Movie Review: Creed
I had reached acceptance in the depression stages when it came to the end of Rocky Balboa. The franchise ended in a relatively good place, and …
Sports
Movie Review: Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller has certainly put a weird spin on the sports movie. Miller is the director of Moneyball, where the hero of the story is …
Movie Review: Million Dollar Arm
Disney is hoping for people to write as many positive baseball puns as it can about Million Dollar Arm. This family film, when focused on …
Movie Review: Never Back Down
Thanks to TV and movies, Beach Resort paradises seem like a very weird place. People seem so consumed by the next big thing that what …
Movie Review: Draft Day
Looks like Bill Murray is the reason anyone knows Ivan Reitman. Reitman was a hot commodity in the 80’s, directing 3 Murray staples: Meatballs, Stripes, …
Movie Review: Rush
Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal. Like the Rush song Limelight, James Hunt and Niki Lauda would agree but bicker about how to …
Movie Review: Mr. 3000
Mr. 3000 is correctly named. Exactly 3000 seconds into the movie (50 minutes), I could already predict where the story was headed, and how disinterested …
Movie Review: 42
42 is perpetually on the cusp of greatness, but never quite gets there. More interested in deifying Jackie Robinson, 42 executes some really intense scenes …
Movie Review: Goon
Goon is one of the best sports movies I have seen in recent years. It takes the best parts of Slap Shot and modernizes it …