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Recap: Real Housewives of New York, The Dude Ranch Trip Edition

Let’s be honest. It’s time to rename this show “DESPERATE Housewives of New York” after watching the way the women behave at the super posh dude ranch in Montana. The most depressing thing I saw all night was that this trip is going to last through yet another episode. Oh for God’s sake BravoTV, we

Think Like a Man Too. Ouch. Review.

Kevin Hart and Romany Malco Kevin Hart’s latest box office topping comedy is a sore disappointment to this critic.  Hart’s terrific in the Real Husbands of Hollywood and in other TV and film projects but despite his boundless energy and willingness to play the fool, this sequel is so low energy it hurts. Set in

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Recap: Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, The Real Work Begins

Last week’s “Marriage Boot Camp” on WEtv made me wonder if the celebrities who had signed up for this televised relationship counseling show had really agreed to participate for the right reasons. Tonight gave me new perspective on quite a few of them. As usual, I’m going to write this out of order and highlight

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She is Just Jenny From the Block; Lopez Stays True To Her Nuyorican Roots

On June 19th, Jennifer Lopez stopped by The Wendy Williams Show  to promote her new album A.K.A which is in stores!  Monsters and Critics loves Wendy’s take no prisoners attitude when it comes to spilling the tea and dissecting the Hot Topics headlines. Jennifer confirmed to Wendy that she in fact was single when asked

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CW’s ‘Famous in 12’ or Nah?

TMZ’s Harvey Levin has a social experimental show called “Famous in 12” where a fame-seeking family is filmed around the clock on their journey to achieve fame. Oh, and they have 12 weeks to do it. Every week we see what the family was doing the previous week, so it’s almost in real-time. How awesome

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Review

Not just another theatrical performance, Unstable Elements acts to live Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Madeleine Sackler’s awesome, thrilling and beautiful biopic of the underground theatrical group “Unstable Elements of Belarus” is part nail biting spy story and part inspirational political performance art. The Unstable Elements performs theatrical productions critical of the

Anna Review

Sci-fi psychodrama that fails to deliver on the promise of a mysterious story of extra sensory perception. Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), comes back a good guy. He is still as cold and calculating as ever, approaching the diagnosis of his most recent case as he approached

We Are the Best Review

A coming of age frolic with lessons for all ages. Take a wild ride to 1980’s Stockholm and join Klara, Bobo and Hedwig as they transform 13 year-old Swedish society and find themselves at the same time. It does not matter whether the artist is 13 or 113, the object is to make people laugh,

Spencer Boldman Stars in Zapped, a Disney Original Movie

Airs Family Channel June 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT Spencer Boldman, a young actor from Dallas Texas plays Jackson in Disney’s latest original TV movie Zapped.  Best known for his long running role in the ensemble comedy Lab Rats, Boldman plays the male lead in Zapped, a brain, a philosopher, a reader and a bit

Billy Bob Thornton on Lorne Malvo – Fargo’s Dark Monster

  Fargo’s Lorne Malvo is a fearsome Boogeyman.  He wanders the country looking for opportunities to change lives for the worse, interfere with people’s psyches or snuff them out altogether.  We know nothing about his background, why he does what he does, which is uncomfortably mystifying. His intense relationship with Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) exists