In Season 2, SEAL Team Six is on a mission to destroy the terrorist network responsible for the shooting of their former team leader — a mission that could inadvertently spark World War III. […]
Red Nose Day is celebrities coming together for an evening of laughter and serious fundraising with a global goal of ending child poverty. […]
New To On Demand: Red Sparrow By Stephen Whitty The name is Bond. Jane Bond. Jennifer Lawrence is a super-secret agent in Red Sparrow, and her mission is simple — worm her way into an enemy spy’s affections and find out who’s feeding him info. Except — here’s the twist — she is working for the Russians. And her best secret weapon isn’t an ejector seat or killer briefcase but her own irresistible sexuality. Oh, and here’s one more twist: She might actually be working for the Americans instead, or, also. Or not at all. Red Sparrow is a wild […]
New to On Demand: Game Night By Stephen Whitty OK, what’s the answer to “Harmless comedy with two likable stars”? Two words, nine letters? I think we have the solution right here. Game Night is a slick farce that takes a ridiculous situation and works it pretty painlessly, thanks to Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. You won’t leave the theater holding your sides from laughter, but you won’t walk out holding your head, either. Bateman and McAdams play Max and Annie, young marrieds whose idea of a wild Friday is a night at home with two other couples, chasing after […]
On Demand DVD New Releases May 21-27 Game Night Couples’ game night goes to a whole new level when a murder mystery party gets hilariously blurred as to what’s real and what’s fake. It’s a bumbling night of chaos, crime and stiff competition. Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman, Kyle Chandler (R, 1:40) 5/22 Red Sparrow Dominika Egorova is a Russian ballerina who is recruited by the Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains young people to use their bodies and minds as weapons. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Mary-Louise Parker (R, 2:20) 5/22 The 15:17 to Paris When a terrorist attempts to take […]
Depending on your perspective, making a contemporary film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s book-burning classic Fahrenheit 451 in the era of Snapchat and Twitter, “fake news,” handheld devices and monster flat screens is either brilliance or insanity. No one understands that better than filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, who helms this month’s HBO modernization of the cautionary tale. “I knew that once I got into it, there would be no way that I wouldn’t upset somebody who loved Bradbury’s work,” said Bahrani at a recent press event. “So, I tried to stay true to the themes. Even if I changed certain characters or […]
For more than three decades, filmmaker Jennifer Fox thought she was the luckiest. That, as a smart, independent 13-year-old in the freewheeling ’70s, it was pure sophistication that her first “boyfriend” — the fellow who took her virginity — was an older man who found her beautiful and exceptionally talented. Still prepubescent, Fox memorialized the “relationship” in “The Tale,” an English-class assignment about the man, their introduction via an elegant riding instructor she called Mrs. G and the trio’s “magical” summer spent defying the conventions of love and freedom. Still, the girl told everyone it was a work of fiction. […]
Nothing lasts forever, and that’s especially true of TV shows. These five series have had their seasons in the sun, and they’ll sign off for good this spring. […]
Black Panther Claws His Way To The Top By Stephen Whitty There’s a new kind of Marvel superhero on the prowl. Black Panther isn’t just a different kind of comic-book movie, though, touched with politics and James Bond adventure. It’s a big-screen breakthrough that gives kids — and adults — a bold black hero and an alternative history lesson. In this adventure, there’s a vast African empire, Wakanda, that’s never been scarred by invasion or slavery. Happily hidden away from the world, its people live peaceful lives, made even easier by their vast resources and high-tech achievements. But when an […]
On Demand DVD New Releases May 14-20 Black Panther (pictured above) Returning to his home in Wakanda after his father’s death, T’Challa must take his rightful place as king of this technologically advanced African nation. With challenges coming from factions in the country, can he persevere and prosper? Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o (PG-13, 2:14) 5/15 Samson An oppressed people turn to a hero chosen by God who possesses enormous strength. It is with this power that this young Hebrew will defend his people and avenge his God. Taylor James, Jackson Rathbone, Billy Zane (PG-13, 1:50) 5/15 Dark Crimes […]
© 2025 StayTuned Magazine