Reel Vixen

The trailer for one of my favorite childhood books (and, therefore, most anticipated films) has finally been released and you guys, “The Giver” looks spectacular. Based on the wrenching novel by Lois Lowry, “The Giver” follows a young boy, Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) whose life is about to change once he meets a mysterious man named [...]

Tom Hiddleston is back on the big screen this spring, and this time around he is one step closer to actualizing his true destiny as a Disney Prince. In “The Pirate Fairy,” Hiddleston voices Hook, the handsome captain determined to stir up trouble for our band of fairies–including Tinkerbell and her new friend the Pirate [...]

The internet basically makes Super Bowl commercials irrelevant, but that is not stopping Jaguar from ‘leaking’ a fancy, British commercial featuring three sexy Englishmen competing for baddest of the bad guys. Ben Kingsley (“Gandhi”), Mark Strong (“Low Winter Sun;” MY FANTASIES) and Tom Hiddleston (“The Avengers;” my bed where I keep him when he’s not [...]

Hey I don’t know about you, but I never cared for STAR TREK until J.J. Abrams got his nerdy little paws on the franchise in 2009. His reboot ruffled many feathers amongst STAR TREK purists, yet it still went on to be one of the highest-grossing films of that year. Clearly, I wasn’t the only [...]

After being utterly duped by Sarah Polley’s disappointing TAKE THIS WALTZ earlier this summer, I can’t believe I’m getting sucked into another exposé of two cheating partners. But then I watched the newest trailer for 28 HOTEL ROOMS (Available now on VOD). Starring Chris Messina and Marin Ireland as two lovers who find each other [...]

Joss Whedon, director of that tiny independent film THE AVENGERS appears to have beef recently. This time it’s not with the distributors of his passion project, CABIN IN THE WOODS, or judges on AMERICAN IDOL. No, Whedon has declared war on Mike Birbiglia and his elitist, NPR-loving friends at “This American Life” who have produced [...]

I have been eagerly awaiting Aaron Sorkin‘s new HBO drama, THE NEWSROOM, for months. Not due to the amazing talent of Sorkin, who makes talking fast and neurosis seem utterly charming. Nor the stellar cast assembled to take on the tough job of making a cable news crew look intriguing and human, including a terrifying [...]

Oh, Monday. The nemesis of Garfield, the reminder that weekends are far too short, and the day responsible for an endlessly quotable Mike Judge catchphrase. Normally, I, along with the rest of the world, lament that oh-so-inevitable beginning of the week. This week, however? THIS WEEK IS DIFFERENT. While TV-lovers got a bit of a [...]

The good people at Singletree Productions make some hilarious films. I had the chance to meet Mark Potts and Brand Rackley during their stay in Dallas for the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival where they were showing their hairy short FOLLICLE FROLIC. For all my fellow hair lovers, it’s pretty sweet. However, the highlight of [...]