‘My Oxford Year:’ A Diploma in Dumbness
Judging by the pre-release marketing campaign, it looked like My Oxford Year was going to be a comedy somewhat along the lines of the popular Netflix series Emily in Paris. A fish out of water story of a scrappy young American woman making her way in a foreign European country. How much fun that promised. A parable of a student at England’s premier university who’s already landed a prestigious post-college job at Goldman Sachs in New...
It’s Ed Sullivan At His ‘Sunday Best’ In New Documentary
When you think of The Ed Sullivan Show, the first thing that comes to mind is the epic, iconic, inaugural American appearance of the Beatles that immediately became a massive game-changer in global pop culture. And if you go back a few years, there was a similar seismic moment when Elvis Presley first appeared on the CBS Sunday night variety show. Through his decades of being the host, Ed Sullivan continued to transform the cultural...
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps:’ Not So Fantastic
It was one weekend into the theatrical run and there came an opportunity to see this well-reviewed film at an industry screening. And now it’s apparent that there are no legs for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Box office plunged 66% from its opening weekend. It was easy to see why. The film started off strong enough with Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby playing a married couple in their super swanky ultramodern abode when she finds...
‘The Hunting Wives’ is a Wild, Sexy, Texas-Style Summer Romp
The Hunting Wives contains every single ingredient to take the prize for the sexiest summer streaming show in recent memory. We’re talking steamy extramarital sex, licit and illicit drug use, drinking, smoking, hunting, gorgeous women taking up with hot young men, religion, and ultimately – murder. Led by a stellar cast including Malin Akerman, Dermot Mulroney and Brittany Snow, all eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix, so get...
Silly, Scary ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Flashes Back to 1997 Original
If you’re a fan of the original 1997 slasher film, you’re probably going to enjoy this re-boot – especially with the participation of two of the original film’s stars, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. They survived the on-screen bloodbath after a group of five teenage friends tried to cover up a fatal car accident. As a first-time viewer of the franchise, I didn’t even buy that premise. Did one of them standing in the...
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