The Spotlight: Bill Murray
It’s been coming for a long time. I’m surprised I lasted this long. Bill Murray is the cheese on my nachos. He’s the whipped cream on your hot chocolate. Bill Murray just makes everything better. He has become a beloved figure in American comedy, and has essentially earned himself legal rights to do anything he wants now. You see him, you smile. That’s just about all there is to it. Bill blew up in the 1980s...
Rocky
1976. 120 Minutes. Rated PG. Quote: Adrian: Why do you wanna fight? Rocky: Because I can’t sing or dance. Heyyyyy… How the hell am I supposed to intro this? I’ve been watching Rocky movies since I was 6 years old maybe. In a lot of ways, I feel like Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and his trainer Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith) raised me. They don’t need any more tribute than the...
As Good As It Gets
139 Minutes. Rated PG-13. Quote: Good times, noodle salad. I say it early and I say it often: my favorite this, and my favorite that, the all-time greatest hibbitty hooplah. Straight up, though? This is my favorite Jack Nicholson role, period. Lots of movies have good acting, and many of them still have one or two really CHARGED scenes, that the story builds up to, or really takes off after, something like that? In this film, every...
The Longshot
I went down to Rhode Island with a friend last week to check out Billie Joe Armstrong‘s new side project, The Longshot. I’ve always been the casual Green Day fan that you likely figured I am, with an occasional jump down the pop punk rabbit hole of their catalog when they come out with a new album. I expected this to remind me of past side steps like Box Car Racer or +44 from the Blink-182 guys a few years back. This was...
He’s Just Not That Into You
2009. 129 Minutes. Rated PG-13.“Don’t start doodling my name on your binder, okay?. “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… chick flicks are a part of life. You can fight them and fight them and fight them, but it’s a losing battle, my friends. Try as you might, you are going to have to watch a few of these things from time to time. What? Not you? Your girl doesn’t make you blah...
