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‘Outlander’ Season 1 Episode 16 Recap: “To Ransom a Man’s Soul”

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LRShive
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 16 Recap
Angus Mhor (Stephen Walters), Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), Murtagh Fitzgibbons (Duncan Lacroix), and Rupert Mackenzie (Grant O’Rourke) in ‘Outlander’ (Photo © Sony Pictures Television Inc)

I warn you now; this recap of Outlander‘s season one finale will be emotional on many levels. We are embarking on another Droughtlander, but in this episode torture is the theme. OR more appropriately, how to live life after you have been through something so traumatic that it shifts your entire life. Any of the readers of the books by Diana Gabaldon know what is coming, but actually seeing the words come to life takes the material to a whole new level. Those who have not read the books and are pure television season one watchers will be profoundly surprised. Case in point: the episode starts with a disclaimer for Viewer Discretion that is not present on any of the other first-season episodes. Palms wet, hands shaking, heart pounding, Rhenish ready…. Tulach Ard!!

We open with the British soldiers at Wentworth prison giving salute as the British flag is raised in the morning hours, and down below we find Jamie Frazer (Sam Heughan) and Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) laying on a cot…. Oh my gosh, breath…remember to breathe. Trauma written all over Jamie’s face, both men are completely naked, and Jack rises to get dressed. Jamie mouths that Jack owes him a debt, that is to say a ‘clean death’ as promised in the last episode. Just as Jack is headed toward him with his dagger, Jack hears odd sounds from outside the cell doors. Jamie, heartbreakingly, begs “please” as Jack turns toward the door. What Jack put him through…death would be a gift.

We hear what sounds like a rumble. Jack is then crushed below one of the doors as a stampede enters. The McKenzie men run in behind the herd and get Jamie out of the cell first, then the prison completely through an open door Claire (Caitriona Balfe) fixed in the last episode, “Wentworth Prison.” They get Jamie into a cart and away they go to where Claire is waiting. She climbs into the wagon and tries to make Jamie wake up, but Jamie doesn’t see Claire. He still sees Jack’s face instead.

Here is one of the changes from the book. They go to a Scottish Abbey instead of a French one as in the book. Jamie is still lashing out at anyone who touches him. Jamie is not just damaged in his body, which is profoundly damaged to say the least, but his soul is twisted into knots as well. How do you fix a person’s soul? I would imagine many people are unfortunately faced with this question all too often in this world. Claire asks what Jack did to him, and Jamie answers “too much and not enough.” We are then pushed into Jamie’s memory. And so it begins…

I’m not going to describe the scenes between Jack and Jamie. It is gut-wrenching for me to watch, much less put down into words. Diana’s books do an amazing job, so I will leave it to the professionals. The descriptions I will provide are in the emotional wreckage that occurs because of the actions. The book is from Claire’s point of view, and the show provides more insight into Jamie’s point of view.

As you may recall some of the lengthy discussions between Jamie and Jack in the last episode, Jack wants to have Jamie’s surrender. This is not just physical surrender he is after, but his very soul. Jamie’s will is exceptionally strong; as a man I’m sure he thought nothing could ever make him give in unless he wanted to do so. The floggings were proof that it would take a substantial amount because even those two events did not break Jamie. He never gave in to Jack even during those terrible punishing floggings. This time Jamie would endure rape and other physical abuse. That is no small event to live with for anyone, man or woman. Jack does so much more though. He wants Jamie’s soul to surrender as well, so he embarks on mental tortures too. Unless you have been through an event you felt you could never endure, or would never be pushed into doing yourself, it is hard to describe how it affects your soul.

Back at the Abbey, Claire is trying to get through to Jamie and all he wants is to die. He went into the events with Jack understanding that would be the eventual end. He allowed Jack to do what he would so that Claire was safe but also knowing he would not have to live with the events for very long. I have no doubt that many in real life have been through so much that death would be a welcome release, and some do choose to take that path themselves…very sorry to say.

