THE GENERAL IDEA Bob Tarasuk is outstanding in the middle-aged actor’s first feature film leading role as a beleaguered logger in “Bob and the Trees”. Tarasuk’s achingly authentic portrayal of a man teetering on the brink of complete surrender to ...
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https://youtu.be/paFYyeAFNVc THE GENERAL IDEA If you remember his heyday of the 1970’s, or even if you’re familiar with him at all, it seems that you’re bound either to love or hate pop music legend John Denver. There’s little sentiment in-between. ...
THE GENERAL IDEA Is the terribly troubled Wyatt (MacLeod Andrews) a complete nut job or are there really diabolically disguised monsters all about us intending to take over our planet? This is the unusually intriguing and engagingly executed premise driving ...
Synopsis: A look at the life of book editor Max Perkins and his work with famous writers Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Earnest Hemingway. It’s been a while since Jude Law’s name was being talked about among the top ...
Synopsis: Two high school acquaintances meet again after 20 years apart, this time the former jock turned accountant is needed to help out his friend and the government on a spy mission. What happens when you bring together Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin ...
Synopsis: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way. (IMDB) “Finding Nemo” was a huge triumph for Pixar, so naturally we would be finding ...
Synopsis: Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla. I’ve missed the days of the legitimate film noir, starring the hard-boiled chain-smoking detective. These days ...
THE GENERAL IDEA You don’t know me (most likely). But this guy Jimmy (Ron Eldard, in an affectingly understated performance) in “Roadie” is me. Not in every aspect of his life, certainly. But in essence. THE GOOD Jimmy cherishes, and largely ...
Synopsis: Doug Martin has an affair with a married woman who has involved him in a scheme that might has them on the run from the law. Well if I was to wish for a good erotic thriller, then “Careful ...
Synopsis: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren go to Enfield, England to stop one of their most evil cases. It’s fairly definitive (at least in my mind) that there hasn’t been a better horror movie since “The Conjuring” came out ...
Synopsis: A young woman forms a bond with a paralyzed man that she takes care of. “Me Before You” is the best romantic movie I’ve ever seen. I can’t think of more impactful and powerful romantic drama than this. It’s ...
Synopsis: As Shredder joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an even greater nemesis: the notorious Krang.(Imdb) I am still recovering from Michael Bay ruining my ...
