This one did itself in barely halfway through its runtime. Cantankerous hermit Jude Law dares a haggered Blake Lively to either keep running with him or go swimming to build up her endurance. When Liv…
Album Review: Mac Miller – “Circles”
Mac Miller was almost there. The Pittsburgh rapper had long left behind the days of his goofy mixtapes and stoner bro persona, mixing his passions for rock and R&B into his increasingly-layered mu…
Bad Boys for Life Review: Big hearts and more restraint rescue franchise
The two previous Bad Boys films represent the extremes of two different kinds of action movies. The first, released in 1995, had the basic structure of a buddy cop picture but for some reason overload…
6 Underground Movie Review: Bayhem returns with maddening editing and magnets
If there’s one thing that Luther Vandross and Michael Bay have in common, they both believe in never having too much of what they love. For Vandross, it’s the love of a good woman. For Bay, it’s exces…
Album Review: Coldplay – “Everyday Life”
Let’s talk about the story of Genesis….the band, not the Old Testament story. When people talk about the English band, they do it in two phases: the first, led by Peter Gabriel, was the theatrical art…
21 Bridges Movie Review: Chadwick Boseman classes up routine cop drama
Chadwick Boseman is officially a made man in Hollywood. After earning acclaim for his dead-on portrayal of two of the most famous black men in the history of American culture (Jackie Robinson and Jame…
Ford v Ferrari Movie Review: Racing history cruises with charismatic characters
One wouldn’t think it at first, but a key ingredient in most of the great leaps of American innovation is ego. Somewhere in the minds of the Wright brothers was the thought of holding their heads up w…