One Man's Thoughts
Maybe it’s the fact that more than 30 people were gunned down in mass shootings last week. Maybe it’s the fact I drove a guy who had just put his … Continue reading South City Confessions: Appreciate what you have, every single day
More often than not, I go on Frank O. Pinion’s show, The Large Morning Show in the Afternoon, and recommend staying home over heading to the theater. The big screen … Continue reading The Frank O. Pinion Radio Movie Dose: Binge Amazon’s ‘The Boys’, forget about ‘The Kitchen’
When it comes to anything Marvel or superhero-like, the jury is pretty much out on Frank O. Pinion watching that movie. Movie-watching and consumption is a choice after all, so … Continue reading The Frank O. Pinion Radio Movie Dose: More ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ please (AUDIO)
Cancer sucks, especially if you don’t even know that you have it. In Lulu Wang’s heartfelt new film, The Farewell, we quickly meet the lovely Nai Nai (Shuzhen Zhao) at … Continue reading Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’ should make you laugh and cry in unison
Are you ever really out of the criminal life once you’ve dipped your feet inside? It’s a question as old as dirt in the land of cinema, which makes every … Continue reading ‘Into the Ashes’ is a tightly wound thriller worth watching
One of the virtues of seeing a lot of movies is being able to differentiate between a cash grab and a true work of intent and need. The tell-tale signs … Continue reading ‘Lion King’ remake is a bank vault opening to collect
In the opening moments of Joe Lynch’s Point Blank, a man with no name (Frank Grill) crashes and falls out of a house, running away wounded with a gun in … Continue reading Netflix’s ‘Point Blank’ is punk rock cinema at its finest
A young woman (Kaya Scodelario) and her dad (Barry Pepper) against an army of alligators in the hurricane-ravaged swamps of Florida. There’s your quick setup for Alex Aja’s Crawl. Here’s … Continue reading ‘Crawl’ is trashy fun if you keep expectations low
There’s a scene early on in Stuber where Vic Manning (Dave Bautista), in pursuit of a murder suspect, tosses a large piece of furniture over a hotel railing down towards … Continue reading ‘Stuber’ generates laughs due to its leads and edgy humor
It’s not hard these days to spot the diet soda version of cinema. The class and soul of movie-making can melt away without the proper care provided by professionals who … Continue reading Frank Grillo and Joe Carnahan are bringing a WarParty to Hollywood
This week, I couldn’t have reviewed two more different movies. One about a family dealing with a cancer diagnosis, and the other about aging Hollywood performers trying to stay afloat … Continue reading The Frank O. Pinion Radio Movie Dose: ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ and ‘The Farewell’ reviews
The setting was Columbia, Missouri. The year was 2002. All I can remember is riding an old bike down a dark road next to the university. I had class the … Continue reading How Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson became a king in Hollywood
It’s Grillo time again in this week’s indie, “Into the Ashes”
