On tap this week: Final thoughts on Tiger Woods, the wit and wisdom of P.S Hoffman, darkly dreaming Dexter and slightly much more!

Because Brooklyn’s Less Than Mediocre just doesn’t sound right

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”

On tap this week: Oscar Predictions, Fired from Sports and Parkour!

Proof that even mediocrity can look good

After a quick “blink and you missed it” run in theatres, Everybody’s Fine is destined to be a film that people discover during the holidays between reruns of It’s a Wonderful Life and the numerous versions of A Christmas Carol.

The Informant! is a film screaming for a big, two disc edition that focuses on one of the biggest whistleblowers of our time. Instead we get a single disc with minimal extras.

On tap this week: sports nicknames, the Twilight / Star Wars connection, tapping the Seventh Seal and slightly much more!

Unremarkable film about a remarkable man

On tap this week: An 80s action star … acts, John Edwards and his hair, Alice in Wonderland and slightly much more!

Amelia Earhart has remained a mythical figure in America because there never was a real sense of closure to her life.

Technically a great film … but nothing more

“Let’s go shoot something.”

On tap this week:
– Rapid fire hilarity
– Oscar fallout
– Robert Downey Jr. in a hazy shade of winter
And slightly much more!

The only way it gets better if it’s called “John Travolta makes up for Old Dogs”

The one disconnect many people have with cinema is that some actors don’t look like they could ever be in a real life job they play on screen. It’s hard to imagine Brad Pitt selling insurance, George Clooney working as a prison guard or Matt Damon as a call center supervisor. You could imagine Clive Owen in nearly any job, though, because he’s good looking in a rugged way. You could see him tending a bar, or as a Northwestern Mutual agent, if he wasn’t an actor. He’s not pretty, so at least he’s got that going for him in The Boys are Back. But not much else, apparently.

On tap this week:
– My Annual Oscar Nomination Predictions
– Going up, up, Up and away!
– This week’s moment of zen

The only thing witty about this film is its name

Quite the auspicious debut for the former child star of E.T, Whip It may not have set the box office on fire but it was a terrific film.

This decade has been a very bi-polar one in terms of cinema.