Judd Foxman has had a tough life recently. His baby was strangled by its umbilical cord in the womb, his wife is having an affair with his boss, and his father has just died. This is pretty heavy for the first few chapters of a comedic book, but this sets up for the premise of…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH0cEP0mvlU It's finally here. The much anticipated (at least by me) film adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's best selling book "This is Where I Leave You" is here and it's underwhelming. Related Post: Top Five Most Anticipated Films Based on Books The book (check out our review here) tells the story of the Foxman family who must…
In our newest segment, one of our team members puts their iPod on shuffle and makes a playlist out of the first ten songs to play. It's a great way to find new music or rediscover the old stuff. http://open.spotify.com/user/smashcutreviews/playlist/5kbkNHtf14nmJ9Vg0fQqwO
It's sad to think that one of the greatest filmmakers of our time has a lowly three Oscar nominations to his name. Wes Anderson has delivered such memorable films as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Moonrise Kingdom, the latter of which was his most recent chance to win that piece of hardware that Hollywood is so hung up on.…
out of 10 Turns out Mad Men has a soul after all. At the end of the episode, entitled "The Strategy," we find Peggy, Don, and Pete having a family dinner at a burger barn. Three people battered by life having a cordial meal together. However, as the rest of the episode preceding…
Writing categories are some of my favorite categories in all entertainment awards shows, but they really do rule supreme for me at the Emmys. Why? Because TV writing can be so good and emotionally taxing, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but it can also absolutely suck. So any award that appreciates good writing is one that…
Though it doesn't quite reach the potential of its premise, Oculus packs in enough tension to make it a solid horror movie Yet another entry in the psychological horror rooted in childhood emotional trauma genre. Running in two different timelines, Oculus follows a brother and sister as they try to destroy a mirror that contained the ghosts…
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It was announced yesterday during CBS' upfronts that the How I Met Your Mother spin off How I Met Your Dad was not going to be picked up by the network. CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler commented: There were elements on the pilot that didn't work out. We tried to work out about redoing the pilot. That's not happening right…
In honor of the finale of the brilliant fifth season of The Good Wife, here is a list of what I consider to be their 10 Best Episodes. Hitting the Fan (Season 5, Episode 5): When I started writing this list I knew from the beginning that this episode would be number one. It brought together every…
