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Movie Review: The Wrestler

“The Wrestler” brings you into world of professional wrestling through Randy “The Ram” Robinson, played by Mickey Rourke. Randy is an aging wrestler showing the signs of strain from years of complicated staged fights with real physical consequences. As the wrestlers are battered in fights some use steriods, drugs and other ways to keep up [...]

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Television Series Review: The Wire

“The Wire” is one of the best television shows ever produced depicting the battle between drug dealers and law enforcement. The show focuses on the inner workings of the police department and drug wars in Baltimore. As gritty as “The Shield” the series goes deeper into the world of the drug lords, the neighborhoods run [...]

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Movie Review: Children Of Men

This dark, futuristic sci-fi thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat. The movie has an interesting plot with the original story adapted by the director from a novel by the same name, then adding to the original storyline. The plot centers around a world in the future that is at war with [...]

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Movie Review: Mamma Mia!

Abba fans should enjoy hearing the music of Abba put to storyline in the film version of the musical “Mamma Mia!”. The trend of putting music from known bands to a musical play is not my favorite format. Give me something original if you are talking musicals. Some of the script is a bit sappy, [...]

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