Rihanna will be releasing her first album since being assaulted by former boyfriend, Chris Brown.  First of all, since she originally went back to him (and caused a public outcry), I’m just happy to see that she’s come to her senses and is actually speaking out against domestic violence now. 

Now that I’ve gotten the niceties out of the way, I’ve got to say that there really aren’t any songs on her new Rated R album that I truly love (or even like for that matter).  I realize that she was probably going through a lot at the time but …read more

The newest instalment of Star Trek was released on DVD and Blu-ray this week and I immediately picked up a copy.  Being a huge Trekkie, I was really worried when they decided to go back and start the series from before Kirk was the captain of the Starship Enterprise. I was so pleasantly surprised by what J.J. Abrams did with the characters and storyline.

Not everyone in my life shares my passion for Star Trek so I thought it was great that Abrams really found a balance between giving fans the sci-fi flick they needed while making it also an action-packed …read more

Fight Club was released on Blu-ray this week and director David Fincher thought it would be funny to include a little prank for fans of the 1999 favorite.  When viewers load up the disc, some of them might be surprised to see the menu screen for Never Been Kissed.  I would definitely be confused if I saw that!
The Fight Club menu does show up after a few seconds so it’s not like you’ve got to look at Drew Barrymore forever so I think it’s a funny gag.  Of course, Barrymore’s cute and romantic storyline starkly contrasts that of Fight Club …read more

As an NFL writer for the past ten years, Michael Oher’s remarkable story is not new to me. I was introduced via Michael Lewis’ 2006 book The Blind Side. It was a fascinating account of how the position of left tackle in the National Football League has evolved into one of its most important and highest-paying jobs. After all, the left tackle’s role is to protect the “blind side” of the highest-paid player on the team—the quarterback. The focus of the book is offensive line prodigy Michael Oher, a big, homeless ghetto kid from Memphis, taken in by a rich …read more

I always like the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies, the Christmas one is my favorite holiday movie, but I think they should have stopped before Vegas Vacation.  Us Magazine is reporting that we haven’t seen the last of the Griswolds.

Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo will be reprising their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold but it won’t be on the big screen.  Instead, they will be part of a new ad campaign to be launched during the next Superbowl on February, 7 2010.  The commercial will be a throwback to the original 1983 movie and will promote HomeAway vacation rentals (I’ve …read more

You might be a guy who is actually interested in the highly anticipated sequel to Twilight but, if you’re going to see New Moon this weekend, chances are you are going with a date.  Either way, this movie is going to dominate the box office this weekend without question.

The film picks up after the events in Twilight.  All is right in the world of Bella and Edward until Jasper loses his mind and tries to attack her at her own birthday party.  As a result, Edward believes the noble thing is to leave his true love forever and she practically …read more

Though fans originally were anticipating what was supposed to be a summer of 2011 release date for the Star Trek sequel, plans have now been changed. Producer of the films, J. J. Abrams told SCI FI Wire that we should now be expecting the film to be released in 2012.
He said that the extra time would be beneficial,”You use what you’ve got. The more time you have, the more time you have to use to hopefully make it a better movie.
Co-producer and writer, Damon Lindelof said, “Yeah, I think that we would be hard pressed to get it on screens …read more

Director, Roland Emmerich, is considering releasing two more movies to follow-up the storyline in Independence Day.  My first thought was “why?” but then I thought of the fact that this man also put out 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow (a damn fine movie if you ask me) so it would appear the man just loves disaster movies.
After all these years, I’m not sure why this old movie needs to be resurrected.  Have we completely run out of things to make movies about because, if that is the case, maybe we should slow down the production.
Emmerich also said that …read more

I’ve been listening to Norah Jones‘ new CD, The Fall (in stores today), for a little over a week now (thanks, EMI). And I absolutely love it. It marks a new direction for the lovely and talented Norah in that she is working with an entirely new group of musicians. Plus she’s older and wiser. Thus, her sound has evolved. And yes, it works.
Producer Jacquire King—who has worked with Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, and Tom Waits, among others—helped Norah put together a group of musicians, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser …read more

Last night’s episode of Dexter was crazy – literally.  There were all sorts of twists and hints at oddities that it’s hard to even know where to begin.  I guess we’ll just start with the more mundane stuff.
LaGuerta and Batista continued to have a hard time being around each other without ripping each other’s clothes off.  Eventually, the inevitable happened and they got it on in one of the conference rooms.  Of course, they are risking their careers but sometimes love is more important, right?
Quinn’s suspicions about Dexter are growing.  He commented on the fact that the blood spatter analyst …read more