Due to my longstanding ‘Star Wars’ ennui and all the vehemently negative word-of-mouth surrounding the movie, I feel like I must be one of the last people on Earth to see ‘The Last Jedi’. When a window of opportunity opened the ot...
Ohmigod, you guys! Can you believe that [redacted] and [redacted] got killed off in that big movie in theaters this week? Spoiler Alert: This week’s Roundtable is about other character deaths we did not see coming.
When I walked out of last Monday’s press screening for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ and heard just about every other critic gush over the film’s supposed greatness, I thought, “Well, here we go again. I’m going to take a lot of heat...
‘Captain America: Civil War’ is lot of fun. I won’t argue that. It has everything we’ve come to expect from a massive-budget summer blockbuster. However, working against it are a lazy screenplay effort that has become the Marvel n...
Two years ago, I found myself in the sights of James Bond fans everywhere. While ‘Skyfall’ was becoming the highest-grossing entry in the long-running 007 franchise, I scratched my head wondering how something so obviously flawed ...
A very surprising article in Wired recently suggested that, when it comes to literature and perhaps movies, most people are not bothered by having plot details spoiled in advance. In fact, knowing the ending or a big secret can ma...
File this under “Things That Really Annoy Me” – kind of like how ABC incessantly brands every show with its network name. I’ve been watching ‘Rubicon‘ on AMC. (Forgive me for falling behind on recaps; I’ve got too much going on th...
As one of those folks who writes about movies on a regular basis, I’m faced with a challenge. I have to explain why a movie is good without actually revealing the major plot points or talking about the ending. Alternatively, I c...
