Hooligan rating: 6/10 Most animated summer movies don’t offer much of an intellectual challenge to its audience — unless it’s Pixar — but they don’t always hit the mark. So, it’s not to be unexpected that The Secret Life of Pets, which is brought to you by the same studio that forced Minions on us last […]
Fun, but lacks the Spielberg magic we all know and love Release date: July 1, 2016 HOOLIGAN SCORE: 6/10 Steven Spielberg holds a special place in my heart as a lifelong fan of motion pictures. Jaws came out the year I was born. As a child of divorce, I totally identified with Elliot’s isolation in […]
Hooligan rating: 7/10 I have an interesting relationship with Pixar movies as I’m sure most adults my age do, even if they aren’t as honest about it as I am. Some of them tear me apart — ahem, Toy Story 3, Inside Out and the first 15 minutes of Up. Others are just kinda ‘meh’ […]
If you’re around my age, Dazed and Confused is more than just a movie. Back in the day, it was a way of life, a tradition. I was coming out of high school when Richard Linklater’s 70s era stoner comedy was released. If we were hanging out at someone’s house, there was one apartment that […]
DC’s first super hero battle crushed by expectations Well, that was disappointing. Yeah. Let’s just get that out of the way right off the bat — no pun intended. Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice is every bit the big, loud, and emotionally empty spectacle we all thought it would be and it’s a real […]
Jack Bauer is used to working under pressure. For nearly ten years, he protected this country from terrorist bombs, viruses, and Presidential assassinations, before being branded a traitor and going into hiding at the end of the final episode. Now, Kiefer Sutherland, the man who breathed life into Jack Bauer for eight mostly brilliant seasons, […]