by admin | Dec 14, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Musings, StateOfMovies
THE DEATH STAR — Recently, I received a random text from a friend who said, “We’re at Benihana tonight and debating the ‘proper’ viewing order of “Star Wars.” Like most people reading this, my first thought was, “What is there to debate? You start with...
by admin | Dec 9, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, StateOfMovies
THE MOVIE SET — When you hear someone casually throw out the phrase, “lightning never strikes twice,” said phrase-thrower is almost never talking about a Hollywood director. In truth, many directors have achieved back-to-back hits. You could even say, many directors...
by admin | Nov 27, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
THE HEREAFTER – Pixar made me cry again. In front of colleagues, friends and family, I found myself dabbing the corners of my eyes with my ring finger — trying to be manly but not so manly that I looked like one of those guys who’s afraid to show emotion. Like the...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
GOTHAM — I don’t know what I was expecting from “Justice League.” I’d say on the one hand, I’d kept my expectations relatively low since both “Suicide Squad” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” let me down a bit. And when I say, “a bit,” I mean they pulled...
by admin | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
THE MOVIE THEATER — It’s weird that we’re talking about a sequel to “Daddy’s Home,” isn’t it? I mean, I get the world has a large shelf dedicated to unnecessary sequels, but isn’t there already a lineup of Will Ferrell movies waiting for their part 2? How did “Daddy’s...
by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Movie News, Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Back in 2014, I was sitting in a press screening for the movie “Need for Speed,” starring “Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul. As you may have already heard, the movie was pretty not great, and for most of the film’s 132-minute runtime, I could look around...
