I have yet to officially review a videogame on this site, but after having played Destiny for over two weeks, and getting my character to level 24 (almost 25), and acquiring some legendary gear, I feel like I’ve enjoyed the … Continue reading Destiny: A Non Review
I’ve been reviewing a lot of TV pilots recently, and I think it’s important to note that when you’re reviewing a TV pilot instead of a movie, it isn’t uncommon for me to give higher grades (on average) to TV … Continue reading A Note On Pilot Reviews
Amadeus turns 30 this week, having first opened in 1984 with a per screen average of $20,211, which would be somewhere around a 50K per screen average now, with inflation. Amadeus ended up with 51M at the box office, running … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries
Annalee Newitz at io9 posed an interesting question when she talked about Insidious as being a film that seemed to scare everyone but her. I’m kind of a chicken when it comes to scary movies, but every once in a … Continue reading Scary Movies That Aren’t
The 9/11 frame has never been a big weekend for movies. Even before the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers, it was still a weekend in the middle of September, and studios have known better than to release … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries In Film
Horror movie enthusiasts, and also awful movie enthusiasts, will recognize this weekend as the 30th Anniversary of C.H.U.D. CHUD opened to 1.7M, and would go on to gross 4.6M domestically. With an 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, CHUD is also known … Continue reading This Weeks Anniversaries
What a crappy weekend for anniversaries. This is the 25th anniversary for Little Monsters, the 1989 family flick starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel. Props for maintaining a 6.0 on IMDB, but it has no Rotten Tomatoes score, and made … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries
John Candy’s classic Uncle Buck turns 25 this week. The film opened in first place with 8.9M in 1989, and also helped to launch the careers of Macaulay Culkin and Gaby Hoffman. Uncle Buck went on to gross 66.7M and … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries
This weekend is the 30th anniversary of Red Dawn, starring the late Patrick Swayze, along with C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Grey. It opened in #1 with 8.2 million, eventually grossing 38M. It was the 20th … Continue reading This Weekends Anniversaries In Film
EW’s Top 25 Best Character List is a bit suspect. I would say the 10 best characters they mention are: 1) Arya Stark- Game Of Thrones 2) Ron Swanson- Parks and Recreation 3) Sterling Archer- Archer 4) Mellie Grant- Scandal … Continue reading EW Picks The Top 25 Best Characters, I Pick 10
This weekend marks the release of four new movies, and you might have accepted that these films feature movie stars. But… why are these people stars? Megan Fox- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fox had been a working actress since 2001, … Continue reading Where Did They Come From?
Entertainment Weekly recently “graded” comebacks, and how effectively they worked. Here are my thoughts on their thoughts: Robert Downey Jr- The Singing Detective- Successful and Triumphant People forget The Singing Detective was part of RDJ’s rebirth. No one would hire … Continue reading EW’s Comebacks, And My Thoughts
With the release this weekend, a lot of talk has been made about the possibility of Chris Pratt or Zoe Saldana being the next big thing in Hollywood. Here’s a look at a few upcoming “Next Big Things” and why … Continue reading Who Will Be The Next A-Lister?
1) Charlton Heston- I open this list with the great Charlton Heston, because he is the great grand poobah of this list. Ignoring TV roles, let’s start with everything that happened after Any Given Sunday, which was probably his last … Continue reading 10 Actors Whose Final Role Sucked
Don’t get me wrong, I love X-Box. I’ve been a strong X-BOX supporter for years now, and bought the X-BOX One the day it came out. I’ve played a large selection of the games: Dead Rising 3, Assassins Creed, Call … Continue reading Everything Wrong With X-BOX One
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