Watching Life, you are reminded of a simpler time for movie making. We are reminded of that simpler time where your movie wasn’t required to make $1 Billion or win Best Picture or start a cinematic universe in order to be made. Is there a mind blowing allegory or major insight into the human soul in Life? No. Is there some great character development or well-written dialogue in Life? No. Is this a really well...
CHiPs is a passion project of sorts for writer-director-star Dax Shepard. It’s not that he holds the 1970s police procedural in high esteem, but he is a motorcycle fanatic. And he saw CHiPs as a thin candy coating to commit cool motorcycle action to the screen. So, he assembled a cast of talented actors, wrote a bunch of gay jokes, and took to the streets of Los Angeles. The result is a disaster.
Everyone wants to live life well. When we shuffle off this mortal coil, we would like people to remember us. The legacy we leave behind hopefully pushes the ones we leave behind to do better. Unfortunately for Harriett Lawler, a former advertising executive, nobody remembers her fondly. Following a suicide attempt, she reaches out to an obituary writer named Anne to help her leave behind a lasting and positive legacy. What follows is Harriett’s journey...
The premise of Before I Fall is basically Groundhog Day. Four girls relive the same day over an over, but only one of them can recall the day ever happening.
When it hit bookstores back in 2007, The Shack was a big deal. The story follows Mack, an everyman with skeletons in his closet, trying to make the best he can out of his present. When his youngest daughter is kidnapped and murdered, Mack slips into a deep depression and meets the holy trinity to seek redemption at the site of his daughter’s murder. The book sold like gangbusters and also caused major waves in...
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