Exodus: Gods and Kings Review

Walk on the bland side in a comic book of biblical proportions The good thing about Ridley Scott’s latest special effects lollapalooza is going into it you know exactly what to expect. The story, rough as it is, is taken from the Bible so there are no spoilers to be had. From the opening battle

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Recap: BravoTV’s “Vanderpump Rules,” The Pathetic, Lying, Cheating Chump Edition

I think we should call tonight’s episode of BravoTV’s “Vanderpump Rules” something like “The Night Everyone But Katie realized Schwartz Is a Pathetic, Lying, Cheating Chump” Edition. But it’s just a suggestion. Just have to ask if anybody else was having eighth grade flashbacks tonight with all the gossiping. For real. I can recap the

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Ushers In Grinchmas At Universal LA

– By Kieran MacIntyre and Bella Elbaum Christmas tree lighting ceremonies tend to be tawdry excursions for the family at their local shopping plaza or city park. The tree lights up and the pretty decorations become luminous, there’s a golf clap and everyone walks away. Universal Studios Hollywood gives this ceremony one hell of a

Zero Motivation Review

Starting off as a great military/industrial complex send-up, the story flounders in the home stretch when it grasps at the serious and ends up in slapstick. Talya Larvie’s military dramedy is fresh, untamed and funny. This is amazing, considering it shreds one of the top military organizations in the world. Featuring the women of mandatory

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NBC’s ‘Constantine’ Blessed Are Damned Preview, and Some Thoughts

John Constantine battles demons, courts with an angel, but is he religious? Absolutely not. Tonight’s episode “The Blessed Are Damned” perfectly explains why. Deep in the Bible Belt, in a town not too much unlike the upstate Louisiana towns in “True Detective,” there’s a town preacher named Zachary giving one of those lurid snake holding

Filmmaker Mark Raso Takes Two Bigs Risks – and Wins! – in Copenhagen

Canadian filmmaker Mark Raso bets on his audience in his terrific feature Copenhagen. It’s about an American called William (Game of Thrones Gethin Anthony) pretending to be Canadian while touring Europe. He tends to get into trouble a lot so he believes it adds another layer of fake “nice”.  He is one of the most obnoxious male

Maleficent Blu-ray Review

Thanks to beautiful visual effects and the talents of Angelina Jolie, Disney’s ultimate villain has received a new a backstory worth telling – even if the movie has a few flaws in the telling of that story. The film delivers a new twist to the classic fairy tale and makes the audience understand why she

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Recap: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Paris Hilton’s Porno Edition

All the teasers of Lisa and Brandi’s conversation didn’t even show us what really happened on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” this week – and the real thing was so much better. Brandi goes on a nature hike with Kyle and they do lots of talking about Lisa. Kyle’s just full of advice. And then

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Laura Dern on Wild’s Good Mother

Laura Dern’s presence in Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild is ethereal and steeped in memory and love. She’s Bobbi, the late mother of Reese Witherspoon’s character Cheryl.  Bobbi died young of cancer which tipped her daughter into drug addiction and years of bad decisions. One day Cheryl embarks on a thousand mile solo trek to come to terms with

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Recap: BravoTV’s ‘Vanderpump Rules,’ The Jax Has No Life Edition

Jax’s nose doesn’t look any different – I think we can all agree on that. “Vanderpump Rules” tonight kept making me want to scream at the television set. Maybe that’s what BravoTV is going for here. Lesson learned – everyone that works at Sur keeps track of who does, and who does not, text them