Claire begins the job of having to fix his shattered hand. She explains that in some of the war times she dealt with worse, but this is a person she loves. Setting bones, sewing up wounds are all hard to do when a loved one is already in profound pain. The hand that was nailed to the table and had fingers all but destroyed by that hammer will take an enormous amount of time to heal, if he regains full functionality in the fingers at all. As substantial as the physical wounds are, the emotional ones are worse. After all her work is done on the hand, Claire heads off to get some rest while one of the Friars watches over Jamie for her. Claire stops in the hall to be sick…book readers we know why this is happening, don’t we?

Claire goes to the chapel in the morning and is sitting there when the elder Friar walks in and offers a chance to give confession. Claire proceeds to tell him everything that has happened in the past eight months. You might have forgotten about Claire’s inner difficulties and soul-wrenching between Frank and Jamie. Claire has thought she was adulterous and bigamist all this time since she is married to two men. They are 200 years apart though, so that is something. The Friar listened and eventually proclaimed he saw her situation as a miracle. Claire hadn’t seen it in that light, that is for sure.

Back in the room with Jamie, Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) is speaking to him in Gaelic. Subtitles are not provided but you can get the drift well enough. Then Jamie flashes back to when Jack made him brand himself with Jack’s initials, like he was his property. At that time Jamie was flashing back and forth between Claire and Jack’s faces in his deliria. He saw Jack as Claire, and now in the Abbey he sees Jack’s face at times when he looks at Claire; a sure sign that his soul is shattered. Jack twisted the love Jamie has for Claire in order to get his way. He is the purest essence of a sadist.

Everyone now understands that Jamie wants to commit suicide. Claire was the last to know, and isn’t that the usual way for the wife? Everyone always keeps the worst from her thinking it will save her from the pain of seeing how bad things really are. Claire faints dead away all of the sudden, scared the mess out of Murtagh. Claire is not a weak woman, something more is going on there. When Claire wakes they do start talking about how and what it will take to rescue Jamie’s soul. In the book, Claire puts Jamie into a trance through a means that Geillis showed her. No one else knew of this action to save Jamie. In the show, Murtagh is the one that suggests some action has to be taken.

Claire sets about making a potion that smells like the scent she smelled when they first got Jamie back. The oil that Jack rubbed all over Jamie’s skin while saying it was Claire doing it. Jack twisted Jamie’s love for her. Jack did it as a way to force Jamie to show him affection while Jamie thought it was Claire instead. Jack perverted Jamie’s love for her so that he would give in; even forcing Jamie to believe that Jack’s long hair was Claire’s hair. Jack made Jamie make love to him as if he were Claire.

Claire tells Jamie that she will die with him if he goes. She is there forever and through anything. He has to choose to live or they both die together. Jamie does not want her to die so he has to find a way back. They start by cutting the brand from his skin. Next, they will go across the sea to France to allow Jamie the time he needs to recover. As they talk about what the future might hold they came to a decision; nothing like a project to give a man purpose again. They decide that they will try to find a way to stop the rising and the destruction of the clans.

Jamie’s eyes perk up with the thought. Claire has another bit of news to relay to Jamie. She is pregnant!!!! A new baby means new hope. Claire thought she couldn’t have children because she and Frank never conceived. For the first time Jamie is smiling and excited.

The damage done by the emotional manipulation will take Jamie a substantial amount of time to get over. Physical damage heals, but emotional wounds are much slower to heal, if they ever do. Just through personal experience, I think most everyone has some level of emotional scarring in life. It could be through trauma like Jamie experienced, or it could be childhood events such as bullies or worse. Any amount of difficulty is not to be taken lightly but does have to be dealt with eventually.

In the books the Friar tells Claire that she is not committing adultery or bigamy given that the two men are in two different time periods. In time sequence she is actually married to Jamie first. This does help Claire to deal with the difficulties within. Jamie as the fighter needs a different approach. Fighting against the rebellion is the therapy he needs. Every person has to find the element that will allow them some measure of victory over their challenges. Make that life of yours be all it can be!!! You got this!

AND…now we are back into Droughtlander. Join the fans, cast, and crew on Twitter and Facebook to pass the time. We are all in this together, and for any reason (not just Outlander withdrawls)!




