It’s Just a Bet: 20 years of Cruel Intentions (1999)

Roger Kumble’s Cruel Intentions is a deliciously dark tale that isn’t afraid to go to extremes to tell its wild story. Based on Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, and inspired by the 1995 movie Welcome to the…

Movie Review: Wish Upon

Question: Are you supposed to laugh at a horror movie? Granted, if there’s a funny scene in a horror movie or if the movie is a horror-comedy, it might be fine to laugh. But if the movie is straightforward, stacked…

TV Review: Shooter 1×07 “Danger Close”

I’m trying to keep my interest in Shooter, but it’s been fading. It looks like the episode is starting out with Swagger stealing a car. I guess if you’re wanted for assassination of a president, then stealing a car is…

TV Review: Shooter 1×06 “Killing Zone”

The opening scene cuts to the chase — literally, with Swagger cutting some dude’s throat and smashing his skull with a rock. Well, no need to even get the popcorn. It’s another flashback to Swagger at war. Back to reality.…

TV Review: Shooter 01×05 “Recon by Fire”

Things get steamy from the opening scene. Swagger is getting it on and rolling around the floor with his wife. Basically he’s having a secret hookup with his wife. Now, that’s top-secret stuff. Johnson is worried that Memphis might have…

TV Review: Shooter 1×04 “Overwatch”

Episode four gets started in the past. Swagger and the boys are in the Middle East on a mission. Swagger disregards Johnson’s orders, and they are ambushed because of it. There is some hardcore shooting action. Lots of heads popped. Swagger…

TV Review: Shooter 01×03 “Musa Qala”

Episode 3 of Swagger on the run. The tables turned at the conclusion of the last episode when Swagger decided he’s becoming the hunter! Swagger can’t even buy any band-aids without having a gun pointed at him at the convenience…