately with smaller companies as they can’t get their films out to the general ...
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The Orville’s third episode provides big laughs
Last week’s episode of The Orville was a surprise with a lot of really funny scenes and Seth MacFarlane perfectly balanced humor and drama very well. The previous episode ended with Bortus, a Moclan who is a member of a ...
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle is a fun but frantic sequel
Back in February 2014, 20th Century Fox released Kingsman: The Secret Service, a bold new take on the action-spy film, almost a modern version of the classic Bond film with eye-popping visuals, great action and music, irreverent humor, and a ...
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Les Misérables revival tour to play Washington, D.C. National Theatre
Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables, will go on sale at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 22, 2017 for its much-anticipated Washington, D.C. engagement at The National Theatre, ...
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Marked for death on AHS: Cult
This week's episode titled "Neighbors from Hell" posed a couple of intriguing questions, at least in my head. Like who exactly is the leader of the creepy, murderous clown cult? And which pair of neighbors are the "bad guys"? Because ...
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The Mummy gets unwrapped on Blu-ray
Back in June when The Mummy was released thetrically, Universal Pictures had high hopes that the film would launch their newly designated "Dark Universe" of films consisting of all the studio's classic monsters -- Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The ...
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Rick and Morty isn’t afraid to just go nuts these days
The latest episode of Rick and Morty was called “Morty’s Mind Blowers” and it’s another classic. This show has not slowed down in its third season. Memory manipulation as a sci-fi trope is very old, in the realm of The ...
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The Orville offers more laughs in its second episode
Last week’s episode of The Orville left a sour taste in my mouth. I was expecting a comedy spoof of Star Trek with a style of its own but what resulted was a surprisingly dramatic show set in space. I ...
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My Blue Heaven Review :: Steve Martin and Rick Moranis shine as mob boss & FBI agent duo
Let’s be honest, Steve Martin as a gangster and Rick Moranis as an uptight FBI agent sounds like a dream come true. The 1990 Warner Bros film My Blue Heaven stars Steve Martin as Vinnie Antonelli, an Italian mob boss ...
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mother! is Darren Aronofsky’s art of discomfort taken to the next level
So what is it I’ve always said? Darren Aronofsky is my favorite director, not because he has the greatest movies ever, but because he tries more daringly than any other “mainstream” director. His filmmaking dares you to feel like you ...
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