Jan
07
2018
https://youtu.be/AX2uz2XYkbo
The late Ray Kroc was a selfish, conniving, hard-drinking, ruthless jerk. He was also the driving force behind the most successful restaurant franchise in the history of mankind. And what man, or woman, has not partaken in a meal...
Sep
12
2017
https://youtu.be/DBk1Mrb4RyM
I am a writer. Not trying to come off as boastful. Grab a pen and a piece of paper. Jot something down. Voila. You're now a writer, too.
The fact that I write-and sometimes even get published beyond these flick...
May
09
2017
From the moment I became aware of "Manchester by the Sea" I wasn't sure that I wanted to see it. Now, albeit belatedly, I have. As it turns out, I did.
I don't know what I may add to the...
Apr
06
2017
Before seeing the French domestic drama "two days, one night" I was only cursorily familiar with Marion Cotillard's work. I am now richly informed.
Likewise, little did I know that a movie about a blue-collar wife and mother battling to...
Feb
06
2017
Denzel Washington time and time again elevates the calibre of any film he touches. To employ the vernacular, "The guy really classes up the joint". His portrayal of Frank, a no-bulls**t veteran Train Engineer in 2010's "Unstoppable", only serves...
Dec
23
2016
I can't believe it has taken me this long to finally see John Carpenter's 1982 cult Sci-Fi Horror classic "The Thing". Actually, I can, as this is not the type of genre to which I'm typically drawn. This said,...
Dec
05
2016
Not for the squeamish. Wanna make sure this is resolutely understood now. I said, not, not, not, not! for the squeamish! Oh, boy howdy, can I tell ya? This father and son coroner tandem pull everything out of this...
Nov
05
2016
Fully aware that I am writing for what is largely a UK audience, I nonetheless don't believe it comes as a startling revelation that here in America we stand on the precipice of a brutally contested and enormously critical...
Oct
10
2016
Hard to fathom that a flick about a ration of reprobates running for their lives from an onslaught of equally as reprehensible New York City gangs circa the late 1970's would have you pulling for the former. Yet somehow...
Sep
12
2016
I am becoming ever more partial to Australian cinema. And the futuristic thriller "The Rover" has only served to amplify my growing admiration.
Set a decade into the future after a catastrophic financial collapse, this severely stark story can't help...
Aug
26
2016
Didn't think I really needed to see the skinhead suspenser (yep, I damn well may have just now invented this oddball genre description) "Green Room". And perhaps I didn't. But now that I have, there are worse ways to...
Jul
15
2016
Bob Tarasuk is a natural force in his first feature film leading role as a middle-aged, woe begotten woodsman in "Bob and the Trees". Tarasuk's raw and realistic portrayal of a man busting his butt to keep from being eaten alive by financial disaster and...
