Netflix Your Weekend – Punch-Drunk Love
Adam Sandler basically formed my childhood love of absurdist and juvenile comedy. My first exposure to him was his early comedy albums he did with friends like Tim Meadows and David Spade during his time on SNL. He was Opera…
In Theaters Thursday – 2-26-15
It’s mercifully the last week of February and that means the movie doldrums are finally going to pass! This week’s movies hold some minor intrigue and the limited releases look very interesting, as can be the case during these months.…
Stop Criticizing, Start Exploring
I’ve never went on one of those multi-stringed Twitter rants before. However, there is a first time for anything and I have officially entered that not-so-exclusive club. The straw that broke the camel’s back was an article at an unnamed…
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Oscar Winners
You’re not going to find any griping here. Neil Patrick Harris reminded us during the opening song of the 87th Academy Awards that, “movies may not show real life, but they’ll show you what life really means.” Apart from the opinions,…
Netflix Your Weekend – The Overnighters
The initial intrigue to Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters was not a familiarity with his previous material. His filmography is fairly well-known, with documentary work like Full Battle Rattle that won awards at SXSW and was nominated for an Emmy, as well as…
In Theaters Thursday – 2-19-15
For this weekend’s look at new movies, we’re going back in time for a follow-up to the surprisingly funny and clever Hot Tub Time Machine. There is Disney’s first release of 2015 in an impressive slate of movies (Strange Magic doesn’t count)…
Wednesday Web Link – Cinemagogue Tackles ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
We might be preaching to the choir a little bit on this Wednesday Web Link, considering myself and Fizz are highly influenced and were inspired by the work of James Harleman and his website, Cinemagogue. James was a formative influence…
Kingsman and Good Ol’ Fashioned Megalomaniacs
I didn’t grow up in the 60’s or 70’s, but I still grew up loving and acting out James Bond movies. My dad was and is a huge fan of the old Sean Connery and Roger Moore Bond movies. We…
Netflix Your Weekend – Joe
Inevitably, any movie starring Nicolas Cage is going to be a sizable target with a giant bullseye shaped like Cage’s head. The visage of Cage, or the mere mention of his name, has become an internet meme in its own…
In Theaters Thursday – 02-12-15
Valentine’s Day weekend can be one of the strangest and most perilous of opening weekends. As to be expected, there are a lot of movies that focus on love and relationships, but it is made very strange by some very…