Movie Review: “The Odyssey”

Movie Review: “The Odyssey”

By Bob Garver       Few film adaptations require more ambition than Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the quintessential epic. And perhaps no filmmaker has been more ambitious this millennium than Christopher Nolan, the man who told an entire story backward with...
CoffeeTime: “THE OLD GOAT”

CoffeeTime: “THE OLD GOAT”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     The elderly president had been with the company for so many years that no employee there could remember a time he wasn’t slumped over his desk, muttering about the ineptness of the younger generation. It was...
Movie Review: “Moana”

Movie Review: “Moana”

By Bob Garver     I am well aware of the case against Disney’s live-action remake of its 2016 animated hit “Moana,” namely that the original film is less than ten years old and doesn’t need a remake, and also that  Disney live-action remakes are lazy...
Coffeetime: “That ain’t no barn!”

Coffeetime: “That ain’t no barn!”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Six-year-old Darren was on a first-time visit to the farm. His Pappa had arranged for him to get to see a part of this world that Darren never even knew existed. A real live working farm with all the corrals,...
Movie Review: “Supergirl”

Movie Review: “Supergirl”

By Bob Garver     Krypto the Superdog isn’t very cute in “Supergirl.” I understand that the way the pup was rendered for this film involved taking a real dog (who probably was very cute) and slathering CGI all over his likeness. The result is a dog whose...