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Ballad of a Small Player

When we meet Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) in the opening scene of BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, he's waking from a hell of a night in a suite at the Wynn Macau. Did he win a fortune or lose one? Only the amount of alcohol consumed and the disarray of the upscale room are certain. The TV blares, stacks of room service trays cover every table and it looks like Lord Doyle has been in the room awhile. Farrell dazzles in the opening sequence, carving out a mysterious character who's living life on the...

The Devils Mouth

I love a good shark movie. I'll usually swim out of my way to enjoy even a mildly enjoyable shark thriller. THE DEVIL'S MOUTH is absolute chum that bores, stinks and generates unintentional laughs in its ineptitude. So, where do I dive into this one? After opening with some beautiful shots of Thailand that made me really want to visit these beaches, we meet a group of early 20-somethings who are so self centered, obnoxious and dull that I couldn't wait to see who was going to get chomped on...

For me, Christopher Nolan films are events, something to be anticipated and savored on the big screen. He's given me some of the biggest IMAX thrills of all time with "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Oppenheimer"and "Dunkirk". His smaller scale 2006 "The Prestige" is an all-time favorite film. THE ODYSSEY never gets within a mile of those best Nolan films for me. I admire the sheer scale and grandeur of the filmmaking, absolutely. There's real presence and tangible thrills in seeing a...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Proving that the superhero genre isn't dead, it's just been starving for a great film, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY soars across the screen with huge action, big laughs and massive heart. The Dolby Cinema, sold out preview audience I saw it with went bonkers, as did I. It's fantastic to see theaters this packed with people again, it was a mad house. From its opening frames, the film delivers a web covered, treasure chest of great surprises, fun asides and some MAJOR plot points that will guide...

A fascinating experiment that succeeds beyond my wildest expectations, MOTOR CITY is, on its surface, a high octane, dialogue-free Grindhouse action flick set in a very tangible 1977. It feels like a gritty 70's Charles Bronson film, blended with the pure style of Nicholas Winding Refn's hypnotic 2011 film, "Drive", but it has a pulse that's all its own. Alan Ritchson (Reacher) stars as Vietnam Vet John Miller, working a blue collar factory job in a Detroit that feels straight out of...

Packed with laughs, well cast actors having a blast and enough Pickleball to pack five courts, THE DINK made me laugh a lot. Jake Johnson was so hilarious on "New Girl" that I felt bad for him when his big co-starring role with Tom Cruise was part of "The Mummy", one of the worst films of the past decade. It wasn't his fault that thing bombed, but it's great to see him back in fine form, generating big laughs here. He stars as Tennis Pro Dusty "The Hammer" Boyd. As a supremely cocky teen,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

Ballad of a Small Player

When we meet Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) in the opening scene of BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, he's waking from a hell of a night in a suite at the Wynn Macau. Did he win a fortune or lose one? Only the amount of alcohol consumed and the disarray of the upscale room are certain. The TV blares, stacks of room service trays cover every table and it looks like Lord Doyle has been in the room awhile. Farrell dazzles in the opening sequence, carving out a mysterious character who's living life on the...

The Devils Mouth

I love a good shark movie. I'll usually swim out of my way to enjoy even a mildly enjoyable shark thriller. THE DEVIL'S MOUTH is absolute chum that bores, stinks and generates unintentional laughs in its ineptitude. So, where do I dive into this one? After opening with some beautiful shots of Thailand that made me really want to visit these beaches, we meet a group of early 20-somethings who are so self centered, obnoxious and dull that I couldn't wait to see who was going to get chomped on...

For me, Christopher Nolan films are events, something to be anticipated and savored on the big screen. He's given me some of the biggest IMAX thrills of all time with "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Oppenheimer"and "Dunkirk". His smaller scale 2006 "The Prestige" is an all-time favorite film. THE ODYSSEY never gets within a mile of those best Nolan films for me. I admire the sheer scale and grandeur of the filmmaking, absolutely. There's real presence and tangible thrills in seeing a...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Proving that the superhero genre isn't dead, it's just been starving for a great film, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY soars across the screen with huge action, big laughs and massive heart. The Dolby Cinema, sold out preview audience I saw it with went bonkers, as did I. It's fantastic to see theaters this packed with people again, it was a mad house. From its opening frames, the film delivers a web covered, treasure chest of great surprises, fun asides and some MAJOR plot points that will guide...

