Entertainment reviews

VIDEO REVIEWS – Stay at Home Edition

After well over a month under stay-at-home orders, it’s hard to find much to laugh about anymore. So, this week I’m spotlighting a few top comedy choices from Netflix to help lighten the mood. First off, Netflix is now the prime destination for the best standup comedy specials these days. While there are plenty of… Continue Reading VIDEO REVIEWS – Stay at Home Edition

LITTLE AMERICA – Streaming Review

At a time when so much stress and strain is happening in America amid the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s refreshing to find a reminder of our shared humanity and the things that make our country so amazing. The new series “Little America,” streaming on the new Apple Plus service (just $4.99 a month), offers eight half-hour… Continue Reading LITTLE AMERICA – Streaming Review

Movie Review

THE BANKER – Movie Review

One of the great pleasures in watching a film comes when you can discover a story for the first time that’s not only hugely entertaining, but also a fact-based lesson in a real-life story you would otherwise have missed. The new movie ‘The Banker,” which is the debut feature film offered by the ambitious Apple… Continue Reading THE BANKER – Movie Review

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ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST – Review

Zoey is a millennial woman in San Francisco who wakes up one day to find that she has an unusual ability: she can hear the songs that go through the heads of the people around her. What makes this ability even more powerful is that the songs she hears are what she dubs their “heart… Continue Reading ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST – Review

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THE CALL OF THE WILD – Movies

At 77 years old, Harrison Ford is still setting a high standard for seniors with his recent comeback in two of the latest “Star Wars” films and his upcoming shoot for the 5th Indiana Jones movie this summer. This weekend, he delivers a fun, feisty and occasionally touching performance in a new film based on… Continue Reading THE CALL OF THE WILD – Movies

Spotlight – Paul Rodriguez

After 40 years in show business, it might seem that Paul Rodriguez was living a charmed life. After all, he’d been named one of Comedy Central’s 100 greatest standup comedians of all time and had acted in dozens of movies and TV shows – including “aka Pablo,” the 1984 sitcom that was the first in… Continue Reading Spotlight – Paul Rodriguez

Interview with Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon has been making people laugh for the past 40 years, as one of the longest-running stars on Saturday Night Live, as Doug Wilson in nearly 100 episodes of the hit Showtime series “Weeds,” in his current role on the CBS sitcom “Man With a Plan” with Matt Leblanc and throughout as a standup… Continue Reading Interview with Kevin Nealon

Spotlight – Tom Dreesen

He may have toured the planet many times over with the legendary Frank Sinatra and performed standup comedy on TV more than 500 times including 60 appearances on “The Tonight Show,” but Tom Dreesen didn’t always live the high life. In fact, he actually had to overcome some incredibly harrowing experiences to get where he… Continue Reading Spotlight – Tom Dreesen

Movies – “The Biggest Little Farm”

Nine years ago in 2010, Molly and John Chester were just a normal couple, living in a cramped apartment in Santa Monica. Molly was a private chef who specialized in filming how to make healthy recipes for a food blog, while John was a cameraman who specialized in environmental documentary shoots. They were forced into… Continue Reading Movies – “The Biggest Little Farm”

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Movie Review – “Hesburgh”

In a time when comic book superheroes are the bravest figures we have while lacking real heroes in society, the new documentary “Hesburgh” reminds us of the remarkable impact that just one person can have on the greater good. Recounting the life story of Father Theodore Hesburgh, the Catholic priest who headed the University of… Continue Reading Movie Review – “Hesburgh”