Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Ridiculous 6’

Adam Sandler and friends have gotten back together in The Ridiculous 6, but this time funded by Netflix and given complete creative control. Some would argue that Sandler’s continued creation of subpar films could be caused by the often heavy-handed…

Movie Review: ‘A Walk in the Woods’

Travel writer Bill Bryson has it all: a distinguished career, a loving family, talk show appearances, and a house full of memories. He even has a library named after him somewhere out there in the world he spent a lifetime…

Movie Review: ‘Return to Sender’

So, has Rosamund Pike just been doomed to play nothing but psycho-bitches for the rest of her career? Why? Is it her sharp, angular facial structure? Certainly this isn’t enough to mark her as the next Dyanne Thorne. But it…

TV Review: Gracepoint (1×06) – “Episode Six”

There are very few episodes left, and while we’re consistently weeding out the characters who aren’t Danny’s killer, we don’t seem to be moving any further toward who it actually is. In a crime drama, one that gravitates toward the…

TV Review: Gracepoint (1×05) – “Episode Five”

I can’t get over my dislike of Anna Gunn’s portrayal of Ellie, and that’s a major sore spot in Gracepoint. Ellie is written differently than how she’s played by Gunn. She’s written with a sense of humor, with a core…

TV Review: Gracepoint (1×04) – “Episode Four”

I’ve spent a decent amount of time in these Gracepoint reviews harping about nearly everything. If it’s annoying to me I’m sure it’s annoying to you, so I figured, hey, why not change the pace up a bit. Here are…

TV Review: Gracepoint (1×03) – “Episode Three”

I cannot express just how ridiculous I find the whole medium plotline. It annoys me to a point that I don’t even want to write about it out of frustration, because the show really should have cut it; it was…