A fascinating experiment that succeeds beyond my wildest expectations, MOTOR CITY is, on its surface, a high octane, dialogue-free Grindhouse action flick set in a very tangible 1977. It feels like a gritty 70's Charles Bronson film, blended with the pure style of Nicholas Winding Refn's hypnotic 2011 film, "Drive", but it has a pulse that's all its own. Alan Ritchson (Reacher) stars as Vietnam Vet John Miller, working a blue collar factory job in a Detroit that feels straight out of...

Packed with laughs, well cast actors having a blast and enough Pickleball to pack five courts, THE DINK made me laugh a lot. Jake Johnson was so hilarious on "New Girl" that I felt bad for him when his big co-starring role with Tom Cruise was part of "The Mummy", one of the worst films of the past decade. It wasn't his fault that thing bombed, but it's great to see him back in fine form, generating big laughs here. He stars as Tennis Pro Dusty "The Hammer" Boyd. As a supremely cocky teen,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

Ballad of a Small Player

When we meet Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) in the opening scene of BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, he's waking from a hell of a night in a suite at the Wynn Macau. Did he win a fortune or lose one? Only the amount of alcohol consumed and the disarray of the upscale room are certain. The TV blares, stacks of room service trays cover every table and it looks like Lord Doyle has been in the room awhile. Farrell dazzles in the opening sequence, carving out a mysterious character who's living life on the...

The Devils Mouth

I love a good shark movie. I'll usually swim out of my way to enjoy even a mildly enjoyable shark thriller. THE DEVIL'S MOUTH is absolute chum that bores, stinks and generates unintentional laughs in its ineptitude. So, where do I dive into this one? After opening with some beautiful shots of Thailand that made me really want to visit these beaches, we meet a group of early 20-somethings who are so self centered, obnoxious and dull that I couldn't wait to see who was going to get chomped on...

For me, Christopher Nolan films are events, something to be anticipated and savored on the big screen. He's given me some of the biggest IMAX thrills of all time with "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Oppenheimer"and "Dunkirk". His smaller scale 2006 "The Prestige" is an all-time favorite film. THE ODYSSEY never gets within a mile of those best Nolan films for me. I admire the sheer scale and grandeur of the filmmaking, absolutely. There's real presence and tangible thrills in seeing a...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Proving that the superhero genre isn't dead, it's just been starving for a great film, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY soars across the screen with huge action, big laughs and massive heart. The Dolby Cinema, sold out preview audience I saw it with went bonkers, as did I. It's fantastic to see theaters this packed with people again, it was a mad house. From its opening frames, the film delivers a web covered, treasure chest of great surprises, fun asides and some MAJOR plot points that will guide...

A fascinating experiment that succeeds beyond my wildest expectations, MOTOR CITY is, on its surface, a high octane, dialogue-free Grindhouse action flick set in a very tangible 1977. It feels like a gritty 70's Charles Bronson film, blended with the pure style of Nicholas Winding Refn's hypnotic 2011 film, "Drive", but it has a pulse that's all its own. Alan Ritchson (Reacher) stars as Vietnam Vet John Miller, working a blue collar factory job in a Detroit that feels straight out of...

Packed with laughs, well cast actors having a blast and enough Pickleball to pack five courts, THE DINK made me laugh a lot. Jake Johnson was so hilarious on "New Girl" that I felt bad for him when his big co-starring role with Tom Cruise was part of "The Mummy", one of the worst films of the past decade. It wasn't his fault that thing bombed, but it's great to see him back in fine form, generating big laughs here. He stars as Tennis Pro Dusty "The Hammer" Boyd. As a supremely cocky teen,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

Ballad of a Small Player

When we meet Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) in the opening scene of BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, he's waking from a hell of a night in a suite at the Wynn Macau. Did he win a fortune or lose one? Only the amount of alcohol consumed and the disarray of the upscale room are certain. The TV blares, stacks of room service trays cover every table and it looks like Lord Doyle has been in the room awhile. Farrell dazzles in the opening sequence, carving out a mysterious character who's living life on the...

The Devils Mouth

I love a good shark movie. I'll usually swim out of my way to enjoy even a mildly enjoyable shark thriller. THE DEVIL'S MOUTH is absolute chum that bores, stinks and generates unintentional laughs in its ineptitude. So, where do I dive into this one? After opening with some beautiful shots of Thailand that made me really want to visit these beaches, we meet a group of early 20-somethings who are so self centered, obnoxious and dull that I couldn't wait to see who was going to get chomped on...

