Entertainment

UNBROKEN // TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM // JOLIE SHOWS DIRECTORIAL GENIUS Ranking as one of the best movies about World War II, initially, I approached “Unbroken”with considerable skepticism because actress...

AGENT CARTER // BACKLASH AGAINST SEXISM Television shows tend to follow the same stereotypical format: the big, muscular male superhero fights evil and the tight- skirted damsel in distress falls in love...

EXODUS // GODS AND KINGS // UNDERWHELMING EXTRAVAGANZA ** out of **** Nobody has made a landmark Biblical movie since Mel Gibson helmed “The Passion of the Christ” in 2004. Recently, contenders have...

NEW SHOWS FOR THE NEW YEAR Anew year brings new goals, new friends, and new media for all. Musicians create new music, producers start selling new movie scripts, and creators start brainstorming how to keep...

HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 // LIKE WATCHING HALF OF A GOOD MOVIE As much as “The Hunger Games” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” captivated me, I’m less than elated that Lionsgate has...

BANDING TOGETHER // RED BAND SOCIETY Hospital dramas aren’t rare on television, from “ER” to “Grey’s Anatomy”. Usually, they’re about doctors and nurses dealing with their work life and...

THE WATER IS WIDE // EASY TO LOSE YOURSELF IN A few years ago, I would have told you that the South Pat Conroy describes —the pitiable state of its education system, the political machinations, the...

REMEMBERING JACK BRUCE // HIS MUSIC WILL LIVE ON The legendary bass player for one of the most important rock bands of all time passed away on October 25th this year. Cream was only around from 1966 until...

REMAKE MANIA // BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU REMAKE What should a television network do when the ratings go down? Some come up with creative reality shows, or launch new animated series. Those usually hit the...

"DUMB AND DUMBER TO" // A RIOTOUS ASSAULT ON GOOD TASTE )***1/2 out of **** Twenty years have elapsed since Bobby & Peter Farrelly made their cinematic debut as co-directors on “Dumb and Dumber”...