During the filming of Simon Hunter’s Edie, famed octogenarian actress Sheila Hancock became the oldest person to ever climb Suilven, one of the most famous, tallest, and imposing mountains in Scotland…
Angel Has Fallen Review: A mundane journey in mediocre action
Boredom sets in long before the start of Angel Has Fallen. I start my journey to the movie by changing out of my work clothes into something more comfortable. Instead of something complex like a dress…
Kings of Beer Movie Review: A fizzy, low-calorie look at competitive budweiser brewing
Over the years I’ve heard many, many jokes about Budweiser beer. Some of them aren’t exactly appropriate for general audiences—my favorite involving, shall we say, canoe-based copulation—but one of th…
Crawl Movie Review: Toothless alligator thriller bites
Sam Raimi has a knack for finding garbage. The writer/director has spent nearly 40 years discovering material that others deem trashy, waving his hands over it and magically morphing it into gold…
NYAFF Review: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Show is an Unapologetic Love Letter to “Insane” Asian Television
Since the dawn of Peak TV, television has had perhaps the most cultural sway and power in Western society since its postwar nascence in the late 40s and early 50s. American prestige epics and comedies…
Rolling Thunder Revue Movie Review: Bob Dylan has a laugh in sprawling tour doc
Bob Dylan is really good at practical jokes. As honest and detailed as his lyrics were when he performed them, Dylan looked into the lenses of cameras and eyes of journalists interviewing him with a l…
Secret Life of Pets 2 Review: Great for Kids, Less so for Parents
Illumination Entertainment has returned with a second installment in their new Pets franchise that proves once again that they are masters at delivering dazzling and attention grabbing storytelling fo…