A flight you can miss. The H-Bomb: It’s a seemingly normal overnight flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, populated with the usual assortment of tourists, honeymooners, and businessmen, when suddenly, one gentleman experiences breathing problems. His condition quickly worsens, as he starts to hack and spit up blood, and despite the valiant efforts of the flight crew and a … [Read more...] about 7500
Tusk
“Better to be a walrus.” The H-Bomb: Snarky would-be comedian, Wallace Bryton (Justin Long), travels to Canada to interview the latest viral video sensation, The Kill Bill Kid, for his podcast, The Not-See Party (heh-heh, get it). When he arrives in the Great White North, however, he finds that this Kill Bill Kid is sadly no longer available. Left in the lurch, Wallace … [Read more...] about Tusk
Inherent Vice
Inherent confusion. The H-Bomb: Larry “Doc” Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) is a stoner private eye in 1970’s Los Angeles, who is visited out of the blue, late one night, by his ex-flame, Shasta Fay Hepworth (Katherine Waterson). She tells him about a plot against her new boyfriend, wealthy real estate tycoon Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts), in which his wife, Sloane (Serena … [Read more...] about Inherent Vice
H-Man’s Top 20 of 2014
The H-Bomb: Well, now that 2014 has come to a close, I am going to do something no movie critic has ever done before, compile a Top 10 list of my favorite films of the past year. Except, instead of doing a Top 10 list, I will be doing a Top 20. Because there were so many good ones, it felt wrong to stop at ten. There are many more, like 300: Rise of an Empire, Captain … [Read more...] about H-Man’s Top 20 of 2014
Left Behind
My God… The H-Bomb: The personal life of college student Chloe Steele (Cassi Thomson) has been in turmoil ever since her mom, Irene (Lea Thompson) became a super-Christian about a year ago. It’s that religious metamorphosis, especially the way she keeps carrying on about “The Rapture,” that keeps Chloe from visiting home, and that keeps her father, airline pilot Rayford … [Read more...] about Left Behind
