Month: April 2021

‘The Year Earth Changed’ offers a silver lining to our cloudy year

Jeff Mitchell

“The Year Earth Changed” – “As we stop, remarkable things happen in the natural world.”  – David Attenborough COVID-19 has taken 3 million lives and disrupted almost 8 billion, and many of us have sheltered in place over the past year-plus.  It’s been a brutal time for the human race, and – countless times – I’ve said to myself and out loud, “Good riddance, 2020.” I assume that I’m not alone. With so much death and disruption, it’s challenging to find pandemic positives within our emotional spaces, especially when a…

Celebrate this Peter Capaldi double-feature on his birthday!

Jeff Mitchell

Happy Birthday, Peter Capaldi!  Yes, Mr. Capaldi turns 64 years young on April 14, and he reached pop icon status when he landed the Dr. Who role in 2013, but this Glasgow native has earned over 120 acting credits since 1982. Peter will star in James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” in Aug. 2021, and he played George Harrison in the TV Movie “John and Yoko: A Love Story” (1985), so we recommend that you check out this charismatic actor’s vast TV and film accomplishments. To celebrate his birthday, we endorse…

‘Thunder Force’ doesn’t push the cinematic needle

Jeff Mitchell

“Thunder Force” – Marvel Studios made 20 feature films that eventually led to directors Anthony and Joe Russo’s beyond-massive two-movie epic, “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019) with a combined 5 ½ hours of screen time.  The cosmic storyline needed every single one of those 330 minutes because Thanos (Josh Brolin) – the chief antagonist – wiped out half of the universe’s population, and The Avengers attempted to bring trillions of living creatures back from oblivion. Talk about big stakes! Well, “Thunder Force” is a superhero comedy set…