For me, Christopher Nolan films are events, something to be anticipated and savored on the big screen. He's given me some of the biggest IMAX thrills of all time with "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Oppenheimer"and "Dunkirk". His smaller scale 2006 "The Prestige" is an all-time favorite film. THE ODYSSEY never gets within a mile of those best Nolan films for me. I admire the sheer scale and grandeur of the filmmaking, absolutely. There's real presence and tangible thrills in seeing a...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Proving that the superhero genre isn't dead, it's just been starving for a great film, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY soars across the screen with huge action, big laughs and massive heart. The Dolby Cinema, sold out preview audience I saw it with went bonkers, as did I. It's fantastic to see theaters this packed with people again, it was a mad house. From its opening frames, the film delivers a web covered, treasure chest of great surprises, fun asides and some MAJOR plot points that will guide...

A fascinating experiment that succeeds beyond my wildest expectations, MOTOR CITY is, on its surface, a high octane, dialogue-free Grindhouse action flick set in a very tangible 1977. It feels like a gritty 70's Charles Bronson film, blended with the pure style of Nicholas Winding Refn's hypnotic 2011 film, "Drive", but it has a pulse that's all its own. Alan Ritchson (Reacher) stars as Vietnam Vet John Miller, working a blue collar factory job in a Detroit that feels straight out of...

Packed with laughs, well cast actors having a blast and enough Pickleball to pack five courts, THE DINK made me laugh a lot. Jake Johnson was so hilarious on "New Girl" that I felt bad for him when his big co-starring role with Tom Cruise was part of "The Mummy", one of the worst films of the past decade. It wasn't his fault that thing bombed, but it's great to see him back in fine form, generating big laughs here. He stars as Tennis Pro Dusty "The Hammer" Boyd. As a supremely cocky teen,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

Ballad of a Small Player

When we meet Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) in the opening scene of BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, he's waking from a hell of a night in a suite at the Wynn Macau. Did he win a fortune or lose one? Only the amount of alcohol consumed and the disarray of the upscale room are certain. The TV blares, stacks of room service trays cover every table and it looks like Lord Doyle has been in the room awhile. Farrell dazzles in the opening sequence, carving out a mysterious character who's living life on the...

The Devils Mouth

I love a good shark movie. I'll usually swim out of my way to enjoy even a mildly enjoyable shark thriller. THE DEVIL'S MOUTH is absolute chum that bores, stinks and generates unintentional laughs in its ineptitude. So, where do I dive into this one? After opening with some beautiful shots of Thailand that made me really want to visit these beaches, we meet a group of early 20-somethings who are so self centered, obnoxious and dull that I couldn't wait to see who was going to get chomped on...

For me, Christopher Nolan films are events, something to be anticipated and savored on the big screen. He's given me some of the biggest IMAX thrills of all time with "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Oppenheimer"and "Dunkirk". His smaller scale 2006 "The Prestige" is an all-time favorite film. THE ODYSSEY never gets within a mile of those best Nolan films for me. I admire the sheer scale and grandeur of the filmmaking, absolutely. There's real presence and tangible thrills in seeing a...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Proving that the superhero genre isn't dead, it's just been starving for a great film, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY soars across the screen with huge action, big laughs and massive heart. The Dolby Cinema, sold out preview audience I saw it with went bonkers, as did I. It's fantastic to see theaters this packed with people again, it was a mad house. From its opening frames, the film delivers a web covered, treasure chest of great surprises, fun asides and some MAJOR plot points that will guide...

A fascinating experiment that succeeds beyond my wildest expectations, MOTOR CITY is, on its surface, a high octane, dialogue-free Grindhouse action flick set in a very tangible 1977. It feels like a gritty 70's Charles Bronson film, blended with the pure style of Nicholas Winding Refn's hypnotic 2011 film, "Drive", but it has a pulse that's all its own. Alan Ritchson (Reacher) stars as Vietnam Vet John Miller, working a blue collar factory job in a Detroit that feels straight out of...

Packed with laughs, well cast actors having a blast and enough Pickleball to pack five courts, THE DINK made me laugh a lot. Jake Johnson was so hilarious on "New Girl" that I felt bad for him when his big co-starring role with Tom Cruise was part of "The Mummy", one of the worst films of the past decade. It wasn't his fault that thing bombed, but it's great to see him back in fine form, generating big laughs here. He stars as Tennis Pro Dusty "The Hammer" Boyd. As a supremely cocky teen,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

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