‘San Andreas’ Movie Review: It’s The Rock vs a Rolling California

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Rebecca Murray
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San Andreas Movie Review
Carla Gugino and Dwayne Johnson in ‘San Andreas’ (Photo © Warner Bros. Pictures)

If you’re expecting awards-worthy dialogue and a plot that makes sense, then you’ve never taken in a big-budget, CGI-packed, Hollywood disaster film before. San Andreas is exactly the movie you expect it to be from the trailers and TV spots. Exactly. There’s a lot of shake, rattle, and rolling going on with the occasional break for a little character development followed by even more shake, rattle, and rolling.

San Andreas is just big, silly, and fun, without being the slightest bit taxing on your brain, a summer popcorn flick that requires zero thought and provides such an adrenaline rush that it’ll leave you exhausted at the end of its two hour running time.

Director Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) has taken the standard disaster movie formula and applied it to a situation Californians all know is coming at some time in the, hopefully, distant future: a major earthquake that registers a 9 on the Richter scale. Paul Giamatti plays Lawrence Hayes, a leading Caltech seismologist who just hours before the major quake destroys prime California real estate spanning from Los Angeles to San Francisco stumbles upon the formula for predicting quakes.

Lawrence, who loses a colleague in the process of making the discovery, attempts to warn anyone who will listen to flee San Francisco. Fortunately, he’s taken seriously and that’s most likely because all Californians realize it is just a matter of time before the big one hits.

Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, an LAFD helicopter pilot who seems to specialize in daredevil rescues. He’s the guy you want searching for you if you find yourself trapped in a car dangling off the side of a cliff. He’s also the guy you want heading up your rescue when a major earthquake causes the building to disintegrate under your feet.

Unfortunately for all of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the quake, Ray’s soon-to-be-ex-wife Emma (Carla Gugino) has first priority on his rescue list. Ray goes all lone wolf during the disaster, but no one in the LAFD ever calls him on it. After plucking Emma off the crumbling rooftop of a downtown building, they head off to San Francisco to rescue their daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario).

Blake, meanwhile, has made friends with a young Brit and his brother (played by Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Art Parkinson) and the threesome are attempting to figure out where to meet up with her mom and dad. All of this is going on while there’s panic in the streets, with communications down, and with a tsunami forming that will wipe out whatever is left standing in its way.

The Bottom Line:

Toss logic aside as it doesn’t have anything to do with San Andreas. There’s no way a rescue pilot and his helicopter would be allowed to go rogue and take off on a mission to rescue his family in the middle of the largest catastrophe ever to strike the Golden State. There’s no way he’d be able to find his wife in LA or his daughter in San Francisco. Nothing makes sense, yet it’s possible to overlook all of this ridiculousness because you’re busy rooting for The Rock to save his family.

The earth cracks open, people and buildings are swallowed up, and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is called upon once again to act heroically. You know he’ll save the day because he’s The Rock, and because he’s The Rock it’s almost guaranteed that he’ll hook the audience enough to care whether in the battle of a dad out to save his daughter versus mother nature at her worst it’ll be the dad who comes out the winner.

San Andreas Movie Review

Working in San Andreas’ favor are performances by all the leads who fully commit to telling the story without winking at the camera, earnestly delivering lines that are met with unintended laughter by the audience. It’s also both surprising and refreshing in a movie of this sort to see the daughter isn’t the standard damsel in distress and instead is smart, fast-thinking, and capable of taking care of herself rather than relying on someone to save her. In fact, she leads the way and saves her new friends from making the wrong choices multiple times.

We haven’t had a disaster film this entertaining in years. San Andreas is this generation’s Towering Inferno, Earthquake, and Poseidon Adventure – all classic disaster movies memorable for taking the audience on wild roller coaster rides while not necessarily basing the action on science or logic. San Andreas is loud and goofy, but it earns high marks for never trying to be anything but what it is: a fun ride loaded with explosive, over-the-top action scenes.

