LIFE ITSELF Review — Tears for Fears and Jeers
Life Itself Review: A slow and sappy slog through every emotionally manipulative device known to filmkind Amazing the cred and license you’re granted when you’re intricately involved in a network mega-hit like This Is Us. Dan Fogelman, writer, director and executive producer of the aforementioned NBC drama series, has taken his slick and soapy sensibilities…
COLETTE Review — Kiera Knightly’s Timely Take On the Gifted French Author
Colette Review —17 years in the making, there’s no time like the present to tell this scintillating tale The real life Colette, Ernest Hemingway’s third wife Martha Gelhorn and the Glenn Close character in The Wife are three literary women who have much in common. All were extraordinarily talented writers who had to fight their way…
FAHRENHEIT 11/9 Review — Definitely Not Politics as Usual
Fahrenheit 11/9 Review—It’s not at all what you were expecting, no matter which way you swing In my career as a radio film critic, I’ve been very careful to keep politics out of my reviews. I’ve given live film critiques on very liberal talk radio shows, and on very conservative ones, always with the understanding…
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Review — Winston Says It’s Scary But Not Too Scary
The House with a Clock in Its Walls Review — Full of magic creatures and full on frights The House with a Clock in Its Walls surpassed my expectations. The trailer made me expect it to be more aimed at little kids, and be more dumbed down than it turned out to be. It was also scarier than…
A SIMPLE FAVOR Review — Suspense, Style and Humor: What More Could You Ask?
Twisty, testy and tasty, A Simple Favor is watchability on a silver platter I love a movie that can keep me guessing, one that doesn’t reveal plot twists coming from a mile away. Throw in killer (literally) fashion, arch humor and an utterly engaging cast, and you have one fabulous movie in my book, or…
THE PREDATOR Review — A Tongue-in-Cheek Reboot? Why Not?
The Predator Review — Deadly, yes. Deadly serious? No. And that’s what makes it worth watching I can see it going this way: A handful of studio execs and filmmakers sitting in some swanky conference room, far removed from the rest of the world, power gulping Red Bulls and espressos, jubilantly declare, “What the world…
Goodbye PROJECT RUNWAY — Hello New Fashion Show With Heidi and Tim
Like magic, Project Runway has disappeared, but presto change-o, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are back with a new fashion show on Amazon If you, like I, have been wondering what would happen to our beloved Project Runway now that its production company, The Weinstein Co, is no more, I have both good and bad…
PEPPERMINT Review — A DEATH WISH for the 21st Century, Bad Mustaches and All
Peppermint Review — It’s refreshing to see a butt kicking boot on the other foot for a change. Jennifer Garner’s got glorious and gritty game. The word ‘peppermint’ connotes a sweet, pink, fresh-flavored treat, which is exactly what Jennifer Garner’s suburban mother Riley North is before a vicious L.A. gang brutally guns down her husband…
Are Fido and Fifi Your Superstars? See Fun and Fab Ways to Pamper Pets at Home
The good folks at YourHome1Source.com reveal just how far we go to pamper pets at home by Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane We love our pets, and we spend willingly on all sorts of stuff that makes them—and their owners—happy. The number of pets at home in the U.S. is increasing. The American Pet Products Association’s 2017-2018 National Pet…
Start TV — A New Network Showcasing Procedural Dramas Lead By Strong Women
Start TV Series to Include The Closer, Medium, The Good Wife, Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, Profiler and The Division CHICAGO, IL – Weigel Broadcasting Co. is launching the new multicast entertainment television network- Start TV, beginning Monday, September 3, 2018, in association with CBS Television Stations. Start TV showcases strong and resourceful female leading characters in a lineup of contemporary…
