by admin | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
Around this time every year, while people guilt themselves into gym memberships and yoga classes, I wonder why I haven’t seen more movies from the Academy’s Best Picture category. Last year, I took a pretty good swing at remedying the issue. After a few...
by admin | Nov 27, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
THE HEREAFTER – Pixar made me cry again. In front of colleagues, friends and family, I found myself dabbing the corners of my eyes with my ring finger — trying to be manly but not so manly that I looked like one of those guys who’s afraid to show emotion. Like the...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
GOTHAM — I don’t know what I was expecting from “Justice League.” I’d say on the one hand, I’d kept my expectations relatively low since both “Suicide Squad” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” let me down a bit. And when I say, “a bit,” I mean they pulled...
by admin | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
THE MOVIE THEATER — It’s weird that we’re talking about a sequel to “Daddy’s Home,” isn’t it? I mean, I get the world has a large shelf dedicated to unnecessary sequels, but isn’t there already a lineup of Will Ferrell movies waiting for their part 2? How did “Daddy’s...
by Travis Poppleton | Sep 7, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
There was a time, not too long ago, where I gave up writing about movies. I can’t remember exactly which title it was that I stared in the face and said, “I can’t do this any longer,” but I believe it was some sequel to some already terrible franchise. I had been at...
by Travis Poppleton | Aug 19, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
SALT LAKE CITY — This is a weird August for movies, isn’t it? Usually, studios fill these dying days of summer with a last crop of superheroic tent poles. But for some reason, 2017 has pushed projects like “Justice League” and “Thor: Ragnarok” back to November while...