GRADE: B

MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense disaster action and mayhem throughout, and brief strong language

Running time: 114 minutes




‘The Duff’ Blu-ray Contest

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Rebecca Murray
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The Duff Blu-ray Contest Details

One of the best high school movies in years is set to hit stores on Blu-ray and DVD on June 9, 2015. The Duff features sharp writing and outstanding performances from Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Biana Santos, and Skyler Samuels, and unlike so many films set in high school, the target audience isn’t just teens.

Directed by Ari Sandel and based on the bestselling book by Kody Keplinger, The Duff is one of the rare coming-of-age comedies not released back in the ’80s and not directed by John Hughes that actually deserves a spot in your Blu-ray/DVD collection which is why you should jump on the chance to win a copy of the Blu-ray/Digital HD/DVD combo pack.

(The contest is now over.) It’s really easy to enter for a chance to win The Duff on Blu-ray/Digital HD/DVD, courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment and CBS Films. Here’s the scoop:

– Simply send an email with “The Duff” in the subject line.

– One email entry per email address. Your email address will not be added to any lists.

– The contest runs May 29, 2015 through June 7, 2015 at 9pm PT.

– You must be 18 years or older to enter and reside in the continental United States.

The Duff Blu-ray/Digital HD/DVD Bonus Features:
“The DUFF Hits The Red Carpet” featurette
“Bringing the Book to Life” featurette
“Teen Comedies and The DUFF” featurette
“I Am the DUFF” featurette
The DUFF Files
Extended Gag Reel

The Plot:

Bianca (Mae Whitman) is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as ‘The DUFF’ (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos). Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong), she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush, Toby (Nick Eversman), and enlists Wesley (Robbie Amell), a slick but charming jock, to help reinvent herself.

To save her senior year from turning into a total disaster, Bianca must find the confidence to overthrow the school’s ruthless label maker Madison (Bella Thorne) and remind everyone that no matter what people look or act like, we are all someone’s DUFF.

Also of Interest: The Duff Movie Review

‘Ray Donovan’ First Season 3 Trailer and Posters

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Rebecca Murray
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Ray Donovan Season 3 Poster

The first official trailer for Ray Donovan‘s third season has arrived along with two posters featuring series star Liev Schreiber. Also back for season three are Jon Voight and Eddie Marsan, joined by guest stars Katie Holmes and Ian McShane who’ll play pivotal roles in the upcoming season.

Season three will kick off on July 12, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT followed by the third season premiere of the critically acclaimed dramatic series Masters of Sex starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan at 10pm ET/PT.

The Plot:

Ray Donovan stars two-time Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber as LA’s best professional fixer, the man called in to make the city’s celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls’ most complicated and combustible situations go away. Season three finds Ray adrift from his family and those closest to him, while he focuses on his business and desires to be his own boss. Meanwhile, his father Mickey (Jon Voight), who had narrowly escaped last season’s heist debacle, finds himself charting a similar course to build his own empire. The cast also includes Paula Malcomson, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Steven Bauer, Katherine Moennig, Pooch Hall, Kerris Dorsey and Devon Bagby.

Watch the trailer:


Ray Donovan Season 3 Poster

James Marsden, Nathan Fillion Sign Up for ‘Henchmen’ Duty

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Rebecca Murray
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James Marsden, Nathan Fillion Star in Henchmen

Bron Studios has announced the voice cast for their first animated feature film, Henchmen, written and directed by Adam Wood (Escape from Planet Earth). Nathan Fillion, James Marsden, Thomas Middleditch, Rosario Dawson, Alfred Molina, Jane Krakowski, Rob Riggle, and Craig Robinson will lend their voices to characters in the animated action comedy produced by Aaron L. Gilbert and Luke Carroll.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have such exceptional actors bring life to the characters in our film,” stated Bron Studios’ Managing Director Aaron L. Gilbert. “It’s the next step in making the unique world of Henchmen, our first animated feature film, truly spectacular.”

“The diverse cast are pitch perfect for the irreverent and playful tone of the film – a little edgy with big personality,” added writer/director Wood, commenting on his voice cast.

Shooting is currently underway in Burnaby and Duncan, British Columbia.

