Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
byStuntman turned director Chad Stahelski’s John Wick trilogy reaches violent new heights in its third outing. Parabellum, coming from the latin phrase ‘Si vis…
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Wednesdays with Woody: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
byManhattan Murder Mystery opens with Bobby Short singing Cole Porter’s “I happen to love New York” over the opening credits and adjoining snapshots of the…
Wednesdays With Woody: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
by“Remember, if it bends its comedy. If it breaks, its not”. Woody Allen ended the eighties by combining the plight of the intelligent, but…
TV Review: Smash, Episode 11
byPurposefully cringeworthy moments are aplenty as Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman) takes centre stage in Smash. Writers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky provide dialogue that…
TV Review: Smash, Episode 8
byHitting a high note last week with “The Workshop”, NBC’s new series Smash fails to reach the same heights with “The Coup”. Character motivations…
TV Review: Smash, Episode 7
byThe first major make or break moment for the team of “Marilyn the Musical” arrives as the seventh episode of Smash airs. The time…
TV Review: Smash, Episode 6
byWhen Ivy (Megan Hilty) becomes sick and begins to loose her voice, Karen (Katharine McPhee) is touted to quickly replace her if she doesn’t…
TV Review: Smash, Episode 4
by“The Cost of Art” finally moves the new NBC series Smash into the rehearsal space. First day anxieties and nerves are a plenty, especially…
TV Review: Smash, Episode 3
byEnter Mr. DiMaggio, the third episode of NBC’s Smash, starts off with a literal playful bang. I wasn’t aware that humping was a common…
Film Review: 50/50 (2011)
byDirector Jonathan Levine follows up 2008’s The Wackness with 50/50, a relatively low-key ‘dramedy’ starring Jason Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen.