20th Anniversary ENTOURAGE Rewatch (and the movie, too)
HBO’s Entourage originally aired while I was in my mid-late 20’s, a perfect time for someone with big Hollywood dreams. This was appointment television for me. It drove me nuts […]
Why I’m Glad I Was Born When I Was
And now for something a little more personal. I’ve been thinking about this topic for many years, and the older I get the more I find myself grappling with it. […]
I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This: Bring Back the Movie Star!
When I first started learning about the movie industry back in the mid-90’s as a teenager, cinema was dominated mostly by star vehicles. When studios were putting their projects together, […]
24 Questions for 2024
24 things that have been vexing me recently somewhat neatly organized into a single post.
Review & Reaction: The Oscars 2022!
Every year, my cynicism towards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences grows, yet every year, as I watch the Oscar show, I feel the romanticism towards the art […]
Follow-up: 9 Years of Disney Star Wars
Has Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm improved Star Wars in the 9 years since George Lucas stepped aside? And by “stepped aside”, I of course mean “sold his company for $4 […]
Hate-Watching the 2021 Oscars
DISCLAIMER: Going into the show, I am way behind on viewing a lot of the contenders. Like most people, I have not seen The Father, Minari, News of the World, […]
Gina Carano was Fired (for the wrong reason) & the scary implications
DISCLAIMER: I know I’m incredibly late to this story, but I got around to it, okay? I prefer writing with some perspective anyway as opposed to jumping in during the […]
HAMILTON: My 10 Favorite Songs (and other general thoughts on the best piece of entertainment I’ve watched all year)
I’ve been trying to find a way to properly review Hamilton after finally watching it when the show debuted on Disney+ back in July, but I’ve been coming up short. […]
Dear HBO Max: Where is the Max?
I love HBO. I’ve been watching it since I was a kid. Ever since I’ve been on my own, I’ve always paid to subscribe to it, be it on cable, […]
Career Advice: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
I’m starting a new column on here called Career Advice. In it, we’ll explore why some big name actors (or any entertainer that comes to mind) make the bad decisions […]
The 2020 Biggie Awards
The 31st Annual Biggie Awards celebrating achievements in motion pictures for the year 2019 UPDATED WITH WINNERS! Right off the bat, I have to apologize for not posting the Biggies […]
Review: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Avengers: Infinity War is at once something familiar and something new. Familiar in that it’s the 19th movie in the now 10-year old interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise of […]
The Sad Fall of Morgan Freeman
Until recently, Morgan Freeman was my favorite actor. Had been since I was kid. I used to call him “the god of acting”. Then he went and played God in […]
The 2017 Biggie Awards (and my Top 10 & Bottom 5 of 2016)
The 28th Annual Biggie Awards for the love of movies. Celebrating achievements in film for the year 2016 So 2016 has come and gone. A year I had big hopes […]
Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
When it was announced that Tony Stark/Iron Man would be joining the third Captain America movie as a co-lead for the Civil War storyline, I was thrilled beyond words. Not […]
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