The Plot:

In a hidden world of super-villains, evil schemes and global domination… someone has to take out the trash! Welcome to the world of Henchmen. When fresh-faced new recruit LESTER (Thomas Middleditch) joins the Union of Evil, he is assigned to a motley crew of blue-collar workers including STEW (Craig Robinson), JANE (Jane Krakowski) and led by fallen henchmen HANK (James Marsden). Having survived a shift working for The Gluttonator (Will Sasso), they are assigned to the Vault of Villainy where Lester accidently steals the ultimate weapon. Meanwhile, the evil BARON BLACKOUT (Alfred Molina) and his first-class henchmen BIFF (Rob Riggle), are poised to defeat their nemesis CAPTAIN SUPERIOR (Nathan Fillion) and take over the entire world. In order to save Lester and his team, as well as JOLENE (Rosario Dawson), the woman he loves, Hank must break his “risk nothing” code and become the one thing he has always avoided… being a hero.


-By Rebecca Murray

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Brittany Snow and Erin Andrews to Host the CMT Music Awards

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Rebecca Murray
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2015 CMT Music Awards Nominees

Pitch Perfect‘s Brittany Snow and Dancing with the Stars‘ Erin Andrews have been tapped to co-host the 2015 CMT Music Awards. This year’s country music-filled awards show will take place on June 10, 2015 and will air live on CMT beginning at 8pm ET (tape delayed on the West Coast). Topping the list of the 2015 nominees is Carrie Underwood with five nominations, followed by Lady Antebellum and Kenny Chesney with four each.

“Being a huge fan of country music, the CMT Music Awards are one of my favorite events of the season,” said Andrews, commenting on her co-hosting gig. “I cannot wait to be around all the talented artists and bands and look forward to being a part of such a great event.”

“As a longtime fan of CMT and the CMT Music Awards, I’m thrilled to join Erin in hosting what’s sure to be one of the most memorable musical nights of the year,” said Snow.

Hitting the stage to perform this year are Underwood, Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan. CMT will reveal additional performers closer to the show.

Voting is now open at CMT.com for Country music fans to choose the winners. Voting will end on June 7th at 11:59pm ET.

‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ Teaser – Ash is Back, Baby

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Rebecca Murray
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Ash vs Evil Dead Teaser - Ash is Back, Baby

Starz has debuted a super short teaser for the new series Ash vs Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, and Jill Marie Jones. The teaser gives nothing away from the upcoming fall 2015 series premiere, but it does show Ash’s chainsaw and has Campbell issuing the warning: “Ash is back, baby.”

The original Evil Dead team of Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell executive produce the new series. Craig DiGregorio is the series’ showrunner and executive producer. Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy co-wrote the first episode, and Sam also directed episode one.

Starz promises more teasers will be released soon that provide a glimpse into what Evil Dead fans can expect from the new series which is currently shooting the 10 episode first season in New Zealand.

The Plot:

Campbell reprises his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons –personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its “Evil” grip.

Watch the teaser:


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‘Aloha’ Movie Review

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Kevin Finnerty
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Aloha Movie Review with Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone
Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams star in Columbia Pictures’ ‘Aloha’ (Photo © 2015 Columbia Pictures)

“I don’t even remember why we broke up,” says Brian (Bradley Cooper). “Because you’re a workaholic who creates work to avoid real work,” replies Tracy (Rachel McAdams). “Well, I’m still working on that,” answers Brian as he tries to get through dinner with his ex-girlfriend, her children, and her husband in the romantic comedy Aloha.

Brian Gilcrest, a celebrated military contractor who had some shady dealings in Afghanistan, returns to Hawaii – the place of his former career successes – to work for his old boss, Carson Welch (Bill Murray). Carson is a billionaire who needs Gilcrest to work a deal with the locals and supervise the “blessing of a pedestrian gate” which involves bargaining the removal and relocation of some ancient bones to make way for a mysterious satellite base and launch.

