by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 17, 2018 | TV & Movies
I really like the wizarding world that Rowling created and I enjoyed the first Fantastic Beast film, there was a humanity and kindness to it. Unfortunately this film is hot a mess. If you’re not a true fan with a deep understanding of the family relationships, things that are going to become a big issue in the Harry Potter movies you will be utterly baffled by many of the dialogue exchanges and things that should have emotional import just land with a thud and die quivering on the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jun 14, 2018 | TV & Movies
SPOILERS THERE WILL BE SPOILERS**********************YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED********************SPOILERS AHEAD***************************BEWARE THE SPOILERS******************************************* It doesn’t require much analysis or a degree in English literature to understand that the theme of Infinity Wars is sacrifice. Every reviewer has nailed that on one but I think a number of those reviews have missed the deeper point. They ultimately all end...
by Melinda Snodgrass | May 7, 2018 | TV & Movies
There is actually a network show that I’m quite enjoying. TIMELESS on NBC. It’s time travel crossed with conspiracy theory, but it’s also a mini history lesson in every episode. It has an appealing cast particularly Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston, Malcomb Barrett as Rufus Carlin and Goran Visnjic as Garcia Flynn. There is the obligatory square jawed hero guy who is okay, but he less interesting then the three I mentioned earlier and also less interesting than the supporting cast. Our...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Sep 26, 2017 | TV & Movies
I hoped but I feared. Then I watched and my fears were realized. While Star Trek: Discovery looks beautiful I found the teasing first episode to be disappointing. Not horrible just not good. A friend of mine who also works in the industry had the perfect word that incapsulated all my problems with the show. It’s lazy. *************************SPOILERS****************SPOILERS***************SPOILERS**************SPOILERS******* The writing is lazy with terrible on the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 27, 2017 | TV & Movies
I thought I take a break from organizing photos and trying to capture the wonder of my trip, and talk about the two movies I watched during the long flight back to Los Angeles. And yes, there will be SPOILERS so please nobody have a MELTDOWN OVER THE SPOILERS. As most of my readers know I love Tom Hiddleston. His range from Loki to Jonathan Pine in the brilliant miniseries The Night Manager is extraordinary. So I wanted to see KONG: SKULL ISLAND because he was in it. I had missed...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jun 11, 2017 | TV & Movies
There are going to be spoilers in this post, but if you take my advice you won’t watch this movie so it won’t matter. But YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED — SPOILERS AHEAD! ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** I made the mistake of watching part of The Musketeer while I ate dinner. Oh Lordy (my new favorite phrase thanks to Mr. Comey) what an awful mess. This...
