‘Being the Ricardos’ review: Aaron Sorkin fails to pay tribute to Hollywood icon Lucille Ball

If there’s a hint of affection for the subject at the heart of Being the Ricardos, the latest from Aaron Sorkin, then it’s buried in soaked piles of overwrought dialogue and oversimplified characterizations. Failing yet again to demonstrate any style or…

Five Reasons To Watch Search Party on TBS

In November, TBS premiered their new dark comedy series, Search Party. The show follows a group of four (sometimes five) self-centered friends who end up involved in the search for a girl that they knew in college. And while they start…

Movie Review: The Driftless Area

Anton Yelchin and I haven’t had a good track record with his films that premier at the Tribeca Film Festival. First with the mopey 5 to 7 and now, more recently, with last year’s aimless, bizarre fairy tale The Driftless Area. With a…

TV Review: Broad City (2×09) “Coat Check”

This is the type of Broad City that I love. It starts out in one place and ends in one that I didn’t see coming. You can’t predict what’s going to happen on this show, you just have to sit and enjoy it.…

Women in Film Wednesday: Whip It (2009)

It’s odd, but I can often tell when a film is directed by a woman, even before having read who the director is. Typically it’s due to how the female relationships – family or friendship – are handled, and in…