THE BOSS Review — Not a Resume Topper, But Still…
Melissa McCarthy’s latest vehicle is not one of her finest. It it can’t even come close to the hilarity of, say, Spy or St. Vincent or Bridesmaids. Still, I’ll take McCarthy on her worst day over Eddie Murphy or Adam Sandler on their most recent best. Sure, I’m inclined to be extremely supportive of my sisters…
Frankie Feldman Bones Up on Living Color Thanks to New Cree Light Bulbs
I’ve never really given light bulbs much thought. One goes out, I inform my husband, he replaces it. But now, thanks to the clever new Cree LED light bulbs and their brilliant advertising campaign. Both Hollywood Hound Frankie Feldman and I are all about the bulbs. And I may have a budding Doga on my hands. Bones…
A Dozen Things You Can Do Now to Start Your Spring Garden
Editor’s Note: I originally wrote A Dozen Things You Can Do Now to Start Your Spring Garden for Yahoo Makers, right before the company pulled the plug on that particular site. But I thought the research was just too valuable to go unpublished, so I asked my Yahoo editor if I could run it here on AtHomeInHollywood, and he…
BATMAN V SUPERMAN Review — Been There, Slugged That
I’m sure die hard fanboys’ hearts will be all aflutter over this long anticipated throw down between the two biggest superheroes of all time. But as for me? I felt as if I’d been stuffed in a dark coffin, chained to the back of the Batmobile and dragged for 30 miles through the ruins of Gotham by…
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Review — If Nothing Else, It Will Make You Hungry for Greek Food
It always surprises me when a group of heavy hitters famous for making excellent films come up with such a lazy dud. HBO and Playtone, headed by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, produced this film, for heavens sake. Nia Vardalos, star and creator of the delightful and original My Big Fat Greek Wedding, wrote the screenplay and stars…
ALLEGIANT Review — A Diversion from Divergent
I remember reading the Veronica Roth’s Divergent series several years ago, and thinking, “Oh my gosh! This is the next Hunger Games!” And sure enough, Hollywood thought so too. Film rights were purchased, and the up and coming Shailene Woodley was cast as heroine Tris Prior, the plucky girl who attempts to liberate an entire city…
MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN Movie Review — Gives You Faith in Faith-Based Films
Faith-based films just keep getting better and better, and I’m so glad to see the Miracles from Heaven movie continue this trend. So many resources go into films of opposite values that it’s nice for real, professional talent and effort to be dedicated to a film that, although it’s not for everyone, will satisfy and inspire…
Surprising Highlights From the 2016 Gifts Bag in Honor of the Oscars
I confess, one of my absolute favorite parts of awards season, almost better than doing live color commentary for the Oscars on BBC Radio, is seeing what’s inside the fabulous gift bags they give out in honor of the Oscars, and meeting some of the people behind the products in The Secret Room Red Carpet Style…
Goldstein Gifts The Big Lebowski House to LACMA
There are charitable donations, and then there are charitable donations. Local real estate investor James F. Goldstein recently donated his entire house to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), which is a really big deal. The iconic home in Beverly Hills is valued at about $40 million, and is famous for being the place…
THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY Review — A Shamelessly Gross Guiltily Pleasure
Whenever a new Sacha Baron Cohen movie comes out, I think fondly of Governor Mike Huckabee. I used to do film reviews for the Governor’s popular talk show, which was syndicated on more than 200 stations, and surprisingly enough, the former Baptist minister was thrilled when a new Sacha Baron Cohen film premiered — seems he…
