Divergent Review

Shailene Woodley is woman of the hour about now. She stars in Divergent one of the most anticipated youth market film franchises since The Hunger Games which is resembles and she’s in all three films of the trilogy. Woodley is the charismatic lead in this book based tween sci-fi extravaganza, so she’s sitting in cream.

The Muppets Most Wanted Review

The Muppets are irresistible, no matter if you’re a film snob, part of the young male demographic, a grandparent or a genre fan. The films are that good. The talented people behind the films, the guest stars and scripts and Muppet touches are magical, consistently and fulsomely. But there is another thing that keeps them

Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Review

Inflammatory subject matter, big Hollywood stars and a controversial director collide to create Nymphomaniac, a detailed character study of a sex addict from birth to age 50 that will challenge movie goers as few films have in recent years. It screened at Cannes and word on unsimulated sex and violence precedes it. Do not take

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Recap: ‘The Real Housewives of New York,’ Pick Her Brain Edition

I am fascinated. BravoTV just managed to make an entire episode of Real Housewives of New York about one topic: #BookGate. And it worked. Thousands (maybe millions?) of viewers were tweeting about it. Including me. Excellent social media marketing BravoTV! And even though we had to sit through all sorts of other foreshadowing and soft-core

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Handicapping the RealityWanted 2014 Awards, Some Deep Thoughts

So I got this press release about the RealityWanted 2014 Awards and my curiosity was piqued. For about 11 seconds, til I realized my show wasn’t nominated. Boohiss! That’s okay, I rose above it because I couldn’t resist the urge to go through the list of nominees and tell you who I think should win

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Recap: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, 100 Percent Chemical-Free Edition

“I say stupid things a lot” could have been the title of tonight’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Reunion Part 1 because Brandi was right, half of what comes out of her mouth makes me want to smack her. Even funnier was her admission “I tell everyone everything unless they tell me not to.” Duh.

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Recap: ‘Marriage Boot Camp’ over-beveraged and divorce court

There wasn’t very much funny on “Marriage Boot Camp” Friday night. However, Julian taught me a new word. He wasn’t drunk. He’d been “over-beveraged.” Bahahaha… I’ve heard of over-served, but that’s a new one. And that’s where the humor stopped. So every episode of WEtv’s “Marriage Boot Camp” they do a couple of exercises led

Mr. Peabody & Sherman Box Office Number One

Mr. Peabody & Sherman topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $21.2 million. The DreamWorks animated funny saw off 300: Rise of An Empire, which came in at 19.1 in its second weekend, bringing the later’s to a total of $78.3 million. Meantime Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad fame saw his video game

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Recap: ‘Real Housewives of New York,’ The ‘Wanna Be’ Edition

I was entranced by parts of the Real Housewives of New York tonight, but the promise of Sonja performing a live burlesque was enough to guarantee I won’t “Watch What Happens Next” on a bet. Would she give it up already? Is she trying to find herself? She’s a wanna-be party planner, wanna-be toaster oven

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Recap: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, ‘Kyle was a mess’

Lisa Vanderpump summed up the recent season of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” best in the finale when she quoted George Bernard Shaw: “Never wrestle with a pig because you get dirty. And what’s more, the pig likes it.” These RHOBH women have been behaving like animals – hyenas come to mind – all season