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Infinite
I suppose re-introductions might be in order. I’m not particularly sure how the rules of etiquette dictate this situation, per se. It’s been a good while since I’ve done this but I’m pretty sure it’s like riding a bike in the fact that one of us might need a helmet. Around these parts they call me “Nighthawk”. Sure, it’s a badass name that makes it sound like maybe I fight …
The King of Staten Island
It’s been right at about 3 months since I’ve actually been to the theater. It was sometime in mid March when I saw “The Invisible Man”. If I was a more tedious person I might go look up the actual date but I’m comfortable estimating. I’m pretty sure in recent years that its the longest I’ve gone without a trip to the multiplex for something. Being in the theater feels …
Downhill is Cringey Dramedy Done Well
The 2020 February comedy starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus did a few things wrong but I feel like they snowballed into an avalanche of unfair criticism. See what I did there? And then what I did there by saying “See what I did there?” Both were quite clever given the subject matter. So I feel like this particular review is off to a decent start. But lets not focus …
No Need to Keep This Spencer Confidential
If you chat me up about movies for even just a few minutes, you’ve got a a pretty solid chance of me rambling about something pertaining to Ryan Reynolds. He’s clearly one of my favorites that ever was. There’s really no substitution for him but in the same way that I’ll gladly accept a grape Fanta if you’re out of Orange, I’ll happily entertain a Mark Wahlberg flick any day …
How Visible Should “The Invisible Man” Be?
So tonight I decided that it had been too long since I’ve been to the theater and I needed to get back in the cinematic swing of things. I hadn’t originally intended on seeing “The Invisible Man” in theaters but thought I might catch it down the road a little bit when it was on a streaming service or I could find it perhaps in a second hand store for …