In honor of ‘The Conjuring,’ which opens this Friday, here are director James Wan’s four previous films, ranked from worst to best: 4. Death Sentence (2007) This Kevin Bacon revenge thriller is over-long, over-violent, and a total snooze.  Designed a …Read more

Writers on television shows have to be endlessly creative to sustain a series over several years, but one thing no writer is ever prepared for is the sudden death of one of their stars.  The writers on ‘Glee’ are currently faced with that unthinkable …Read more

‘Glee’ star Cory Monteith, who played jock-turned-singer Finn Hudson, tragically passed away on Saturday afternoon.  In his adult life, Monteith had been very open and honest about his struggle with drug addiction since the age of 13.  Last April, he …Read more

When you think of summer, if you picture yourself sitting in a dark theater on a hot day, watching an exciting movie with a cold soda and a comically-large bucket of popcorn…  If you imagine being swept up in the big-budget magic of Hollywood…  I …Read more

Michael Cera tries a Magic Cactus and makes a movie out of it! Shot in the Chilean desert, the film “Crystal Fairy”, directed by Sebastian Silva, is based on a real roadtrip that the director took 12 years ago — during which he met an American trave …Read more

In the early hours of the year 2009, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot and killed by police at Fruitvale train station. The incident, captured by many spectators’ cell phones, inspired protests and riots across the Bay area in California. Fruitvale St …Read more

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK9cO7QN8Ak[/youtube] This is by far the most dramatic episode of “Kids Say the Darndest Things” ever. Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a lonesome kindergarten teacher whose luck appears to finally be looking up. A b …Read more

RED 2 (premiering next weekend) stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren as octogenarians so good at kicking ass and taking names, it makes us young uns look old and feeble.  (‘RED,’ in this case, stands for ‘Retired & …Read more

“Fruitvale Station”, produced by Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker, is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, a 22-year old Bay-area resident who was killed by transit police in 2009 in a case of police brutality. In the film, director Ryan Coogle …Read more

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE[/youtube] Ender’s Game, a science-fiction film opening this November, has recently encountered a PR disaster. Gay-marriage advocates are calling for a boycott of the movie not because of its conten …Read more