Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

Bradley Thomas (Vince Vaughn) is a former boxer who’s just been fired from his job at a repair garage. On the same day he’s fired, he discovers his wife, Lauren (Dexter‘s Jennifer Carpenter), has been cheating on him. After destroying her car with his bare hands in a violent rage,Continue Reading

Mae (Emma Watson) is slogging through life doing temp work as a customer service representative. Her dad (Bill Paxton) has multiple sclerosis but the treatment he needs isn’t covered by insurance. Her car breaks down and leaves her stranded on the side of the road. But luck is on herContinue Reading

Threads (1984)

In 1983, a movie called The Day After was aired on ABC TV. It told a speculative story about a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was a movie that stuck with me for a long time and actually taught me a few facts about whatContinue Reading

When I first saw the trailer for A Quiet Place, I thought it was a damn fine idea for a horror film. A creature that hunts by sound. Survival is only possible if you’re silent (or as silent as possible.) Otherwise, one loud noise and you’re toast. Thankfully, the movie livesContinue Reading

American Made tells the story of Barry Seal (Tom Cruise), a TWA pilot who is recruited by the CIA to fly reconnaissance missions over Communist strongholds in Central America. He does such a good job and has such a good reputation that a Colombian drug cartel recruits him to fly drugsContinue Reading

Tusk (2014)

Have you ever watched a film and thought afterwards that you’d just witnessed someone’s idea of a prank? That’s how I felt after watching Kevin Smith’s Tusk. Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) is an American podcaster who, along with his assistant, Teddy (Haley Joel Osment,) brings his listeners “real and raunchy”Continue Reading

Drinking Buddies (2013)

Chris (Ron Livingston) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are one of those couples that shouldn’t work. He is a socially awkward bookworm and she is an outgoing, social butterfly. Similarly, Jill (Anna Kendrick) and Luke (Jake Johnson) are equally mismatched. She’s an artist and he works in a brewery. Luke andContinue Reading