High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewRob Riggle Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/rob-riggle/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ’12 Strong’ Review: Pretty Weak https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/12-strong-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/12-strong-movie-review/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:00:59 +0000 Philip Brown https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=89448 ‘American Sniper’ wasn’t a film that I was fond of at the time, but its legacy is something that I particularly dislike. Thanks to the success of Clint Eastwood’s rousing “kill all the evil brown people” war parable, Hollywood essentially revived the old-fashioned war propaganda picture. The latest is ’12 Strong’, a military epic that...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/12-strong-movie-review/feed/ 5 ‘Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life’ Review: Fairly Middling, All Right https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life-movie-review/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:30:34 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=80602 Middle school is a tough time for anyone. That awkward age between kiddie innocence and rebellious teenage freedom is always awkward. The entertainment made for that age group, which mixes childish immaturity and cloying attempts pandering drama, doesn’t help much. We all know from any ‘tween hero that adults just don’t get them, man. Never...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life-movie-review/feed/ 2 Now Playing: A Whale of a Tale https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-miracle-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-miracle-review/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:58 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=29369 While watching ‘Big Miracle’, thoughts will continually flood into your mind about how contrived, by-the-book and formulaic this story of a multinational effort to free three whales trapped in the arctic ice of northern Alaska is. Yet as cheesy and made-up as the whole thing appears, when actual footage of the real-life people and events...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-miracle-review/feed/ 0 NBC Thursday Night Comedy 4/14/11 Recap: “Everyone I Know Who Skis Is Dead” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nbcthurs-apr-14-2011/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nbcthurs-apr-14-2011/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:00:06 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=14568 NBC debuted a new show last week, but the really big news isn’t Paul Reiser – it’s Will Ferrell. His first episode of ‘The Office’ aired and was either a breath of fresh air or a nail in the coffin, depending on what you’re looking for out of the show. I’m sure you can guess...

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