MPL Buzz – Our Staff Blog

• Mike’s Movie Minute September 27, 2016
  Central Intelligence Kevin Hart stars as a nebbish forensic accountant whose life is turned on its ear by the reappearance of a former friend (Dwayne “Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson” Johnson) who gets him embroiled in a (strangely intricate) spy caper. It’s typical fare from them both (Johnson is inhumanly charming and muscular, and Hart is…well, […]
• Dead Wake September 23, 2016
  This month, the Light Bite Book Club got a history lesson from Eric Larson by reading his book Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Many of us remembered very little of our pre-WWI history, so the author’s excellent research and writing skills really brought us up to speed. Before reading the book, we […]
• DVDs Coming in October September 21, 2016
  If you like to reserve upcoming DVDs early, this list is for you. Place your holds now! Alice Through the Looking Glass; Cafe Society; The Darkness; Free State of Jones; Ghostbusters; Home Fires – Season 2; Ice Age: Collision Course; Independence Day: Resurgence; The Infiltrator; The Legend of Tarzan; Lights Out; Mike and Dave Need […]
• Red, White and Clooney September 16, 2016
  Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., and about 400 others star in the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. This one feels more like an Avengers movie than the disappointing “Age of Ultron,” bringing back favorites like Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), War Machine (Don Cheadle), and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), and […]