While it is sometimes easy to dismiss the goofiness of Roger Moore, I am reminded that his twelve-year, seven-film spin as the globe-trotting spy is actually second only to Connery?s in longevity and impact. But in all seriousness, the one-time Saint and Persuader filled the role with a rather campy take on the romantic and…
Director Abigail Disney is out to push your buttons, make you think, and openly challenge the things that you believe to be true about guns, violence, and peace. Since she?engaged fully in charitable work in her thirties, she has had a love for people often dismissed by society and the issues that either bind us…
My second favorite new show,?Blindspot?has settled down into an episodic rhythm where just enough of the mythos is teased out, but the bulk of the hour is spent solving an individual conundrum. Here, Weller and Shaw/Doe tackle a ridiculous conspiracy to unleash CDC-controlled diseases on the world to help thin the population. We’ve been there…
For the first time this season, Gotham?left me bored although the romantic fans of the show will probably be intrigued. Certainly, not every episode can be as exciting and groundbreaking as we’d like it to be, but this one felt like little was actually accomplished. A few major plot points were progressed. Bruce meets Theo…
My favorite new show this year is determined to keep us guessing. Various aspects about the latest FBI recruits are teased out from episode to episode, with clues interspersed in between the two timelines that we follow week in and week out. In the present, Alex Parrish is on the run, strongly suspected in the…
It was predetermined that I would see?Pan, regardless of what the critics had to say. [Spoiler alert:?they’ve said plenty, and none of it good!] Maybe it was as a kid when I fell in love with?Walt Disney’s interpretations of?Robin Hood?and?Peter Pan, the mischievous, golden-hearted way that the protagonists saved others, dreamed big, and challenged the…
An Introduction Epic phrases in movies are nothing new. Classic characters breed classic lines, from Darth Vader?s ?I am your father? to Enigo Montoya?s ?My name is Enigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.? Many of the lines remind us of our identification with the character we have known, loved, or even wanted…
Anytime you watch a?Brad Bird (The Incredibles,?Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) or?Damon Lindelof (Lost, The?Leftovers) vehicle, you know that you’re in for a wild ride of the imagination. Given that they were handed the keys by Walt Disney Pictures for Tomorrowland, the comparisons to visual, family-inspiring flicks like?Escape to Witch Mountain?are representative of?the genre. Examining the…
Malcolm (Shameik Moore), Jib (Tony Revolori), and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) are three geeks trying to survive life in the dark world of “The Bottoms” in Inglewood, California. Malcolm is our likable star, longing to make it out of Inglewood to the Ivy-lined walls of Harvard. But when Malcolm accidentally ends up with Dom’s (A$AP Rocky)…
By now, if you haven’t seen either?the 1992 Walt Disney animated feature film, the Broadway musical, or the children’s repertoire performance of Aladdin, you’ve probably been living in the Cave of Wonders. The truth is that this adaptation of?One Hundred and One Nights?is more magical, musical, and enchanting than anything else we could’ve imagined. Maximizing?the…
