Author Archive: Joe Sanders
Joe Sanders is a playwright and college instructor in Kalamazoo, MI. He has a master's degree in playwriting and a bachelor's degree in creative writing from Western Michigan University, where he currently teaches thought and writing.
Boss: Season 2
The second season of the Starz hit drama about Chicago mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer; Frasier) comes to Blu-ray and DVD. Although, “hit” is a complicated adjective in this case since Starz has announced that the series will not be returning for a third season. This really surprised me because the first season received rave [...]
Day of the Falcon
Neighboring Arabian Sultans Emil (Antonio Banderas; Ruby Sparks) and Amar (Mark Strong; Zero Dark Thirty) have been fighting wars against each other for years. Both men are proud and want to possess the land between their two small kingdoms (called “The Yellow Belt”). The two men have been at peace for nearly 20 years, since [...]
Earth’s Final Hours
One of my all-time favorite guilty pleasure movies is The Core with Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, and Stanley Tucci. The story is about a manmade weapon that stalls the rotating core of the planet and causes the electromagnetic field to deteriorate. As a result, the Earth is plagued by electrical storms and solar radiation. I [...]
The 10 Commandments of Chloe
Chloe is a struggling musician who has just moved to Nashville, Tennessee to roll the dice and try to make it as a professional singer/songwriter. In the midst of trying to get any venue in Nashville to hear her out and give her a shot, she meets Brandon (Jason Bukey), another musician just trying to [...]
N.A.S.A. – Spirit of Apollo
When I volunteered to review this documentary, I assumed based on the title that it was about the origins of the NASA Space Program, which I thought would be interesting, although probably fairly standard. Turns out this documentary is actually about a pair of musicians who call themselves N.A.S.A., which stands for “North America South [...]
Hollow Man Double Feature Blu-Ray
I remember the first time I saw Hollow Man, when it first came out in theaters in 2000. I was about 16 and thought it was really intense, visually awesome, and quite sexy. Apparently it didn’t bother me that most of the sexuality here has a creepy rape factor to it. I’ve seen the film [...]
Bachelorette
Right on cue, after the success of Bridesmaids comes the obligated copycat film Bachelorette. Both films are raunchy comedies surrounding a group of friends preparing for a wedding. Here, the bride to be is Becky (Rebel Wilson; Bridesmaids). On the night before her wedding, Becky’s best friends from high school are in town to help [...]
Cyberstalker
Cyberstalker is about a young woman named Aiden (Mischa Barton), who has been the target of an obsessed man on the internet for over 13 years. The man killed her parents and Aiden has been in hiding under a false name ever since, but a picture of one of her paintings has led him back [...]
Satellite of Love
Three longtime friends: Sam (Nathan Phillips), Blake (Zachary Knighton; ABC’s Happy Endings), and Katherine (Shannon Lucio) all seem inseparable. Sam and Katherine are in a relationship, but there’s an intimacy they share with Blake that makes him never seem like a third wheel. All is well. Fast forward 3 years and now Blake and Katherine [...]
The Real Vikings Collection
In order to look at The Real Vikings Collection, we have to examine each of the three specials separately, because they have no connection to each other besides their subject matter. The first special – “Foot Soldiers: The Vikings” – strives to dispel common misconceptions about Vikings. The second – “The Vikings: Lost Worlds” – [...]
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