One Man's Thoughts
There are times when I come on the show and literally just wing it. No prep, notes, or research. Tuesday was different. I had watched “The Peanut Butter Falcon” weeks … Continue reading The Frank O. Pinion Radio Movie Dose: Why ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is a must see movie
This Just In: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wants you to kick your leg up, laugh out loud, and go “wow” during his movies. He wants you to do this all … Continue reading Why ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ is ‘Tango and Cash’ on steroids
Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his best friend/stunt double, Cliff Booth (a never better Brad Pitt), were once much-desired assets in Hollywood. One was the star of a hit TV … Continue reading Why Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ is a love letter to the movies
There are some movies that can combine two genres deftly without a viewer noticing enough change to be worn down. Taking horror and dark comedy, placing them in a blender … Continue reading The Frank O. Pinion Radio Movie Dose: Playing ‘Ready or Not’ is a wise choice
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’
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
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
