Category Archives: Commentary

Untimely Movie Review: Cool Hand Luke

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Tom Garrett

With my renewed, pandemic-commitment to reviewing the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, I moved on to the next film in the collection, Cool Hand Luke. Like Doctor Zhivago and numerous other titles in the set, Cool Hand Luke is based on a book I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Commentary, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Don Baker, Movies, Paul Newman, Reviews, Strother Martin, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Wayne Rogers | 5 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Doctor Zhivago

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Tom Garrett

I thought there could be no better time to resume my on-again, off-again relationship with the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection than during a global pandemic. In fairness to me, the reason I hit pause after the most recent few … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Alec Guinness, Commentary, Communism, Julie Christie, Movies, Omar Sharif, Reviews, Rod Steiger, Russia, USSR, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 2 Comments

Timely Movie Review: The Rise of Skywalker

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Tom Garrett

*MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD* “The dead speak!” The first line of The Rise of Skywalker‘s opening crawl was an immediate red flag. In Episode IX, the dead don’t just speak. They give speeches. Much as I did with The Last Jedi, I made … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Adam Driver, Commentary, Daisy Ridley, Episode IX, Episode VII, Episode VIII, Finn, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Movies, Nerd Alert, Rey, Rise of Skywalker | Leave a comment

Continue? (OR: The Subtle Art of Extracting Meaning from Meaninglessness)

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Tom Garrett

It’s easy for me to pinpoint the moment that got me hooked on “Continue?” I can’t recall how I initially stumbled across the show. Probably via a YouTube suggestion algorithm. I was a bit late to the party. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Gaming | Tagged Commentary, Continue?, Dom Moschitti, Dominic Moschitti, Gamervision, Gaming, Josh Henderson, Nick Murphy, Paul Richey | 1 Comment

Untimely Movie Review: How the West Was Won

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Tom Garrett

As part of my flagging recommitment to this blog, I’ve dusted off my Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, which I purchased back in early 2014. I fairly regularly provided reviews of the films in that collection, which I’ve gradually watched … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Carroll Baker, Commentary, Debbie Reynolds, George Peppard, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, How the West Was Won, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 2 Comments

Bill Buckner Never Needed Redemption, But He Got It Anyway

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Tom Garrett

There was a moment a few years ago on Curb Your Enthusiasm that caught me by surprise in a way that I’m not sure any other television show has. The season in question revolved around Larry’s misadventures in New York, … Continue reading →

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Timely Movie Review: Avengers – Endgame

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Tom Garrett

The culmination of a 22-film franchise, Avengers: Endgame represents one of the most ambitious projects in filmmaking history—if not the most ambitious. Providing a thorough synopsis of a complex, multifaceted, three-hour film is both overly cumbersome and unnecessary for a review like this … Continue reading →

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Let’s All Make Fun of Tom’s Brackets (2019 Edition)

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Tom Garrett

Having not watched a single complete college basketball game in all of 2019, I am hopelessly lost when it comes to March Madness. Looking at my brackets from 2011, 2013, 2016, or 2017, one can see a clear and convincing … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Sports | Tagged Basketball, Brackets, Humor, Insanity, March Madness, NCAA, NCAA Basketball, Sports | 3 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Ben-Hur

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Tom Garrett

There’s a moment, about two hours into Ben-Hur, when Charlton Heston’s title character tells Esther “We stood here before,” to which she replies “a long while ago,” and Heston responds, “Four years ago,” at which point I replied, “Feels longer.” That’s the … Continue reading →