Peanuts and Popcorn

When it comes to Pixar films, the question really isn’t, “Is it any good” but rather, “How good is it?” Since the beginning with Toy Story, the studio has created such an image for itself that audiences expect greatness with everything that they do, which is saying a lot. In the case with their latest…

Recently, I got a chance to meet with two of Disney/Pixar’s most animated characters in an intimate round table discussion of their newest flick, Inside Out. Across from me sat Pete Docter, who is not only the vice president of creative at Pixar Animation Studios, but he also wrote and directed Inside Out. He’s been…

Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World’ Forty years ago, Steven Spielberg and Universal Studios helped create the term “summer blockbuster” with the release of Jaws. This summer he is the executive producer of this summer’s blockbuster, Jurassic World, also produced by Universal. The third sequel in the Jurassic Park franchise, is everything you want and hope for…

Though six-time GRAMMY® winner TobyMac’s new album, This is Not a Test, won’t hit store shelves until August 7, two songs from it are available to download today on iTunes. The 13-track studio album is TobyMac’s sixth and is available for pre-order as well as two advance songs, “Beyond Me” and “Backseat Driver” with Hollyn…

With the fact the Fun Home had the most nominations for the 2015 Tony Awards (12), it is no real surprise that the musical was one of the big winners of the evening winning five awards. However, what is surprising, is that the musical with second largest number of nominations (10), Something Rotten! won only one…

The beloved Melissa McCarthy seems to have as many hits as she does misses when it comes to her choices of movies that she appears in. She is a very funny lady with a talent that Hollywood hasn’t pin-pointed how best to use. She has been praised for her raunchy performance in Bridesmaids (2011), was…

When the first trailers for ABC’s The Whispers began to play, I rolled my eyes. How could a show about children with evil imaginary friends be any good? Then I watched the first two episodes and confess – it looks pretty good. On the other hand, I said the same thing about Resurrection which failed…

While it won’t fit the bill for those who are missing Mad Man, the new Aquarius is centered on the 1960’s with all the music, fashion and mayhem of the era. The show is about the rise of popularity of Charles Manson set two years before the Tate-LaBianca murders. It stars David Duchovny as Sam…

Now that we got most of the series and season finales done, summer time game shows hit the small screen in a big way. This week, eight new and/or returning reality/game shows debut with a total of 13 or so debuting in the coming months. NBC is the leader of pack with the largest selection…

Though the show is called 500 Questions, viewers may ask only one: Why was this show made? Since the initial debut of Who Wants to be a Millionaire aired in 1999, It seems that every spring or summer, a “new” limited gameshow appears to makes it mark, but none of them have come close to…

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