SPOILERS! If you haven't watched this episode of Penny Dreadful, I highly suggest you stop reading now! MVP: Eva Green Penny Dreadful's second episode titled "Seance" scaled back the scares and focused more on character development and the overall darkness of the series, but there's no denying that this was one phenomenal hour…
In honor of The Sting being turned into a musical to be put up on the great white way, we decided to go the other way. Here are 7 great stage to screen adaptations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrrz54UtkCc 7. Chicago (2002 | Directed by Rob Marshall | Starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly)…
Summer blockbusters rarely make a huge impression at the Oscars. Usually it's a Visual Effects nomination, or something for sound, but even those are saved for more Oscar friendly movies. For example, The Avengers became the 3rd highest grossing film last year, however at the Oscars they were delegated a single nomination for Best Visual Effects. Now,…
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock tells the story of Leonard Peacock (imagine that) as he is about to embark on a life-changing mission. He has decided that today, his 18th birthday, to kill his former best friend Asher Beal and then kill himself. It’s a very interesting concept. To hear about teen on teen violence from the…
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…
