Movie Review Man of the House

Man of the House 

Directed by Stephen Herek 

Written by Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, John J. McLaughlin

Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Christina Milian, Cedric The Entertainer, Anne Archer

Release Date February 25th, 2005 

Published February 23rd, 2005 

Some movies aren’t made to be remembered. Most movies, in fact, are not memorable. You’ve likely forgotten most of the movies that you have seen in your life. Does this mean those movies were bad? Not necessarily, but it doesn’t speak well of those movies. I would much rather have a memorable experience than lose two hours of my life to something that is not going to linger in my mind beyond the time I spent with it. All of this is to say that I saw and wrote about the movie Man of the House in 2005 and even revisited it for a podcast. And yet, when I tried to recall the movie, it was nearly impossible. 

Man of the House is such a desperately forgettable experience that trying to recall it is an effort, and probably not worth such effort. So, I decided to try an experiment. Without consulting my previous review and fighting with my own memory, I am going to try and recall the experience of Man of the House. Then I will actually watch this trivial movie while consulting my original and podcast reviews of the movie just to see whether I am capable of recalling a movie that does not ask to be remembered.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars 

Directed by Rob Thomas 

Written by Rob Thomas 

Starring Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hanson

Released March 14th, 2014

Published March 14th, 2014

"Along time ago, we used to be friends" The Dandy Warhols

That song lyric from the theme to the TV series "Veronica Mars" becomes even more resonant as years after the series has faded into syndication it returns like a friend that you hadn't thought about lately. Thanks to an extraordinarily successful Kickstarter campaign, Kristen Bell is once again the acerbic, Pitbull Esque private eye many of us fell in love with on a little seen but nevertheless terrific CW TV series, "Veronica Mars."

Picking up just less than 10 years after the TV series, "Veronica Mars" the movie finds our heroine seemingly living the dream in New York City. Veronica has escaped the corrupt cesspool of her hometown of Neptune, California for the life of a law school graduate with her choice of major law firms and a loving boyfriend, Piz (Chris Lowell), who she's apparently been with since we last saw them together on TV.




Of course, there would not be a "Veronica Mars" movie if the siren call of Neptune, California did not somehow call Veronica home. First, its Veronica's friends Wallace (Percy Daggs III) and Mac (Tina Majorino) urging Veronica to return for their 10 year high school reunion. Then, the real plot unfolds when Veronica's former flame Logan Echols finds himself on the wrong side of a murder investigation, one the corrupt cops of Neptune are all too eager to close.

Logan's pop star girlfriend has died under suspicious circumstances with Logan found on the scene in the wake of her death. Naturally, there are a multitude of other suspects, including an obsessed fan (Gaby Hoffman), a dirtbag former PI (Ken Marino), and several of Veronica's former classmates, including favorites from the TV series like Gia (Krysten Ritter) and even Logan's best friend Dick (Ryan Hansen).

The mystery is as cleverly plotted and entertaining as any storyline on the TV series. More importantly however, the story perfectly bridges the gap from fans to non-fans without betraying those who loved the series (Marshmellows), or going so inside that it neglects newbies just looking for an entertaining whodunit. It's a terrific trick with fans and non-fans alike sucked into this story of corruption, murder, mystery and wit.

Writer-Director-Creator Rob Thomas is a wildly neglected talent in Hollywood who deserves better than to simply pine for what he lost when his series was cancelled. That's certainly not to say that I regret that "Veronica Mars" the movie has so consumed Thomas' imagination that he neglected other artistic avenues, though that is a little unfortunate. No, the resulting "Veronica Mars" movie is far too entertaining to lament for any reason. And with this movie out of the way maybe now Thomas can move on and create something else as equally clever and fun as "Veronica Mars."

Movie Review Cold Wallet

Cold Wallet 

Directed by Cutter Hodierne 

Written by Cutter Hodierne, John Hibey 

Starring Raul Castillo, Josh Brener, Melonie Diaz, Tony Cavalero

Release Date February 28th, 2025 

Published February 24th, 2025 

One thing I cannot do is find any sympathy for people who bring about their own bad circumstances. For instance, I have no time for people who die climbing Mount Everest. If you’d like to not die on the side of a frozen mountain, choose not to go. Pretty simple. I feel the same way about people who lose money in crypto scams. If you want to avoid losing money in Bitcoin or whatever, don’t get into Bitcoin or Crypto. I’ve managed to not get into crypto for its entire existence, thus I have not lost money on it. Pretty simple. 

I mention this because the movie Cold Wallet was up against a lot to get me to care about people who lost money in a cryptocurrency scam. The movie pulls off quite a trick because it never bothers to ask you to like its main characters. By the time you reach the end of the movie and the main character is met with a moral crisis, it’s surprisingly compelling, even if you have no idea what the character is about to do via some sort of internet exchange of currency.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 




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