Theater: Fuerza Bruta Loses Its "Wayra" With New Show
WAYRA -- FUERZA BRUTA * 1/2 out of **** DARYL ROTH THEATER If you've never seen any non-traditional theater, no Cirque Du Soleil or the countless circus troupes that have come in its wake, if you've...
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Discovering an Emperor With Adrien Brody and Lee Tamahori in Cannes
Acting teacher Richard Pinter would say to his students that a great actor, even a fascinating human being for that matter, should be unpredictable. And no one represents that complete statement as...
View ArticleA Music Festival That's So Much More Than The Music
There aren't many festivals quite as unique as the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA. It's much more than a music festival; it's a community of people, a digital detox, and a home away from home...
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An excerpt from a Memorandum of Law of an Amended Petition for Post Conviction Relief filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas: Marshall Hale is an innocent man convicted of a crime he did not...
View ArticleIn Real Time: Richard Linklater's Boyhood Premieres at MoMA
The ecstasy around Richard Linklater's Boyhood reached climax at the premiere at MoMA this week. A two-and-three-quarter-hour epic in which a boy goes from first grade to high school graduation, this...
View ArticleDivorce Movie Sends Powerful Message About Dating After Divorce
I finally had a chance to see the movie Enough Said, a romantic comedy about dating after divorce with James Gandolfini (the last movie he made before he died) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Aside from the...
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A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Welcome to Melanie Martinez's "Dollhouse;" "Take a...
Photo and videos by Brian Dalthorp, wearepopstudios.com for A-Sides. It's unavoidable. Most writers, bloggers, or whatever you want to call us are going to start out a story about Melanie Martinez by...
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A Chat with Actress Emilia McCarthy of Netflix's Hemlock Grove and Disney's...
Photo by Pierre Gautreau You're familiar with Emilia McCarthy's work as fraternal twin Alyssa Sworn on Season 1's Netflix's Hemlock Grove. This Ontario native started in show business at 8 years old...
View ArticleOutfoxing the Fox -- Looking Back 10 Years Later
A dozen years ago, as the U.S. was pulled into war in Iraq by President George W. Bush, Fox News was not just any television network. It proudly blared the White House's lies coming with singular...
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Movie Review: I Am Road Comic
It's been four years since comedian-turned-commercial-filmmaker Jordan Brady used the low-budget documentary I Am Comic to give us a glimpse of what the world of stand-up looks like from the inside....
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Beloved Starlet Anna Hopkins Nails It in SyFy's 'Defiance'
Anna Hopkins plays Jessica "Berlin" Rai in SyFy's Defiance. You'll recognize her from guest appearances on Nikita and Arrow. Anna has two films premiering this year: After the Ball and her first...
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Review - Edge Of Tomorrow
I think Edge Of Tomorrow is one of the best films of the year. It's not just edge of your seat nail biting entertainment. You'll also think about it when it's over, which is saying a lot in the flash...
View ArticleCult Classic's 'Your Love' Music Video Will Let You Relive Your 90s Video...
The fresh Cult Classic team that is Leah Latella and Ryan Cavanaugh makes music videos as creative as their distinct electronic sound. The combination of striking vocals, virtuosic banjo and the...
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Pretty Little Liars 505: "Miss Me X 100"
It's time for some Pretty Little Liars 100th Episode Madness with tvtag and Jaymie Bailey, founder of All Things PLL! Here we go -- mind the spoilers: VB: "Miss Me x 100" delivers what we reAlly want:...
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The Milwaukee Collective's First Indie Project Just Finished Filming
The Milwaukee Collective, a group of award-winning writers, directors, producers and actors in Los Angeles, CA, have created their first indie feature called The Milwaukee Project. The collective...
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Chats With The Rippingtons' Russ Freeman, Rick Braun and Craig Bickhardt,...
A Conversation with The Rippingtons' Russ Freeman Mike Ragogna: Russ, you recorded your new album Fountain Of Youth with vintage equipment. Why? Russ Freeman: I'm always looking for textures to...
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'Land Ho!' Opens -- And a Bjork Sighting
Land Ho!, a road trip comedy co-written/directed by filmmakers Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, follows two retirees through the nightclubs and other dangers of Iceland. The well-received independent...
View ArticleIn Defense Of Killing Off Main Characters
I killed a man,* and I liked it. I needed to do it, and I'm quite happy with the results. Some people, however, are not. One woman in particular seemed very upset, enough to send me an angry email. She...
View ArticleNo Genre: An Introduction to Jon Bellion
The Intro. By most, if not any estimate, this past year, life has been quite pleasant to Jon Bellion. The 23 year old rapper/singer/songwriter/producer, who is a part of upstart management company,...
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Your New Summer Crush
Magdalena Quintana-Dodge is a superstar songwriter/singer and your new summer crush. Fresh of filming her new video for her song Crush Anyway I talked to the multi-talented bombshell about her life and...
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