THE GENERAL IDEA James Caan is Axel Freed, a gambling addict hell-bent on self-destruction in the gritty 1974 crime drama “The Gambler”. A college literature professor by day, Axel wages a vicious war with himself off campus during his off ...
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The General Idea What begins as an emotional exploration of coming to terms with unbearable loss evolves into something even more decidedly dark in the psychological thriller “The Invitation”. Logan Marshall-Green (“Prometheus”, “As I Lay Dying”) is Will, who along ...
With the baseball season in full swing now here’s a throwback to one of the sport’s stars of the past whose legacy after he left the game is far more lasting than anything he ever did on the diamond. You don’t have to be ...
Synopsis: Set in 1980’s Ireland, a boy starts up his own band as he attempt to find love with a mysterious model. April appears to be a the month of 1980’s nostalgia and coming-of-age. Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some brought ...
With the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs getting underway this week, I thought it would be fun to dip into the archives for my review of the 2011 dramedy hockey flick “Goon”. Right off the bat (or “stick” in the case ...
Synopsis: As an investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash, his increasingly confessional series of letters to a vending machine company catch the attention of a customer service rep with whom he forms an unlikely ...
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance Directed by: Michael Damian Starring: Keenan Kampa, Nicholas Galitzine, Written by: Michael Damian & Janeen Damian, Jane Seymour I would definitely say that Michael Damian’s High Strung is a feel good movie for families. Unknown talents were brought to the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOxHv3ERsdY With the proliferation of faith-based movies currently in theaters now (“Miracles from Heaven”, “God’s Not Dead 2”, “The Young Messiah” among others) I thought it would be interesting to review one among the genre from 2011, “Higher Ground”. THE GENERAL ...
Synopsis: On the heels of his success with the groundbreaking drama Boyhood, director Richard Linklater shifts gears to sports for this comedy about a successful college baseball team that plays hard both on and off the diamond. Blake Jenner, Tyler ...
During the 1990s, Stretch and Bobbito introduced the world to an unsigned Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, and Big Pun, as well as an unknown Jay Z, Eminem, and the Fugees. The total record sales for all the artists that premiered on ...
Synopsis: Writer/director Jeff Nichols proves again that he is one of the most compelling storytellers of our time with the sci-fi thriller “Midnight Special.” A provocative, genre-defying film as supernatural as it is intimately human, it follows a father, Roy ...
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman ...
