Category Archives: Jack Poessiger

The late night TV wars heat up tonight when ABC moves Jimmy Kimmel‘s popular midnight talkfest smack dab up against THE LATE SHOW with David Letterman and THE TONIGHT SHOW with Jay Leno at 10:35 p.m. Central. Should make for … Continue reading →

Following my story about CURRENT TV‘s sale yesterday to Al Jazeera I got some good laughs out of David Letterman‘s monologue last night in which he suggested new programming for the channel… They included ditties like Storage Jihad, Project Birka … Continue reading →

Vanity Fair raves that “Bill Murray gives a truly presidential performance” in HYDE PARK ON HUDSON… I agree. Only problem is, it overshadows the rest of the movie which seems to lose its focus and direction.

THE IMPOSSIBLE is one of the most powerful disaster stories I’ve ever seen… It’s the awe-inspiring tale of one family’s survival of the infamous 2004 tsunami.

With the newly announced purchase of Al Gore’s cable channel CURRENT TV by Al Jazeera, all eyes are now on Time Warner Cable. TWC is the nation’s second largest cable provider and provides the CURRENT TV channel to approximately 12.1 … Continue reading →

We’ve all seen them and probably read most of them… Those ubiquitous lists on television, in newspapers and online. Everyone seems to have one at this time of the year. And yes, I’m guilty as well. You may have seen … Continue reading →

Now let’s take a look at the dogs that made critiquing movies this past year a sometimes nauseating chore… The BOW-WOWS, My BOTTOM OF THE BARREL Scraps of 2012:

In 2012 Hollywood finally reversed its agonizing trend of both declining domestic box office grosses and theater attendance… U.S. moviegoers spent around $10.8 billion at the nation’s movieplexes during this past year—a 6% increase over 2011’s haul of $10.2 billion. … Continue reading →

Christmas week usually represents the single biggest concentration of movie going days during the entire year… From early afternoon on Christmas Day right on through New Years Day is prime time at the movieplexes across America. So it’s only logical … Continue reading →

As a reviewer and observer of the movie scene in general I hate it when someone tells me how disappointed they were with a new movie they just saw at their multiplex… That shouldn’t happen. It’s bad for the viewers … Continue reading →

Tom Cruise as ex-military investigator Jack Reacher may not physically fit the character of author Lee Child‘s popular action-suspense novels. Reacher is a big and tall enforcer. Cruise is not. But not to worry. A short time into JACK REACHER … Continue reading →

When it comes to THE GUILT TRIP, Barbra Streisand as a mom takes Jewish Mother Stereotyping about as far as it can go in an adult targeted comedy… A little of that neurotic, over the top nagging and miserly attitude … Continue reading →

The 31 movie scribes of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle came together again for its 46th annual choices of the best on film during the past year… The organization represents critics who review motion pictures for various regional radio, … Continue reading →

I’ll be the first to admit J.R.R. Tolkien‘s fantasy world doesn’t stimulate me into cinematic ecstasy… It never has. The hocus pocus of Middle Earth doesn’t do much for me. I guess I’m not a geek. So why am I … Continue reading →

By 10 minutes into the bio-pic HITCHCOCK, Anthony Hopkins had become the Master of Suspense for me… And no, you don’t have to be a film geek to enjoy it. Trust me, you will.

KILLING THEM SOFTLY is a grimy, bloody, violent and highly stylized mob crime drama… Its setting is 2008 New Orleans with TVs and radios (almost continually throughout the film) blaring then Senator Obama and President Bush‘s speeches and political messages. … Continue reading →

Mental illness isn’t funny… But in the hands of a good director like David O. Russell it can be strangely invigorating. Even amusing. Having a great cast to put it across doesn’t hurt either. We’re talking SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, the … Continue reading →

Oscar winning director Ang Lee is a risk taker when it comes to movie making… Some of his films including the controversial BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON have been major successes. Others, like his K.C./Lawrence filmed RIDE WITH … Continue reading →

No, this is not a review, not quite… It’s about last night’s journey and encounter with Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black and the rest of the pretty vampire bunch based on the Stephenie Meyer created characters. It was a … Continue reading →