Average Joe

The soldiers in this film are not glamorized in the epic sense, as they are just "average Joe's" who are scared but rise above their fear to protect our country. I would have liked to have seen other features, but I realize that everyone involved with this film is pretty much dead. ... Full Review

The bad guy turns out not to be as trustworthy as Joe initially thought. ... Full Review

The script from Jason Richman (" Swing Vote ") finds Joe performing that hackneyed one last job when a Bangkok crime boss hires him to take out four enemies. The bad guy turns out not to be as trustworthy as Joe initially thought. ... Full Review

Dr. Crane was a complex character who both reveled in his intellect and haute culture tastes, but also yearned to be "one of the guys," an average Joe who could enjoy a hot dog and a good night of snipe hunting. Frasier," a spin-off from the popular "Cheers," is the kind of show that its namesake would have loved to watch: a witty, urbane, and, yes, slightly highbrow situation comedy of character. ... Full Review

The structure of the film is fantastic. One of the great martial film plot devices is the transformative power of martial arts. An original soundtrack option seems to elude the folks at Celestial. ... Full Review

It may seem a bit implausible that anyone would be reading PM (let alone this blog) while the presidential debate is going on, but on the off-chance that there is someone out there doing same, I thought I'd give a... ... Full Article

Freedy is looking forward to Buffalo's first-ever game against the Panthers.He will celebrate Mass at the team hotel today and has tickets to the game, with plans to tailgate tomorrow with some of his former teammates. ... Full Article

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008 New Video from Idol's Chris Daughtry We may be between seasons of American Idol, but that doesn't stop various alumni from cranking out new music and videos, including one of the most successful of the bunch, ... Full Article

By Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel Thursday, July 3, 2008 The part reads, "mild-mannered, middle-aged white guy, kind of idealistic, sort of a cheerleader, not the utter pushover he seems." And, oh yeah, "Make him funny." Sounds like a job ... Full Article

Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of those comic-book heroes who emerge by intent rather than happenstance. I mean the ones, like Batman's Bruce Wayne, whose transformation from average Joe into masked crusader is an ... Full Article

The mind-devouring effects of personal isolation have breast-fed the film world with enough material for decades of voyeuristic peeks into the spiraling descent of an average Joe's crack-up. ... Full Article