by Piper Bayard | Apr 14, 2013 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard 42, starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Beharie, tells a story of African-American Jackie Robinson’s breakthrough into the world of major league baseball. It covers Robinson’s life from the time he was first hired to play for the...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 14, 2013 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Parkour rocks. Maybe because it’s magic to those of us with bad knees or fear of heights. Maybe it’s because the guys in the parkour movies are ripped and don’t wear their shirts too often. But it’s probably because it takes amazing athleticism....
by Piper Bayard | Jul 27, 2012 | The End is Near. . . .
Remember the dad in Colorado who made a shiny balloon in his back yard and then hid his kid in a cupboard, cut the balloon free, and told police his kid was in it? Michael Fruitman (the name is a clue) bought the balloon at auction and is now using it to make trading...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 13, 2011 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
Per a request from our reader, Ellie Ann Soderstrom, Holmes and I sat down together a while back to review the movie, RED. RED is a movie about a retired black-ops CIA agent who puts his old team back together when someone tries to assassinate him. Both Holmes and I...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 31, 2011 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes By popular request, Holmes and I went to see The Mechanic, a film about a hit man who kills his friend, and then takes in his friend’s son as his protégé. Jason Statham stars as Arthur Bishop, the hit man, and Ben Foster plays Steve...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 19, 2011 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Black Swan is a psychodrama about a ballet dancer, Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), who flips out in her quest for perfection. By popular request, Holmes and I recently went to see it so we could give you a review from the perspective of...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 5, 2011 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
Holmes and I have always wanted to critique movies so we started with The Tourist. It’s an international crime thriller starring Angelina Jolie as Elise Clifton-Ward and Johnny Depp as Frank Tupelo. We don’t want to spoil it for you folks so we won’t tell you what...
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