The A-Team

Hollywood lately has been making three kinds of movies: The remake, the reboot and the sequel/prequel.  When the ability to copy-paste a competent origin or continuation fails, there’s the fourth option: The franchise.  In this case, it took two writers and four producers to write a mediocre adaptation of Stephen J. Cannell’s TV series.  After [...]

All About Steve

A pretzel. That’s the first thing entering my mind when I attempt to describe this film. Mary Magdalene Horowitz (Sandra Bullock), thusly named in the event we ignore all the dialogue and character stereotypes which point to her Catholic-Jewish heritage, creates crossword puzzles for the Sacramento Herald. She is a “cruciverbalist,” which almost sounds like [...]