Ted

  A couple weeks behind with this one, but finally got around to seeing Ted… The story is pretty straightforward; a friendless boy makes a wish that his teddy bear comes to life (and becomes his best friend) and the wish is granted.  Then they both grow up and ‘Ted’ as an adult becomes a pot […]

The Fighter

To paraphrase the Sports Guy, the ‘underdog boxer’ genre has probably been worn dry.  Like the gangster genre, boxing has created some of the greatest films ever made (with the Rocky series and Raging Bull immediately coming to mind).  The standard is ridiculously high.  I go with that lead in to say The Fighter is […]