Recap/Review: FX’s Justified: Ava’s Kissing Her Troubles Away

Episode 605: “Sounding” Written by Dave Andron and Leonard Chang Directed by Jon Avnet Ava went on the offensive in “Sounding,” driving this episode with her frustrated and poor mismanagement of the stress she’s feeling from Katharine Hale (Mary Steenburgen) and Boyd (Walton Goggins) in trying to be Raylan’s (Timothy Olyphant) criminal informant. She’s pulling

Nightcrawler Blu-ray Review

Jake Gyllenhaal delivers an intense and mesmerizing performance in Nightcrawler – a film that captures the audience in the opening moments and keeps them on the edge of their seats until the end credits roll. Gyllenhaal is joined by an incredible cast of character actors including Bill Paxton, Rene Russo, Kevin Rahm, Ann Cusack and

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Review: Body of Light and Some Ember At The Complex

The room was dark, deep blue lights pierce through a near opaque fog, a DJ is playing some great Darkwave (Think New Wave’s goth brother) records and the seemingly morose crowd is swaying their shoulders to the beat. It was a Sunday night at Complex in Glendale, Body of Light were headlining, so I threw

Recap: FX’s Justified: Episode 604 “The Trash and the Snake”

Written by Chris Provenzano and Ingrid Escajeda – Directed by Adam Arkin Seeing someone get blown to bits on Justified is never not-funny, and once again it was Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Wynn (Jere Burns) who were showered with blood and guts. The dearly departed was the Wiz (Jake Busey), one of Wynn’s loopy connections

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Review: Above & Beyond’s “We Are All We Need” LA Forum, Feb. 6

This past Friday (Feb. 6) was a sold out show at the Los Angeles Forum; the arena was filled to brim with people, jumping up and down making a deafening clamor. What were they all screaming for? House music… obviously. I’ve been to a lot of massive electronic music shows in my day, but Above

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Recap: WEtv’s “Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars,” The Speidi Chronicles

While I’m not a fan of violence in general, I was sorta fascinated as to how Natalie and Heidi’s battle would end up on WEtv’s “Marriage Boot Camp.” At the end of last week’s episode, Bad Girl Nat was storming through the house looking to beat up Barbie. “Just don’t f**k with me… I’m going

Foyle’s War Final Series on Acorn TV Now

The lights go out for Foyle’s War shortly ending the 13-year run of one of Britain’s most popular television mystery series. The show about a DCS Christopher Foyle investigating murders in the south of England during World War 11 is apparently running out of gas now that the war’s over. Foyle joins MI5 and transfers

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Canada’s Mpho Koaho Stars in Kevin Costner’s Black or White

Kevin Costner financed his latest film Black or White himself, so strong was his belief in the material. It’s the true story of a battle between Costner’s character, an alcoholic widower, and Octavia Spencer’s character, matriarch of a big family, for custody of their bi-racial granddaughter. Costner also believed in the abilities of award-winning Canadian