Opinion
Movie Review: “Street Fighter”By Bob Garver
By Bob Garver The biggest problem with new video game adaptation “Street Fighter” is that it’s bad on purpose. Not “delightfully over the top” or “destined to become a cult classic,” just bad. As if having a degree of self-awareness about its unapologetic badness somehow justifies wasting two hours of its audience’s…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Other Mommy”
By Bob Garver The title “Other Mommy” is misleading. The villainous demon haunting 8-year-old Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) can take any form, including her father (Jay Duplass), her babysitter (Sean Kaufman), or even a complete stranger. But yes, much of the time it impersonates her mother (Jessica Chastain). The reason, I suspect, has…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Verity”
By Bob Garver “Verity” wishes it was a twisty thriller. It is indeed twisty, but it doesn’t have the heart to be a thriller. The film’s advertising is clearly positioning it as a successor to last year’s hit front-of-the-bookstore novel adaptation “The Housemaid,” though it is based on a book that predates…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Primetime”
By Bob Garver In “Primetime,” Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, host of “To Catch a Predator,” an offshoot of NBC’s “Dateline” news program in the mid-2000’s. Hansen and the show’s production team would coordinate with police to lure child predators (via Internet chatrooms where there would be no ambiguity as to their intent)…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Resident Evil”
By Bob Garver The streak is over. The last time I started a review with that phrase, it was to mean something bad – 2022’s “Lightyear” was the first Pixar movie that I didn’t recommend. This time, it’s something good – Zach Cregger’s new take on “Resident Evil” is the first movie based…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “TEN TRUE THINGS THAT SOME PEOPLE DESPISE”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Forgiveness given to someone who treated you badly is necessary to get over the hurt. Your forgiveness doesn’t do a thing for their emotional health, but it frees you from the prison you are living in. Drinking alcohol is not a necessity for a happy life. Contrary…
Read MoreKara’s Sights and Bites: Fall and football mean… It’s officially dipping season
By Kara Kimbrough Fall’s still a few days away, but football season is in full swing. The tantalizing aroma of wings, dogs and burgers grilling in the late afternoon sun is almost sweeter than your favorite team’s victory. Colorful tables filled with sausage balls, pulled pork sandwiches, pigs in blankets, football-shaped cheese…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Practical Magic 2”
By Bob Garver Apparently I blinked and the 1998 chick flick “Practical Magic” developed a huge cult following. The film, about witch sisters Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) Owens, came out 28 years ago, made only $40 million at the domestic box office, scored a mere 31% on Rotten Tomatoes, and…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “LEARNING THE HARD WAY”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Sleep difficulties? Finally even gotten to the point of lying sleepless every night for hours on end? So you decide to try natural supplements that are supposed to bring on sleepiness and restful nights of sleep. And you carefully begin with the recommended dosage on the back of the…
Read MoreMovie Review: “By Any Means”
By Bob Garver “By Any Means” is a movie about two disparate FBI employees that can’t decide if it wants to be a “Buddy Cop” movie or not. The pair are mismatched, but are they “comically” mismatched? The pair banter, is there enough banter to qualify for the “Buddy Cop” label? There’s action,…
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