You know holiday season is upon us when a Thanksgiving movie is coming to theaters this week. Almost Christmas (2016) is an apt title because it is almost Christmas in the dateline and Thanksgiving this month begins the broader holiday season. The premise of Almost Christmas is when a “dysfunctional” family gathers together for Thanksgiving.…

A ratings phenomenon. A presenter, Howard Beale, who has been dumped by his wife and television company, is going through a breakdown on screen. This in front of millions of Americans, in his final week of broadcasting. But his raves are making the ratings sky rocket. Then he is propped up by the television network.…

Tom Cruise established his tons of personality brand of acting with Risky Business and Top Gun and followed that up with Cocktail and Rain Man, in the 1980’s. Top Gun catapulted him to stardom in 1986 playing a cocksure flyer in the Airforce with grin, muscle and way too much charm. It cemented Cruises reputation…

It’s kosher for the grumpy ones to be the more, well, normal. Their opposites, the trolls, in Trolls (2016), are unrealistically always happy. The trolls hug, smile, sing and enjoy life, but the grumpy Bergens cannot stand it. This makes the Bergens, well, more normal indeed. It’s no wonder why. Who does this? Who sings, hugs, and…

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