If you were to put together a horror film by committee, it would look a lot like “The Reaping.”
Someone would suggest borrowing from “The Omen,” which would lead someone else to propose lifting from “The Exorcist” and perhaps a third person would pitch an ending twist reminiscent of “Rosemary’s Baby.”
The Louisiana bayou would make […]
TV has had a long and rich tradition of police drama, from the heroic to the absurd, but it’s safe to say there has never been anything like the Strike Team on FX’s “The Shield,” which enters its sixth and penultimate season.Michael Chiklis’ Detective Vic Mackey, perhaps more than any TV cop, embodies what is […]
Despite its similar title, no one is likely to confuse “Live Free or Die” with the upcoming installment in the Bruce Willis action movie franchise.
ThinkFilm’s one-note comedy about a pair of hapless would-be criminals, written and directed by former “Seinfeld” scribes Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin, displays little of the comic spark of their previous […]
Fifteen years in, Martina McBride continues to look for new challenges. With “Waking Up Laughing,” the big-voiced singer for the first time produces an album by herself — something no other female country star has done at the height of her success. McBride also composes some of her own material for the first time, co-writing […]
There’s a reason Los Angeles band Ozomatli opens its new album with a raucous song called “Can’t Stop,” in which they sing about moving on, groovin’ and not living for yesterday.
The multicultural group with the hard-to-define sound has been around for more than a decade with just-shy-of-mainstream success. They’ve wonGrammys and have been in movies […]
Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne are two of this generation’s best pop-rock composers, able to wed finely detailed stories of misguided lives with sharp melodies. It was mostly a secret among critics until “Stacy’s Mom” broke through in 2003. That video with Rachel Hunter certainly didn’t hurt.
Their ability to draw portraits […]
