THE DROP (2014), starring Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Naomi Rapace. Director: Michael R Roskam. Here’s my review: ***½ out of 4 Atmospheric neo-noir centers around Gandolfini’s Brooklyn bar which has been taken over by local gangsters. They use it as a temporary depository for their rackets money, and when the bar is robbed, big trouble […]

SNOWFALL (2017-ongoing / Hulu), starring Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Emily Rios. Co-creators: John Singleton, Eric Amadio, Dave Andron. Here’s my review: **** out of 4 Young black man seems determined to follow “the American way” to escape the doom of South Central Los Angeles in the early 1980s until he begins selling drugs […]

Back in 2010, I surfed Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine and saw a link to a list of the 50 states and the best movie associated with each state. A pretty interesting concept, I thought. But the more I looked over them, the more I disagreed with most of them. For example, Recount was listed as the […]

Here’s wishing everyone a Happy New Year and may 2016 be the best year yet!