Film & Television

‘Battle Creek’ Review: another mediocre cop procedural

When you hear that writers Vince Gilligan (“Breaking Bad”) and David Shore (“House”) have made an original show starring Dean Winters (Mayhem from Allstate) and Josh Duhamel (“Transformers”) with Bryan Singer (“The Usual Suspects”) directing the pilot, you probably get your hopes up for an exciting series.
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Knock, knock: ‘House of Cards’ is back

Netflix subscribers of the world rejoice, then get comfortable and cancel your weekend plans: “House of Cards” has returned and the dark political drama is as binge-worthy as ever. The award-winning streaming series’ third season was released at midnight last Friday to the delight of ravenous fans the world over.
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‘Fifty Shades’ of awful and unhealthy gender roles

A friend of mine recommended the film “Fifty Shades of Grey,” claiming that the movie was better than the book. After seeing the movie and never reading the book, I can only assume that the screenplay was written on toilet paper. E.L James’s famous fan-fiction novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” tells the story of college undergraduate Anastasia Steele who falls for a young, successful business entrepreneur with quite a few whips and ball gags in his closet.
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ABC takes newcomer ‘American Crime’ to another level

Last week on February 7th, SCAD Atlanta’s aTVfest premiered a two-episode sneak peak of the upcoming series “American Crime” at the SCAD Show theater. The star of the new series, Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton (“Ordinary People,” “Leverage”) was honored with SCAD’s annual Icon Award for his work of over thirty years as an actor.
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