The new family film in theaters, A Monster Calls, is pretty much the definition of a perfect family film. Capturing the childhood experience for the tough, heartbreaking and often devastating experience it can be to get through, the film is…
TV Review: The Affair, Season 3
The problem with watching The Affair is it’s too slow to watch one episode at a time but too complex to binge. Trying to binge watch the first season I had a monster headache by episode three with the amount…
Movie Review: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
As Jack Reacher: Never Go Back came to a underwhelming ending, I realize one thing about this franchise: Jack Reacher should never have made on the big screen. In every sense, Reacher (the name we hear over and over again in…
TV Review: This Is Us 1×04 “The Pool”
This week’s This is Us proved to essentially capture exactly the way I feel about this show. I like all the characters a lot for a show I’m just starting to watch. I dove right in as a viewer. I’m…
TV Review: This is Us 1×03 “Kyle”
Arguably, the most highly anticipated show of the new fall season has finally started to come together after what I would call three starter episodes. I liked all three, but episode 3’s arguably the most satisfying because of the larger…
TV Review: This Is Us 1×02 “The Big Three”
Two episodes into This Is Us and I’m still not exactly hooked, but I’m certainly interested in the story unfolding. We are essentially getting three separate stories, two in present day and one in flashback. And it seems the flashbacks…
