It’s “Rocky Balboa” meets old “Raging Bull.” Surely that was the entire pitch to whoever decided to green light this movie because this is pretty much what we got here….
Read MoreReview: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’
Gotta say, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is kind of a confusing picture, thematically speaking anyway. Sure most, if not all of the movie, is actually quite simple minded,…
Read MoreReview: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’
Welcome to the wonderful world of 1990’s stock trading, a world juiced to the gills with money, sex and drugs, a world in which the strong are made stronger thanks…
Read MoreNetflix pick for 12/31/13 – ‘Somm’
The final Netflix Instant pick of 2013 is a great documentary that I saw earlier this year at the Florida Film Festival, and this documentary is called “Somm,” and it…
Read More#51 – Product Placement Confusion
(Right Click Download Link To Save) In episode 51, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn review many of the movies released over the Christmas holiday, there is a new Netflix Instant…
Read MoreNetflix pick for 12/23/13 – ‘Zodiac’
“Zodiac.” Simply awesome. David Fincher. Robert Downey Jr. Mark Ruffalo. Are you kidding me? So good. From my original write up on Examiner.com: “Fincher is the king of working with…
Read More#50 – Merry Cres-mas!
(Right Click Download Link To Save) In episode 50, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn are joined by four-time guest Soul Brother Kevin from “The SBK LIVE Show,” and they talk…
Read MoreReview: ‘American Hustle’
So now David O. Russell has gone three-for-three in terms of putting out movies that are both crowd-pleasing and critically praised, no small feat for a guy who had his…
Read MoreReview: ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’
Look, we all know that comedy sequels are never as good as the original. It is the rare genre in which the original is never topped, and more than not…
Read MoreReview: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
Here we go again, yet another nearly three-hour journey through the world of Middle Earth, as filtered through the sensibilities of Peter Jackson, filled with swords and monsters and walks…
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