Movie Review: A Dog’s Purpose

I have no problem admitting that I am a sucker for cute animal videos. At one point in my life, I would be perfectly content going on YouTube and watch hours and hours of cute animal videos. I’m glad to…

A Dog’s Purpose releases first trailer

Get those tissues and handkerchiefs ready, there’s a good chance we’ll start 2017 with a few “doggy” tears. Just in time for National Dog Day (August 26), Universal Pictures released the trailer for A Dog’s Purpose, a film based on…

Movie Review: ‘The Angry Birds Movie’

There are few birds in the world I can enjoy, and I’m not just talking about the edible ones. Take the parrot, for example, it is a colorfully majestic bird whose most entertaining characteristic includes its ability to mimic human…

TV Throwback Review: Party Down (1×02) “California College Conservative Union Caucus”

In last week’s “Willow Canyon Homeowners Annual Party,” the perceived failure of Henry Pollard is contrasted with the perceived success of Gordon McSpadden. In “California College Conservative Union Caucus,” the innate laziness behind Henry’s decision to quit acting is examined…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Pixels’

I have come to terms with the fact that video games had an integral part in my developmental years. I remember (to this day) the mystery of having to blow on the game cartridges to get them to work. I…

TV Review: The Comedians (1×01) “Pilot”

There is one moment where I really loved what The Comedians was doing. After an unbearably uncomfortable dinner where Josh Gad and Billy Crystal (playing fictionalized versions of themselves) are meeting in preparation for a new show, the two stand…

Mickey Markets Movies: Frozen and the Disney Princess Model

The Disney Princess Model If you sit down to watch Frozen and know nothing about it other than it is a Disney princess movie, you should already have a pretty good idea of what you are going to see. There is…