The legend of the womanizing Don Juan has been told in many ways throughout the course of time, but art has never presented him as a modern-day, online porn-addicted Italian Catholic guy from Jersey—till Joseph Gordon-Levitt brought him to life. The thespian makes his first feature film foray into directing and screenwriting with the unconventional […]
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Glee Sings The Beatles
In 1964, The Beatles‘ first live television performance in the US on The Ed Sullivan Show sparked the explosion of Beatlemania, which had a monumental influence on how we listen to and interact with music. In our pop culture today, Glee uses songs to tell their stories of friendship, heartache, and what it’s like to […]
Janna Does TIFF: Prisoners
When a film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival only two weeks prior to being released in theatres, people asked me, “Why bother paying extra to see something now, when you can just see it for the price of a regular ticket later this month?” I told them that, for some films, I just […]
Janna Does TIFF: The Double
Over the next three months, The Hudsucker will be bringing you reviews from some of the most talked-about films from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Stay tuned every Saturday for advice on which films you should watch out for in the coming year – and which ones you’re better off skipping. In real life, […]
Best Vine Videos Win Signed ‘Property Brothers’ Bobble-heads!
Forget all the Olympic gold medals, Oscars or Golden Globes; there’s a new, truly valuable prize in town. Coming off hosting duties at the famed Producer’s Ball during the Toronto International Film Festival, HGTV and W Network’s Scott Brothers, Jonathan and Drew Scott have announced an exciting and fun-filled contest for their fans!
This is Us: A New Fan Watches 1D3D
First things first: I am a Directioner. Or am I a Directionator? Maybe I have One Direction infection?
How Will ‘Breaking Bad’ End?
They are images that will be ingrained in modern television history: A Southwestern desert. RV. A frightened middle-aged man sporting glasses, a green collared shirt, no pants, and a gun pointing towards the camera. In the course of five years, the desert remained a prominent setting as the RV became obsolete. But most startling—yet thrilling—is […]
The Spectacular, “Spectacular Now”
On shelves dominated by paranormal romances, dystopian adventures, aliens, werewolves, and superpowers, The Spectacular Now is one Young Adult novel stripped down to the reality of a teen boy growing up in a familiar world. Without the help of flashy, overplayed teen fiction tropes, Tim Tharp delivers a real character in Sutter Keely — the […]
Switched at Birth: Redemption
As much constructive criticism as I may have given Switched at Birth in the episode before the finale, I must say that the finale made up for all that and more. This wrap-up of Season 2 was both dramatic, alluring, sentimental and still left you with cliff hangers for Season 3. It was remarkably beautiful.
“In A World…” Autographed Movie Poster Giveaway!
We are proud to announce a giveaway in partnership with PartnersHub, in conjunction with Roadside Attractions for the comedy, In A World… Read on to find out how you can take part and win an autographed movie poster by actress, screenwriter and director, Lake Bell!
SYTYCD10: Top 10 and 8 Performance Shows – The All-Stars Align
Well, I took a bit of a hiatus last week because I was moving from Montreal to Toronto and just didn’t have time to sit down and give you guys a thorough review of what I thought of the show, but let me tell you – I have a ton of thoughts about the last […]
Switched at Birth: Too Much Drama
There is only one word to describe this week’s episode of Switched at Birth: drama. While that is an obvious term to describe a drama television show, I use this term literally for this week’s episode. In fact, I believe that this episode had too much drama.
SYTYCD10: Top 12 Performances – Down to 10, All-stars Ahead…
The Top 12 results are simultaneously the most interesting and frightening of the season. With half the dancers in danger, we often get a bit of a shock, but it may also let us in the secret of who our front runners really are. That’s why it was interesting to see Malece and Amy in […]
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