Monster Jam DC Contest Winners

 

Will you see the 30th Anniversary Grave Digger Monster Truck LIVE at the Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam at the Verizon Center – starting TOMORROW January 27-29th? Let’s find out who won our contest!

TV REVUE – Justified: Cut Ties

“Cut Ties” somewhat surprisingly heads into an entirely new direction following the events of “TheGunfighter”. No mention of Wyn Duffy or Quarles for that matter, though the fact that the location of the murder scene they were involved in recently got new carpeting and the cement underneath bleached was brought up in passing. Instead a couple of new characters are introduced into the fold, the first being that of former colleague Karen Goodall (played by Carla Gugino, recently promoted to assistant director for the U.S. Marshals Service). There’s been a lot of chatter regarding Goodall as a semi-resurrection of Gugino’s old Karen Sisco character (which aired on ABC, where she also played a U.S. Deputy Marshal). So if you remember that show (I never watched it) it serves as an amusing echo into television character history, with the actors seemingly brief musing about it during their introduction.

DVD RELEASES: January 24th

Good afternoon TRR Readers,

We are already nearing the end of the first month which means many of things. I turn a year older at the end of January and the awards season goes into overdrive. I still can’t believe I have the pleasure of interviewing a new member of the Oscars nominee club, Octavia Spencer. TRR is gearing up for our new year of coverage, so I want everyone to be ready as we make new waves in covering movies, DVDS, interviews, and more. For this week’s movies – we will beat cancer at all odds, beat the crap out of fellow robots, revisit the first movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars, and take a little stroll to the 1950s – for these are the

MOVIES OF THE WEEK 

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Rocks Verizon Center – April 1st

 

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 2012 Wrecking Ball World Tour Date Set for April 1 at Verizon Center

Tickets go on sale SATURDAY January 28 at 10:00 a.m.

Disney On Ice Celebrates 100 YEARS OF MAGIC in Charm City

 

 

Be part of the festivities when Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic arrives at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, February 8-12! A century of classic and new Disney starsare taking to the ice to share memories, laughs and excitement with you and your family.

MOVIE REVUE: Soderbergh Controls Chaos in Haywire

It’s nice to see an action film that doesn’t complicate things just for the sake of looking smart. As much as I enjoyed most of the spy films from 2011, we saw almost every variation and mind-boggling complexity that the genre had to offer. In Haywire, which was initially slated for release early last year, we are treated to 90 minutes of undiluted action that stays within the boundaries of physics (and our attention spans) and out of the confusing details.

MOVIE REVUE: Fight On, Fight On Red Tails

In the year of 1944, a special elite group of young men were hoping to fight for their country during World War II.  The 332d Fighter Group consisted of the best fighter pilots to come out the famous Tuskegee Institute. These brave young aviators had to overcome racial discrimination from both inside and outside the Army in order to be treated as equals. Through it all, they proved to their country and the world that not only they were successful in their mission but successful in their lives. Red Tails has the combination of a good action flick and a gripping story. It has flying sequences that bring out the Top Gun pilot in all of us and it tells the tale of the Tuskegee Airmen – men who lived the dream of flying and made history doing so.

Etta James Dies at 73

Etta James, Powerful Voice Behind At Last, Dies at 73

COMMENTARY: SOPA/PIPA, E3, and Video Games

I’m almost 100% certain that the management at TRR would like to stay out of politics, and I certainly agree with that. Only on a rare occasion should we as a news and entertainment outlet should make an opinion. I want to draw a line here, what I’m about to write represents my performance as TRR’s Gaming Editor.

I’m more sure that readers of TRR are aware of the PROTECT IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), two bills that are making their way through the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, respectively. TRR is not in the business of commenting on these bills (hint: they will be bad for TRR, by the way).

Instead, I want to talk about the Electronics Entertainment Expo, or E3 as it is called in the industry. E3 is run by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). I hope you are still with me, I realize the logic pattern is (legislation)>(law)>(effect)>(ESA)>(E3)>(TRR).

MOVIE REVUE: Leave the Foe, and Make My Wars on You!

Shakespeare has had some…interesting runs in modern cinema. There are really three ways to attract mainstream appeal with Shakespeare. The first is to apply a Hollywood budget to existing plays and do it straight, like A Midsummer Night’s Dream from 1999. The second is to loosely adapt the plot to a modern time, theme, and setting; like 1999s 10 Things I Hate About You. The third is to take the script and the events, and dump them both into a modern setting, like 1996s Romeo + Juliet. So when Ralph Fiennes’ directoral debut, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus came out, there was an element of surprise when it turned out this film was the third kind of Hollywood Shakespeare film.