Affleck lives double life in unexciting thriller

Jeff Ruffolo 11/04/2016

BEN Affleck (“The Town”) plays an accountant by day and assassin by night in the dramatic thriller, “The Accountant.” And as we get closer to the end of 2016 and the eligibility cut-off for the 2017 Academy…

Cruise delivers in yet another action sequel

Jeff Ruffolo 10/21/2016

  THOMAS Cruise Mapother IV is back! Sorry folks, that’s Tom Cruise (“Top Gun”) to you and me . . . and he’s running and gunning his way through yet another sequel, this time in “Jack Reacher:…

INFERNO: CHASING THE ‘TRUTH’

Jeff Ruffolo 10/13/2016

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon, the Harvard University professor-turned-super sleuth in his greatest adventure to save the future of humanity in the mystery thriller, “Inferno.” Ripped from the pages of Dan Brown’s best-selling…

‘Deepwater Horizon’

Jeff Ruffolo 10/06/2016

Can you imagine Hell on Earth? Can you imagine being on the helicopter pad of an oil rig — completely engulfed by fire — and you are stuck in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico with…

My favorite workplaces

Jeff Ruffolo 10/06/2016

Fastest Wi-Fi in Cebu BECAUSE of the seemingly never-ending construction that is currently doubling the size of our Casa Ruffolo dwelling and pushing our family into “alternative dwellings,” this writer has been spending his days begging off…

Snowden: The Superhuman

Jeff Ruffolo 09/29/2016

89th Academy Awards season begins in earnest with the arrival of Oliver Stone’s “Snowden.” A bio pic of the notorious (or famed, depending on your point of view) thief of the most secret of the United States’…

On the road again

Jeff Ruffolo 09/24/2016

(Conclusion) LAS VEGAS —Did you know that it gets hot in Las Vegas? I mean really, really hot. My wife Cris Evert and I made the near fatal mistake of crossing the Nevada desert with our five-person…

The Magnificent Seven: Awful, far from magnificent rehash

Jeff Ruffolo 09/23/2016

I JUST spent an hour in a pitch black room, dropping down into a fetal position and sucking my thumb. You too will feel the same, moaning as you rock yourself bank and forth, after watching the most…

On the road again

Jeff Ruffolo 09/10/2016

KALISPELL, MONTANA — “On the road again — just can’t wait to get on the road again”… And the old adage is so true. Having moved to this small residential enclave in Northwestern Montana of 22,000 residents…

Pete’s Dragon: Sweet family flick

Jeff Ruffolo 09/09/2016

A FLYING dragon befriends an orphan boy in “Pete’s Dragon.” Of course, this is yet another rehash of a perfectly good 1977 Disney version of “Pete’s Dragon” with Elliott the Dragon in the starring role—this time in celluloid…

GODZILLA RESURGENCE: The King of Monsters return

Jeff Ruffolo 09/02/2016

THE BIG bad boy is back! Yes, that’s right true believers, the King of the Monsters returns to the silver screen to again trample Tokyo into dust in “Godzilla Resurgence.” The question is: Which Godzilla are we…

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: The eyes and voices of our furry friends

Jeff Ruffolo 08/26/2016

DIDN’T you know your pet dog, cat or bird can speak perfect English — or any other form of spoken language? You will when you watch “The Secret Life of Pets.” Dear reader, I am a particular lover…

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