All Entries in the "Paul Peterson" Category
Pacific Rim a giant action-packed surprise
Ok, so one last time, because the sun is setting on the summer, I’m going to tell you what my process is for watching films. This only applies to the drive in but I’m telling you it works. I hang out at the drive in every night for the most part from June until Labor […]
We’re the Millers likeable and funny
So the summer wears on and so does my patience – with the lack of anything that holds my interest and then along comes a fun little film that while it isn’t great, has so many good parts it restores my faith in Hollywood. Ok that’s way too far a reach but We’re The Millers […]
Grown Ups 2 – You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, I’ll wince
First of all, I have to apologize for my unscheduled holiday. Life caught up with me so I was away from the computer and movies for a couple of weeks but now I’m back, and for the most part, I’m kind of sorry I am given what I’ve watched in the last little bit. I […]
Lone Ranger too much of not enough
In preparation for this week’s column, I watched one of the original episodes of The Lone Ranger just to see the differences. It was a simpler time and let’s not forget the inherent racism that was part of the fabric of the times, but it was still rather entertaining. Caricatures of good and evil fighting […]
A fun 100 minutes of tricks and good looking people having fun
So, the summer rolls on and to my way of thinking, there are already two films that haven’t performed at the level they were expected to. I think the Man of Steel is well below projections. It’s a good film. I actually enjoyed the first two hours of it but really despised the final 20. […]
White House Down a fun distraction full of s’plosions
OK, so in the middle of a crazy summer and a crazy weekend I took the time to watch White House Down. You may have enjoyed this film the first time it was released and called Die Hard; then earlier this year Olympus Down; then another time when it was The Rock. Then again all […]
Man of Steel – great cast, good story
I think I could spend another column writing about how bad Hangover 3 is, but I would rather do a dissertation on where I hope movies are going. I was watching the Man of Steel for the 3rd or 4th time and I was trying to put my finger on why it felt a little […]
Hangover 3 worse than the second
In keeping with my policy of being a day late and a dollar short, I’ll review The Man of Steel next week because I want to rant about two movies that have already crashed and burned. After Earth is an after-thought. For whatever reason this movie was made, it shouldn’t have been. Filmed almost entirely […]
The Internship has laughs but is no Wedding Crashers
Billy and Nick. Forget those names because they belong to two of the least memorable characters to darken the screen in a while. That may be a bit harsh, but to paraphrase B Kligan, the wagon of entertainment collapses under the baggage of mediocrity. In 2005 I made the mistake of passing on playing the […]
Fast and Furious… yep… 6th installment
The thing about watching a Fast and Furious movie is you have to remember you’re watching a cartoon for almost grown ups. Or in some cases, never going to be grown ups. This is the 6th installment. Ya, I said it. The remarkable thing is that this one looks like it’s going to be the […]
