Coming from a dysfunctional (in a good way) family, “Picture Perfect” families freak me out. How can they manage to be so perfect, pristine and glossy? There’s no way I can imagine my family ever getting ourselves together well enough…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×2, “Baggage”
Titles for various TV episodes are not always that hard to decipher. Friends even made it plain and clear by having a majority of their titles start with, “The One With…” The Americans follow-up episode to its strong third season…
TV Review: ‘The Fall’ Season 2
Note: Mild spoilers are discussed in this review. With Fifty Shades of Grey coming out soon, I figure now is the best time to recommend one of my favorite TV series, The Fall. The first season of The Fall is…
Movie News: First Trailer Released for Magic Mike Sequel “Magic Mike XXL”
What do you get when you combine Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, no shirts, and stripping? Magic Mike, of course and after a 3-year wait we are finally getting a sequel, Magic Mike XXL. (I know, I know, we’ve all been…
Book Review: Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle
Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed “Rapture,” all that’s left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn’t…
The Six Screenwriters for The New Voices of Twilight Saga Project Have Been Revealed
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed the winning female screenwriters for the screenplay portion of the New Voices of Twilight Saga project. Each screenwriter was required to submit an original short story in the form of a short film set in…