by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
As a movie critic, what are you supposed to do with a movie like ’47 Meters Down?’ It’s bad. The opening 15-minutes are head-shakingly bad. The ending is laugh-out-loud bad. But between the dialogue and nonsensical plot-line, you’re going to get sucked in – not...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
Pixar fans have known this day was coming since 2006 when Disney officially purchased the Steve Jobs-driven animation studio. And sure, there have been signs Disney had John Lasseter and his team cash in with films like “Finding Dory,” “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
“My Cousin Rachel” is a frustrating affair. It should be good. You can see all the elements of a great movie dancing on the screen in front of you, but it never quite comes together. Performances, misdirection, three-dimensional characters — while watching the story...
by Travis Poppleton | May 25, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
“Baywatch.” No, that’s not a complete sentence, but let’s think about that for a minute. They made a movie based on that lifeguard TV show and you’re currently reading a review for it. How can that be? For both of the above points, I find myself scratching my head....
by Travis Poppleton | May 11, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
The Alien series is a series I’ve had on my “Must Watch Movie” list since I was eight-years-old. I remember when James Cameron’s “Aliens” started showing up on HBO. My older siblings would invite their friends over to experience the second chapter of the franchise,...
by Travis Poppleton | Mar 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews, Utah
There is a movie in the world today titled “My Life as a Zucchini.” Hopefully, that’s news enough to make you kind of smile to yourself on an otherwise ordinary day because, wondering what life would be like as a zucchini should at least be 3-minutes of entertainment....
