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WARCRAFT Trailer Finally Drops
This looks suuuuuuper goofy. So I'm totally onboard.I really only have a passing familiarity with the "lore" of WARCRAFT (Paula Patton is a human/orc hybrid, I take it?)...
Review: THE PEANUTS MOVIE (2015)
NOTE: This review is possible in part through donations to The MovieBob Patreon.First things first: Relax.They didn't botch it. They didn't break it. They didn't screw it...
Review: BURNT (2015)
NOTE: Publication of this review is possible in part through contributions to The MovieBob Patreon.Yeesh. What a bucket of suck this thing is.I'm sorry. I...
Review: SPOTLIGHT (2015)
NOTE: Publication of this review is possible in part through contributions to The MovieBob Patreon.I'd like to say that being from Boston, growing up Catholic, serving as...
TV RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 6: "Among Us Hide..."
Hey! Turns out this was Episode 50! For those of you playing at home, that means AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D now has approximately 30-50 more episodes to go before it hits "syndication...
Review: STEVE JOBS (2015)
Alright! Alright! Enough with the damn Steve Jobs Movies! I get it, you’re all broken up that the guy who paid people to design your trendy PHONE died! You have my...
Review: TRUTH (2015)
NOTE: Publication of this piece was possible in part due to the generosity of contributors to The MovieBob Patreon.Reviewing TRUTH is an exercise in asking whether or not...
TV RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 5: "4,722 Hours"
NOTE: As ever, articles like this are brought to you in part by The MovieBob Patreon.At this point, there are probably three types of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D fans (with significant...
Really That Good UPDATE
Hey gang.So, update on the status of the next REALLY THAT GOOD episode. Short version: It's coming, and soon. Obviously, I did not want to let the series go this long with...
JESSICA JONES is Sooper-Serious Business, Yo
I liked DAREDEVIL a lot, but I never really got onboard that it represented some kind of next-level evolution for the Marvel Universe brand.Too much of the story felt stretched-thin...
TV RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 4: "The Devils You Know"
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...