Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Dictator
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 61% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: Larry Charles
Written By: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas and Ben Kingsley
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. (Source)
Game of Thrones Scene of the Week: Little Orphan Arya
“A Man Without Honor” was a bit heavier on dialog than action and the best scene for me was the further adventures of Little Orphan Arya and her ward Daddy Lannister. Tywin Lannister is surrounded by generals yet he can only have deep, meaningful conversations with a tweenage girl he has just met. That this man of great intellect and power is surrounded by so many idiots has been shown in previous episodes and this exchange was just extra fun. The two characters went back and forth with Tywin making it known that he is aware when Arya is lying … Continue reading Game of Thrones Scene of the Week: Little Orphan Arya
Trailer of the Day: Excision
A disturbed and delusional high school student (AnnaLynn McCord) with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother. – IMDb
Trailer of the Day: True Blood Season Five
Ya can never go wrong with Chris Meloni playing a bad guy as far as I’m concerned. The new season of True Blood airs Sunday, June 10 at 9 PM ET on HBO. Continue reading Trailer of the Day: True Blood Season Five
Cover Me Monday: Jolene
With a nod to blogging brethren jmount43 for the recommendations, I present to you this week’s cover songapalooza featuring Dolly Parton’s classic “Jolene” sung by both nascent alterna-folk singer Mindy Smith and the Norah Jones side band The Little Willies.
Shuffling On My iPod: Chester French
Chester French – Black Girls Continue reading Shuffling On My iPod: Chester French
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Dark Shadows
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 58% (Audience)
Directed By: Tim Burton
Written By: Seth Grahame-Smith and John August
Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. (Source)
The Unholy Trinity of Bad Movie Mothers
While most of the world is honoring the best of motherhood on this Mother’s Day, I thought I’d take a different angle and look at the worst examples of mothering to ever be put on film. So put down the sappy Hallmark cards and last minute bouquet of flowers and click through to see the trio of worst movie mothers ever! Happy Mother’s Day!
Game of Thrones Scene of the Week: Whoop That Trick
This week’s scene of the week was too easy to pick…nothing is better than watching that little putz Joffrey get abused and this scene was especially satisfying because he got both humiliated and put in his place in quick succession.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Avengers
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% (Critics) / 96% (Audience)
Directed By: Joss Whedon
Written By: Joss Whedon and Zak Penn
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis: Marvel Studios presents Marvel’s The Avengers-the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. (Source)
Shuffling On My iPod: AlunaGeorge
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Trailer of the Day: The Loved Ones
Hell hath no fury like a woman scored — and her father — in this tense tale of terror from Australia. Brent (Xavier Samuel) is driving home late one night with his father when he swerves after seeing something in the road. The car spins out of control, and moments later Brent’s dad is dead. Brent is wracked with guilt over the incident, and sinks into a deep depression, only beginning to sort out his feelings when he begins dating one of his classmates, a pretty and nurturing girl named Holly (Victoria Thaine). However, another young woman at school, Lola (Robin McLeavy), has taken an interest in Brent, going so far as to ask him to escort her to an upcoming dance. Loyal Brent turns Lola down, but he learns the hard way she doesn’t handle disappointment well. Lola and her wealthy father (John Brumpton) force Brent to attend a private party at a cottage in the woods, where he’s the only guest and Lola and her dad mete out brutal punishment for daring to hurt her feelings. – Rotten Tomatoes
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