Entertainment

NO ESCAPE // SPELLBOUNDING Occasionally, life imitates art, even in the cinema. “As Above, So Below” director John Erick Dowdle’s “No Escape,” qualifies as a spellbinding, ‘stranger-in-a-strange...

AMERICAN ULTRA // AUDACIOUS Imagine crisscrossing the amnesia, espionage thriller “The Bourne Identity” with the stoner saga “The Pineapple Express,” and you’ve got the nitty-gritty of “Project...

THROWBACK THURSDAY Sometimes you need to sit back and watch some classics. Summer is a dull time for television shows, since new seasons start in fall and come back from a break in the spring. When in...

ROCK SOUND // SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL Once in a while, a show will come on a network that sets itself apart from others, a more gritty, realistic show that challenges the form. FX is usually the...

TED 2 // LIFE The last thing Hollywood wants to do is to either insult or offend individuals, groups, races, religions, causes, genders, and ideologies. The refreshing thing about the hilarious teddy bear...

TERMINATOR // LARGER THAN LIFE The latest entry in the “Terminator” franchise “Terminator: Genisys” ranks as the best “Terminator” since James Cameron’s “Terminator 2 Judgment Day” (1991)....

FUNNY SHORT STORIES Telling funny short stories is an art in itself; just ask stand-up comedians who tell the same jokes over and over again and yet still elicit the loudest laughs from their audience each...

WHO TALKS MUSIC, FAME, LOVING HERSELF In 2013, Spencer Spout had a plan. He would send his boyfriend Dustin to their local Home Depot in Salt Lake City, Utah to pick up some lights for a party. Once inside,...

INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3 // LAUGHTER'S FIRST LADY The “Insidious” horror movie franchise lacks the satanic intensity of the R-rated “Paranormal Activity” movies. Nevertheless, this creepy,...

COMIC BOOK ADAPTIONS // THEY GOT IT RIGHT Comics are a unique medium in print. They take some characters and then tell their stories over years and sometimes decades. When comics fans invest in characters...