When I was a teenager, I frankly considered Adam Sandler to be a trash comedy actor. I never found any of the movies in which he starred to be enriching in any way. I had relegated his talent to being little but cheap laughs…
Spaceman proves to me, however, that I am wrong to stick to that perspective.
In the not-too-distant future, an odd interstellar phenomenon, called Chopra, appears in the night sky, just beyond the orbit of Jupiter. Sandler stars…
Based on a True Story… I guess…
Intermittent moments of distinct scenes, tension, and vivid imagery is undercut too many times. A fictional love-triangle was shoe-horned in. And the historical accuracy is dubious at best. Vasily Zaitsev was a hero to the Soviet Union, but his depiction does not do him justice; that isn’t necessarily Jude Law’s fault - that’s just how the script was adapted.
“Show me something weird.”
This is what I said to my Brother-in-Law when I showed up for beer, barbecue, and a movie this evening. Freeway is what he came up with.
Reese Witherspoon plays Vanessa, a 15-year-old delinquent in LA from a household so broken that I’d prefer not to mention details here. When the cops show up and arrest both her mother and father, Vanessa runs away. She doesn’t get far before she is picked up by Bob Wolverton…
A fun action-adventure romp getting together all our favorite characters to bring some closure to a series that ended far too soon. "Firefly" was a sacrificial lamb and one of the biggest casualties of the early 2000s Writers' Strike.
Following the episodic events and story arcs of the TV show, the crew of the starship "Serenity", a crew of free-souls, misfits, and fugitives, attempt to keep a low profile and stay flying while harboring a dangerous secret. While being pursued…
