Terrifying new trailer for The Purge: Election Year

A terrifying new trailer has been released for the upcoming horror science fiction movie The Purge: Election Year. The movie is the third movie in the series after 2013’s The Purge and 2014’s The Purge: Anarchy. The new movie follows the same theme, set in a futuristic world where every year for 12 hours all crime

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Below Deck Mediterranean recap: The complete mayhem edition

I’ve waited to start blogging the new “Below Deck Mediterranean” on Bravo because I was cautiously optimistic that the show would return to its first season glory with the new destination. So far, I’m impressed. Let’s recap the first two episodes real quick. With only Chef Ben returning from prior seasons, the new crew is

Scream: The TV Series – The Complete First Season DVD review

The Scream franchise finds new life with the DVD release of the first season from the MTV series adaptation. Although the season is a tad light on scares, the makers of the show make sure the gore lives up to what Scream fans expect and the writing has plenty of opportunity to tease the horror

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United Shades of America shines spotlight on police crisis, discussion

Did you know it is National Police Week? Perfect timing for CNN’s latest episode of United Shades of America, which took star W. Kamau Bell for a ride with the police force in Campden, New Jersey, where they are trying to introduce “community policing” in a bid to build trust with residents. Kamau’s perspective is,

Review: The Man Who Knew Infinity

Jeremy Irons is great, as usual, but the rest of the cast seems to be just going through the motions in this story of the nerd underdog who makes good. Irons does a fantastic job playing Cambridge mathematics Fellow G.H. Hardy but it is not enough to save this morass of melodrama. Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar

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Disney give much better glimpse of The BFG in new trailer

Disney have just released their second official trailer for The BFG — giving a much bigger glimpse into the fantastical world of Giant Country. The movie, which is set to be released on July 1, stars Bridge of Spies actor Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant and newcomer Ruby Barnhill as Sophie.  The new Official

Review: Money Monster

Jack O’Connell blasts out of screen as Kyle Budwell, a New York truck driver who has lost his life savings in a securities gamble. He sneaks into the TV studio where finance TV show host, talking head and investment clown Lee Gates (George Clooney) is starting his weekly song, dance and spiel. The film starts

Review: Dheepan

Jacques Audiard’s winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is a masterful tale of survival as well as a harrowing cautionary note about the perseverance of the violence of war. The story centers on Dheepan (Antonythasan Jesuthasan), a Tamal Tiger child soldier grown into leader during the final days before the movement

Review: Rabin In His Own Words

Director Erez Laufer’s documentary is true to its title. The film tells Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s story through archival footage and descriptions by the man himself. It is a touching movie, a documentary of unusual force and intimacy. One cannot help but listen to the words in the context of his assassination by his

Meet the hunky Norwegian Navy officer who looks like a real-life Viking god

Hunky Norwegian Navy officer Lasse L. Matberg has been causing some serious cases of rising blood pressure in various corners of the internet — with people saying he looks like a real-life Norwegian god. The 30-year-old has been getting lots of people weak at the knees thanks to his long blonde locks, tousled beard, and