Reviews

Naomi Watts’ is the second-billed star in Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition. On the film’s official Fox Searchlight website, her name appears above the title next to Jake Gyllenhaal’s. But she barely appears in the film’s trailer. She’s onscreen for less than one second. She says just three words. (“You miss her?”) It’s almost like the trailer is trying to hide her.

The 90s were a great time to grow up in! There was so much great music, television, films, and we lived under one of the most prosperous times in recent economic history. We saw the age of the P.C. and a huge upswing with the advent of the Internet and World Wide Web...

One of the staples of the 90s was "must see TV." This phrase was generally associated with the Thursday night lineup on NBC. As certain shows would run there course and others would fill the void, we were treated to the likes of Friends, Frasier, Wings, Mad About You, and of course Seinfeld...

Ride Along was one of the surprise hits of 2014, making a massive pile of cash in the traditionally slow month of January. A sequel was inevitable. Like clockwork, Ride Along 2 is set to arrive almost exactly two years to the day after the first film. Which means the second outing of Ice Cube and Kevin Hart’s mismatched buddy cops was written, shot, edited and will be released in the space of 728 days.

Magic Mike was a movie about strippers trying to make ends meet in the midst of the Great Recession, the difficulty of modern romance, and the dangers of drug use. Magic Mike XXL is a movie about strippers stripping. And not a whole lot else.

When all you care about is money, bad things happen. That’s the message of Jurassic World, where greedy theme-park executives hoping to spike attendance engineer the “Indominus Rex,” a genetically-modified dinosaur that immediately turns on its creators and runs amok. Designed as a cautionary tale about the dangers of building a meaner, badder monster purely for the sake of profits, Jurassic World works equally well as a cautionary tale about doing the same thing in movies. All of the rationalizations provided by Jurassic World’s employees — “Consumers want them bigger, louder, more teeth.” “Somebody’s gotta make sure this company has a future!” — could have been taken directly out of the mouths of the studio executives who approved this gene splice of a reboot and a sequel. Their creation — the Indominus or the movie, there’s basically no difference — is as advertised; huge, mean, and visually striking. But this experiment is not without consequences.

Taraji P. Henson is only the eighth black woman to host SNL in 40 years, which is only half the reason why her appearance on the show is awesome — in addition to her killer role as Cookie on Empire, Henson is a versatile actress who’s been impressing us for some time now. That versatility certainly came in handy as this week’s guest host, although the writers never really figured out how to use Henson’s strengths. Read on as we rank this week’s SNL sketches from great to not-so-great.

St. Patrick's Day was yesterday, the tradition of wearing green was alive and well here at the radio station...or so we thought. Doug tried to pass off a blueish type shade of green, I couldn't let that fly. I asked you, the listener, if his shirt was green or blue...

This is not your father's country music — and that's a good thing.

The Angler's Port Marine Cabin Fever Sports Show Day 1 is over and Day 2 is ahead of us. Thanks to all those who came out and we invite you back out today (Feb. 8). We have over 75 booths for you to get into the frame of mind of spring and summer, maybe score a Valentine's Day gift and lots more where that came from...