All heroes die Swift shot: Depressing, utterly, depressing. Watching your father's childhood hero walk the plank of shame in his latter years was no fun. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, The Last of Robin Hood tells the one-sided tale of Beverly Aadland and her overly manipulative mother, Florence and their time with Errol Flynn. These two became … [Read more...] about The Last of Robin Hood
Archives for August 2014
Sponsored Video – Jaws on Blu-ray
Hi, it’s me . . . no, not the mashed-potatoes obsessed hippie who was originally supposed to end up as my amuse-bouche, except his stunted double (real trivia buffs will get that joke) was too seagull-shit to get in the water with me. I am a professional, I only masticate for mula, man. Hey, I used some good alliteration there, not bad considering I got blisters on my fins. So, … [Read more...] about Sponsored Video – Jaws on Blu-ray
Let’s Be Cops
I’m pretty sure everyone has wondered at some point, what it would be like to be a cop. Or maybe you played Cops and Robbers as a kid. What would it be like to have the power to arrest someone, or administer a sobriety test, or participate in a stake-out. In Let’s Be Cops, it was scarily easy to get away with cop impersonation!! Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayans … [Read more...] about Let’s Be Cops
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Well, I was admittedly, slightly shell-shocked . . . Swift shot: Not safe for adults! Michael Bay does what he always does . . . blows shit up and "ruins everyone's childhood." Oh, spare me the mawkish pain, he just makes movies. If this version didn't gel with your wonderful, charmed childhood, so what? Now, I must say right off the bat, the audio AND the 3D were off at … [Read more...] about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Hundred-Foot Journey
"Food is memories." The H-Bomb: Hassan (Manish Dayal) is a young cook from India who migrates to France with his father, Papa (Om Puri), and siblings after they lose their restaurant. Their car breaks down in the middle of the French countryside, right outside a small village, which turns out to be fortuitous, as the village just happens to have an old, empty restaurant … [Read more...] about The Hundred-Foot Journey