Zoe Saldana is a talented actress, she becomes unrecognizable in each role, and has very expressive eyes which she uses to great effect. I first noticed her in Star Trek (2009) as the female lead character Uhura, opposite Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine. She was tough and smart, not rolling over for the sweet talker, and she more than held her own delivering her lines with maturity and grace. Similar to her role in both Guardians of the Galaxy films…
I recently watched Wrongfully Accused (1998 starring Leslie Nielsen) and got a craving for more parody films so I picked 4 more recent films made between 2008-2013. Disaster Movie (an appropriate title for all 4), Vampires Suck (they are not alone), 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (yes that’s the full title), and The Starving Games (that’s not that bad a title). All of the films are rated 14A and were…
The first time I saw David Giuntoli was at a comic convention and it was also the first time I saw my wife a tad star struck. She is a huge fan of the tv show Grimm (6 seasons 2011-2017) and after we waved and took photos (he snapped one back!) we began to watch the show from the beginning. It is about a detective (David) that also fights the supernatural, like if the X-Files centered on Van Helsing. The…
My favorite role of Ice Cube (so far) is Captain Dickson in 21 Jump Street (2012 and it’s sequel, 22 Jump Street in 2014). He steals every scene he is in, giving the two leads (Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill) grief for their misadventures and being the not so friendly boss. Since his first role in movies, Boyz n the Hood (1991 with Cuba Gooding Jr.), Cube has often played the serious, tough guy who speaks his mind in anyones…
I wish I was as positive to learn about Canada’s history when I was in school as I am today, (also got a Canadian History for Dummies book on the go). Seeing a commercial while watching This Hour Has 22 Minutes on CBC about a new mini series on how my country was formed got me excited, (enough to set the PVR anyways). Throughout each episode of Canada: The Story of Us, many well known Canadians introduce and comment on…
One of the shows that my family watched together was Home Improvement (1991-1999) starring Tim Allen. I looked forward to seeing what invention he would have or what item got a bigger engine installed, as well has always having a positive family message, and making fun of Al. The show lasted 203 episodes over 8 seasons and I always liked how Tim looked like he was always scheming something, always planning a renovation or getting a joke ready. He also…
After seeing Gal Gadot be the best part of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), I was excited to hear Wonder Woman would get her own movie. She was the most unique part of that film, came across intriguing (give us a back story!), had awesome theme music which carried over into this film, and the trailers for this film made it look like she kicks ass. A larger spoiler alert is below, but here is a little one,…
I saw Office Space when it came out in 1999 because I liked Jennifer Aniston and I wanted to see what Mike Judge did after Beavis and Butt-Head. It was funny, even if some jokes took time to setup, the payoff was always worth it. The companionship of coworkers in the movie should speak to most folks who have friends they confide in and share their misery and triumphs. What I would realize as I got older is how accurate…
Riverdale was highly recommended to me by a friend who has already watched the first season twice (1 season available, 1 more on its way) and they let me know I did not need to know much about the comic book series it is loosely based on (but who can’t tell the difference between Betty and Veronica?). It does a lot of what it does well, one big revelation after another, multiple jumping between numerous characters, and leaving you with…
I first noticed Natalie Portman when she took the female lead role in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1999). She had the unenviable role of following in Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)’s footsteps as the only major female role in the film and she had to play politics to do it. She made the hair, makeup, and costumes work (as extravagant as they were, still think she looked like she was bitting her lip with the lip stick placement),…