For Your Consideration: Better Things

You might not recognize the name Pamela Adlon, but you’ve seen (or, at least, heard) her work in the past. With nearly two hundred (!) IMDb credits attached to her name, including dozens of voice acting appearances on shows such as…

Movie Review: The Secret Life of Pets

Universal and Illumination Animation had me wanting to buy a ticket for this film since the release of its very first trailer. It feels like over a year since I first saw it, so here I finally am after my…

2016 Grammy Nominations: Our Thoughts and Predictions

The 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and as always they were a bit of a mixed bag of obvious selections and oddball choices no one saw coming. It’s no secret that the Grammys aren’t often taken very seriously,…

Movie Review: Trumbo

Many many times throughout the history of film have we seen the “underdog” movie.  The one where our central hero/protagonist is up against absolutely impossible odds and has to continually fight an upward sloped battle against the films proposed enemies.…

Bryan Cranston is ‘Trumbo’

The last time we saw Bryan Cranston on the big screen, he was chasing Godzilla a year ago. This year, he is ready to surprise us all in a new role. Just a few weeks ago, the trailer for Trumbo was…

TV Review: Louie (5×01) “Pot Luck”

Louie is one of the greatest success stories of television as an art form. More than any show, it’s unbounded by the laws of what we’ve felt television should be. It hops seamlessly from comedy to drama and back. Where…

Ally’s Movie Review: American Hustle

I didn’t enjoy this movie. I’ll preface what I’m about to say by making sure it’s known that I didn’t think it was a bad film–there was nothing laughable about it, the acting was solid and the writing got us…