2018 Golden Globe Nominations
Were ‘Get Out’ and ‘Lady Bird’ necessarily “comedies,” exactly? Why didn’t ‘The Big Sick’ get recognized for anything? Did Christopher Plummer really just get an award nominati...
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‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Review: Unnecessary but Amusin
Last year’s ‘Bad Moms’ felt like a joke pitch that went too far and somehow became a movie. Yet, thanks to a perfectly assembled cast and a script that had enough laughs to overcome a parade of clichés, the comed...
‘CHIPS’ Review: Sucker Ponched
Of all the old TV shows to get a sudden Hollywood reboot, ‘CHiPs’ had to be pretty low on the list of viable contenders. Does anyone care about ‘CHiPs’ anymore? Does anyone still watch it?
‘Bad Moms’ Review: Also Fairly Funny Moms
Based purely on the title, it would be easy to assume that ‘Bad Moms’ is a lazily conceived comedy about some mothers getting up to no good with swears and possibly drinking. Well, those assumptions are entirely correc...
‘The Boss’ Review: Half Funny
Melissa McCarthy is one of the most successful comedic performers in Hollywood today, and good for her. Given some of the laugh factories that she’s headlined, she deserves it. However, based on the unfortunate ‘Tammy&...
Weekend Roundtable: Have You Ever Met a Celebrity?
Celebrities may seem so unapproachable when you see them all glammed up in their fancy dresses and tuxedos on the Oscar red carpet, but they’re ultimately real people and have lives to live like any of us. You may have even ...
‘Veronica Mars’ Review: Come On Now, Sugar
The new ‘Veronica Mars’ feature film probably ought to be called ‘Fan Service: The Movie’. The film was produced with significant financial backing (via Kickstarter) directly from fans of the short-lived bu...
Weekend Movies: A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends
Ready. Set. Go! This weekend’s most noticeable movie releases belong to three franchises – that is, if you consider Tyler Perry’s schtick a franchise. Which I do. Along with Perry’s latest, cruising towards you i...
Now Playing: Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Fairy Tale
For some reason, Disney has tried to disguise its princess fairy tale musicals in recent years. After ‘The Princess and the Frog‘ failed to match the success of the blockbuster princess flicks of the 1990s, it feels as...
Weekend Movies: Music and Passion Were Always the Fashion
When the widest movie release of the week is a boy band concert documentary, you just know that the weekend’s going to blow.
‘Veronica Mars: The Movie’? Let’s Make This Hap
In a development that may have huge ramifications for countless TV shows that were canceled before their time, the creator of the short-lived but beloved series ‘Veronica Mars’ is currently raising funds to bring his s...
Sundance Journal: ‘The Lifeguard’
Out of all the movies I saw at Sundance this year, I felt the most let down by ‘The Lifeguard’. With its ensemble cast and talented director, I thought it would be a heartfelt story. Instead, it’s a lukewarm reha...