Movies

Athletes in general, and football players in particular, often seem two-dimensional creatures. With the exception of the biggest stars, few know their faces, and few know much about their off-field lives either. Reggie White proved the…

How many movies have you watched that have a New Year’s Eve scene with a group of people singing “Auld Lang Syne”? Usually badly with a drink in hand? The song has become a mainstay of cinema. But how many people actually know the words to…

Former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders’ career has largely been defined by his record-setting performances on the football field. Whether it was breaking tackles or rushing in touchdowns under seemingly impossible circumstances,…

For a movie about a guy who talks with fish, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” accomplishes a lot. It’s proven there’s nothing director James Wan can’t do and it’s a breath of fresh air in these dark days for the superhero genre. This movie is…

Warning: Spoilers ahead. Netflix’s Michelle and Barack Obama-produced movie “Leave the World Behind,” which is currently the most-watched film on the platform, is fomenting a lot of fear on the internet. The dystopian movie chronicles…

Hallmark movies feature relentlessly repeated tropes and can be very predictable. These stories frequently feature a woman in a high-intensity career who gets stranded in a magical Christmas town where she encounters a ruggedly handsome…

There is a newer version of the classic Grinch movie on Hulu that my 3-year-old son loves. Ultimately, it is the same old story about a green monster who lives on a mountain outside of Who-Ville, and he hates Christmas. The difference in…

1988’s “Die Hard” is many things. It is arguably the definitive action film. It introduced the world to the incomparable talents of Alan Rickman and Bruce Willis. It solidified the career of director John McTiernan and made him the most…

Christmas shopping is hard. It’s even harder when you’re trying to find the right gift for the person who speaks almost exclusively in quotes from “The Simpsons” and is embroiled in a personal crusade against the Marvel Cinematic Universe.…

The problem with Christmas music is that it’s inextricably linked with singers like Michael Buble, at worst, and Mariah Carey, the best. (Don’t get me started on those schmaltzy, nauseating Nat King Cole classics.) December is a big, great…