Robert De Niro. Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Kate Bosworth. Morris Chestnut. Gina Carano. Dave Bautista. The cast list reads like a who's who of good-but-not-great films that have littered the landscape of early spring and late summer. All of them have been...
I don't want to disappoint anyone so please note that "SPOILER" is clearly in the title. I not-so-fondly remember the Friday morning when the first Avengers film came out. I was minding my own business - wearing a Captain America shirt - in Target, when I was...
I remember seeing The Return of the Jedi?as a seven year old. Sure, I'd seen?A New Hope?and?The Empire Strikes Back. I couldn't wait for the good guys to bust in and reclaim?Han (remember, we didn't know for sure he could be rescued but we?hoped), and for the evil...
Charles Dickens was a genius. His evaluation of the nature of humankind mixed with an astute understanding of what conversion, repentance, and redemption look like still stands tall as a classic representation of the Christian faith?and?Christmas itself. But when it...
Longmire: Season Four?is one of the?best shows I've watched this year. While?Quantico?and?Blindspot?have the splashiest ad spots, Netflix's latest pickup quietly dominates with action, team dynamics, and socially-conscious issues about what it means to be human in...
With apologies to?Fantastic Four?and?The Maze Runner:The Scorch Trials,?Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation?is the biggest film to hit Blu-ray and DVD between now and Christmas... and it's not even close. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back in his fifth MI film, this time...
I can definitively tell you what I enjoyed the most in theaters this year. I can tell you which films I think will (or at least, should) win awards. I can tell you which films were the ones that resonated with me the most spiritually. I can even tell you which films...
Early on in?A Charlie Brown's Christmas,?Charlie Brown tells both Linus and Lucy that he isn't feeling the season. Linus (who is generally the source of wisdom in these situations) isn't terribly receptive to his complaint, but Lucy pushes Charlie toward involvement -...
The widespread critical and commercial success of?Despicable Me I & II?guaranteed that the little yellow beings would get their own film. While the character of Gru (Steve Carrell) was their leader/master/boss in the original pair of films, the prequel,?Minions,...