Now we're getting back on track.After nothing much special happening last week, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D rebounds this week with an episode where not much happens for the most...
"JOY" Still Doesn't Want You To Know What "JOY" Is About
I dunno. At this point I feel like JOY (installment number three of a film-series where we're not supposed to notice that the director of SPANKING THE MONKEY keeps...
Venture Capital
Yes, the STAR WARS trailer is lovely. But this is the preview I've been waiting for. Has it really taken 13 years to get to 6 Seasons of THE VENTURE BROS? It has. That would...
TV RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 3: "A Wanted (Inhu)man"
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D's greatest strength is its ability to pivot on a dime into an entirely different tone or story-thrust than it had been in before, but that's also its...
Should've Led With This
As I said in this BMD piece, I was "onboard" with ABC's new MUPPETS show from the start, but even still I think it was probably a mistake for them to have not led with...
Schlocktober Returns
Realized I managed to NOT post last week's IN BOB WE TRUST, which featured the revival of SCHLOCKTOBER. My bad. Here it is below, along with the new one from this week:LAST...
"HAIL CAESAR!"
The Coen Bros back in 1940s Hollywood mode?George Clooney as a hack leading-man blithering through a costume epic?Scarlett Johansson as an Esther Williams analog?To paraphrase...
TV RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 2: "The Purpose in The Machine"
First things first: "Purpose in The Machine" introduces Agent May's father. As he turns out to be (played by) the legendary James Hong - one of our all-time greatest character...
Review: THE MARTIAN
Note: Video review is in-production alongside several other projects, but I know people have gotten tired of waiting so for now here is a text version - as ever, content...
Lost Age
Colin Hanks, following in his dad's footsteps as a friendly chronicler of history/pop-Americana: This is gonna kick my ass, I can already tell.I was a video-store guy, so...
RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 1: "Laws of Nature"
NOTE: This piece and others like it are possible in part thanks to contributions to The MovieBob Patreon.And we're back.One thing is for certain: Whenever AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D...
The Dark Knight Fades (Retrospective)
NOTE: The writing and publication of this piece were made possible in part by The MovieBob Patreon.THE DARK KNIGHT FADES: On the Striking Non-Impact of Christopher...
Review: STONEWALL (2015)
And here's one of those not-great misfires of a movie that will probably wind up with a (slightly) better reputation than it deserves (later) largely because the initial...
So That Happened
If you follow my social media (which I assume most reading this blog must, as it's updated exponentially more often) you may have noticed me pulling back or posting cryptically...
Watchmaker
So. You're probably waking up to hear about a particularly-bright, science/engineering inclined 14 year-old boy in Texas who was arrested, detained, taken from his school...
REVIEW: "The Vist"
UPDATE: Here's the pretty-pictures version:ORIGINAL POST:I'm working on having the pretty-pictures version of this up ASAP, but why should you have to wait? Here's the complete...
Prepare For Trouble.
Everyone expected that Nintendo would make their first major push into Mobile gaming POKEMON-related. That's just good branding.But I don't think anyone was expecting......
State of The Blog 9/6/2015
Well!So, I haven't posted anything in about a week. There are some personal/time-constraint reasons for that which are neither here nor there, but it was mainly an effect...