Reel Vixen

If we learned anything from Derek Cianfrance’s wrenching A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES it’s that fatherhood is the pits. Kids are sticky, they require attention and money, and they ultimately want to do things with you that you just don’t always have time for. They grow out of that adorable baby phase pretty quickly and [...]

You know that feeling when filmmakers tell you something you know isn’t true? It’s called being sold a false bill of goods. We all went through that feeling last Summer when we were told by Ridley Scott that PROMETHEUS wasn’t an ALIEN prequel (it is). And I have a feeling that in a few weeks [...]

Last night I attended a special inaugural screening at Addison’s newest entertainment stop, The Look Cinemas. This was my second visit to Look, as the fancy pants theater hosted the Opening Night for the Dallas International Film Festival on April 4th, but this time around their new Dolby Atmos screening room was the main event. [...]

At the heart of SWIM LITTLE FISH SWIM, the directorial debut of Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis, is the fear and distress associated with growing up. Told through two interweaving stories, SWIM LITTLE FISH SWIM introduces Lilas (Bessis), a wayward art student who we first see literally escaping from art. She is bound and hogtied [...]

Jeremy David White’s short THE FIRST HOPE has been one of the most-talked about films of the Dallas International Film Festival. What starts with a young boy sitting in a plastic bin watching his trusty VHS copy of STAR WARS quickly evolves into a fantasy between the boy and his older sister. The film plays [...]

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, Derek Cianfrance’s follow-up to his highly controversial exploration of the creation and dissolution of marriage, BLUE VALENTINE, steps away from romantic love and tackles the ecstasy and anguish of fatherhood for two men on opposite sides of the law. Structured in three parts, the film first presents motorcycle stunt driver [...]

This review was originally published on Red Carpet Crash Art house misfit Harmony Korine’s first attempt at mainstream film fair, SPRING BREAKERS opens wide this weekend and I’m here to tell you lock up your daughters and sons. This film is, as “Access Hollywood” co-host Billy Bush said Wednesday, “a giant pile of steaming disaster.” [...]

Director Paul Weitz never shies away from balancing heart wrenching stories with smart comedy. He is a stellar director whose ABOUT A BOY is still considered one of the best novel-to-film adaptations produced in the last twenty years. His newest film, ADMISSION, is another book adaptation that taps into the same emotions as ABOUT A [...]

At the beginning of “Juliet Takes a Luvvah” Shawn (James Roday) is living with his parents, and Juliet (Maggie Lawson) is dating other men… wait what?  Jules is undercover, but Shawn really did move in with his parents. There’s a new killer in town, someone who targets girls from a dating website. So Jules (since [...]

Last season’s finale of PSYCH had murder, heart-warming Shawn-Juliet moments, and a huge cliffhanger. Just as the episode ended, Shawn’s (James Roday) dad was shot! (Thanks for that one, writers.) The seventh season premiere “Santabarbaratown 2” begins with Henry (Corbin Bernsen) being rushed to the hospital, and a heartwarming, “I’m worried about you Shawn, don’t [...]