The opening scene of The Place Beyond the Pines features a stunt act known as “The Ball of Death,” a metal, spherical cage in which…

Written by Frank S. Nugent from a novel by Alan LeMay and directed by John Ford, the finest there ever was when it came to…

Most of us know most of the good things there are to know about Roger Ebert. Instead of recapping what you can read anywhere else,…

There are many pieces that just feel right in The Gift (2000) written by Billy Bob Thornton and directed by Sam Raimi, but there are also several things…

One of the rumors that followed the release of Skyfall was that this would be Daniel Craig’s last Bond film, rumors likely started because Bond is seriously…

The Woodsman, with a very underrated performance from Kevin Bacon, is probably the first time I’ve ever – sorta – cheered for the – kinda – bad…

There are three debates that I never hesitate to join.  Did Oswald act alone?  Should baseball eliminate the DH?  And was life on Earth the…

A pilot, a drug addict, and a cancer patient walk into a stairwell.  No, that’s not the beginning of a bad joke, but it is…

I’m not going to spell out every role played by all of the very versatile and talented actors in Cloud Atlas.  You can go to IMDB…