THE LONGEST RIDE Review
I know all you Nicholas Sparks fans are going to run right out and see this film no matter what I say, so I’m going to address those of you who haven’t seen any of his film adaptations since The Notebook, and might think it’s time to stick a toe back into the romance author’s…
FREETOWN Review
As much complaining as we do about life in the U.S., we take an awful lot for granted. Every now and then, however, we see something in the media that humbles us, making our first world complaints seem petty and insignificant. Such is the case with the harrowing film Freetown, based on the true story of six Christian…
Buzzr: Game Show Nirvana
Can’t get enough of your favorite game show? Do you ever get an insatiable craving to watch shows like Password, Family Feud, Celebrity Name Game or Body Language, but didn’t have a listing, or a TV handy? Thanks to a YouTube Channel called Buzzr, you can now watch all new episodes of both classic and new game…
Fox Reopens THE X-FILES
Remember those good old days when Gillian Anderson had a poofy perm and David Duchovny didn’t play a sex-crazed Californian? I bet you can still hear that mysterious X-Files theme whistling through your head. Fans of one of the most successful sci-fi television dramas of all time will be thrilled to learn that the Peabody Award…
GET HARD Review
Heaven help me, I think Get Hard is criminally funny. For the record, I had to drag myself to go see it, because it didn’t exactly sound like my type of film–the premise seemed brutal, and the title sounded crude. Still, I thought it just might have a slim chance of being amusing if the chemistry sparked between Will Ferrell…
The Mad Style of Undurraga Wines
If there’s one thing Mad Men has taught us, it’s that ad campaigns are all about style, and a wit thrown in there doesn’t hurt either. One of the cleverest, and most fashionable ad campaigns I’ve come across in some time is one Testa Wines of the World came up with to promote Chile’s Undurraga wines,…
INSURGENT Review
First of all, let me just state that I love dystopian future films with kick-ass heroines. Heaven knows there are enough of them trying to climb on the Hunger Games bandwagon. I was also a fan of the Divergent series long before it was it was picked up by Summit/Lionsgate for a film franchise. I thought the…
CINDERELLA Movie Review
How can you not love a film when you see it in a theater packed with little girls in pretty princess dresses, holding hands with their mothers wearing tiaras? I can almost assure you that will be the case when you go see it too, and that you’ll enjoy it just as much as I did. Cinderella is…
The Glory of Sue Wong Fashion Show “Mythos & Goddesses”
No one ever claimed that the Los Angeles version of Fashion Week rivals New York’s, but you’d never know that from inside Hollywood’s Taglyan complex on a recent balmy night, when internationally renowned designer Sue Wong kicked off Art Hearts Fashion Week with a hypnotic and sensual Goth Opera fashion show entitled “Mythos & Goddesses,” to introduce…
A Music Professional's Take on the Blurred Lines Verdict
Editor’s Note: From time to time I give my husband, James Mandell, the podium, especially when he has particularly relevant or passionate insight. As a talented musician/composer who was educated at the New England Conservatory, has had several record deals with major labels and is busily composing today, I believe his thoughts on the Blurred…
