It is sort of odd to watch a film that was made 84 years ago that is a commentary on “Modern Times” but that’s exactly how I spent the morning. 1936’s Charlie Chaplin (mostly) silent film about an economically struggling factory worker is an interesting mix of social commentary, slapstick comedy and outright weirdness. Chaplin […]

via #78 Modern Times — The AFI Top 100 – Reviewed by Tony

1976’s telling of The Washington Post reporting by Woodward and Bernstein that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation, All the President’s Men makes the AFI list at #77. Robert Redford plays the ambitious young Bob Woodward, a reporter with only 9 months of experience with The Washington Post who gets assigned to a boring story about […]

via #77 All the President’s Men — The AFI Top 100 – Reviewed by Tony

1994’s Forrest Gump is a film about which I have always had mixed emotions. In that year, I felt the innovative and clever Pulp Fiction was robbed out of the best picture award in favor of a safer, more mainstream film. As I rewatched the 142 Tom Hanks sort-of epic, sort-of love story many years […]

via #76 Forrest Gump — The AFI Top 100 – Reviewed by Tony

Uncommon Type is a collection of short stories by Tom Hanks. Yes, that Tom Hanks, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and all-round good guy. As it turns out he can write short stories, too. Each story in this collection features a typewriter. I was reliably informed by Honey-Bunny in a conversation about what we were each […]

via Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks — Rose Reads Novels

Call me crazy, but I have a real fondness for the character of Robin. It really irks me when people (especially movie directors) rag on Batman’s colourful sidekick; debuting in 1940, about a year after Batman’s momentous first appearance, Robin has been an essential staple of Batman’s world for over eighty years so to suggest […]

via Back Issues: Ranking Robins — Dr. K’s Waiting Room

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” movie, debuting on Disney Plus, will be rated PG-13 due to “language and some suggestive material.” The original Broadway production features enough expletives to trigger an R-rating based on rules established by the Motion Picture Association of America, the organization that dispenses parental guidance on film content. However, […]

via ‘Hamilton’ Movie Earns PG-13 Rating Despite Multiple F-Words — National Post

“The Firm” is a 1993 thriller directed by Sydney Pollack, with script by David Rabe, Robert Towne, and David Rayfiel and based on the 1991 novel “The Firm” by John Grisham. It stars Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, and David Strathairn. The movie follows Mitch McDeere (Cruise) a […]

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Sommerleigh Pollonais – Senior Writer What would you get if you mashed The Shining with The Amityville Horror? Well, you would get property that would be impossible to rent out on AirBnB, but you’ll also get a movie like You Should Have Left. Starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, the story is a simple one […]

via You Should Have Left Quick Bite — redmangoreviews

Okay, so this is purely for fictional entertainment mostly because I love mythology like this. How many of you know about werewolves? I’m going to assume the majority of you. What’s interesting is all the different types of lore and spin-offs that the world has created. It is pretty interesting to someone like me. Lycanthropes […]

via The Evolution of the Werewolf Through Media Representation — Call Me Capretti

HBO Max isn’t kidding around when it comes to comedy. The new streaming service (the differences between all the HBO services explained here btw) features a load of movies and TV shows that were previously difficult to stream elsewhere. They come in all sorts of genres — and, luckily, among them is a notably stacked-up selection…

via The 10 best TV comedies on HBO Max to stream right now —