Not long after getting off the plane…in fact, in a matter of minutes…Brian finds himself facing his ex-girlfriend Tracy. Tracy’s very eager to finally tell Brian everything she’s always wanted to say to him about the end of their relationship, even though it’s been 13 years, and she’s married to an Air Force recruit (John Krasinski) and has two kids. After agreeing to her invitation to have dinner with Tracy and her family, Brian is introduced to his military handler Allison Ng, (Emma Stone), an energetic, fast-talking, by-the-book fighter pilot who almost instantly is drawn to Brian.

For the next week Allison gets on Brian’s nerves and begins to pique his interest while escorting him around Hawaii as he’s working to successfully close the deal with the natives and say a final goodbye to both Tracy and his troubled past.

Written and directed by Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous), Aloha is a cluttered, muddled misfire that suffers from too many sub-plots and a mismatched romance. Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone have zero chemistry together onscreen, and worse yet the scenes where they are supposed to be falling for each other feel horribly forced. Stone’s performance as Allison feels as though it belongs in another film altogether.

Rachel McAdams delivers the only performance in Aloha that actually displays any geniune emotions. The light, witty dialogue in McAdams and Cooper’s scene discussing the end of Tracy and Brian’s relationship (Brian didn’t go on the vacation she planned for them 13 years ago) changes swiftly when McAdams looks at Cooper and says softly, “Hey, I really loved you.” It’s one of the few scenes in the film that works and has the right balance of humor and heart.

John Krasinski is wasted as Woody, Tracy’s husband who barely speaks in the film. It’s a running gag but it’s never funny or effective. In fact, it’s just dumb. Bill Murray is also sadly underutilized as the eccentric billionaire Carson whose motives for wanting a satellite base in Hawaii may not be quite so honest. With a total of only five short scenes, Murray’s not given enough opportunities to really do anything with the character.

With such a talented cast and a usually exceptional writer/director, it’s truly surprising that Aloha is such a passionless, dull, and forgettable movie. Aloha can mean both hello and goodbye, and in this case, it’s best to interpret it as goodbye as the film never welcomes the audience.

GRADE: C-

Release date: May 29, 2015

MPAA rating: PG-13 for some language including suggestive comments.

Running time: 105 minutes

Bakers Battle in Food Network’s New ‘Cake Wars’ Series

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Rebecca Murray
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Bakers Battle in Food Network's Cake Wars
A scene from ‘Cake Wars’ (Photo Credit: Food Network)

Mean Girls‘ Jonathan Bennett hosts Food Network’s Cake Wars, debuting on June 29, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT. The competitive culinary series has expert bakers competing for the chance to have their gorgeous cakes featured at a big event, just like Cupcake Wars but with bakers competing to create outstanding original designs and delicious cakes. Judging their efforts will be master pastry chefs Ron Ben-Israel (Sweet Genius) and Waylynn Lucas (co-owner of Fonuts).

“Viewers had a sweet spot for Cupcake Wars, and now everything gets bigger and better on Cake Wars. It takes confectionery competition to the next level, filled with over-the-top creations and edge-of-your-seat competition,” said Bob Tuschman, General Manager and Senior Vice President of Food Network.

The Details:

This sugar-packed competition is anything but sweet as the bakers battle against one another to create an extraordinary cake to sweeten up a big soiree. The competitors’ skills and imaginations will be tested in two rounds of challenges, where they rush against the clock to design mind-blowing cake confections. In the first round, they must incorporate a surprise ingredient into the recipe. Then, in round two, the cakes must contain three special features that match the event theme. Based on taste and presentation, only one will have their cake and eat it too as the winner!

Over the course of the eight exhilarating episodes, the bakers vie for the chance to showcase their eye-popping cakes at big events, with special themed episodes for The Simpsons, DC Comics, Nintendo’s Mario Maker, Hello Kitty, LEGO®, Girl Scouts, The Knot Dream Wedding, and the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music. Who will collapse under the pressure and get sent home, and who will win the chance of a lifetime? Don’t miss as all of the delicious action unfolds. Let the Cake Wars begin!

‘Point Break’ New Featurette Focuses on the Extreme Sports

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Rebecca Murray
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Point Break New Featurette With the Extreme Sports
EDGAR RAMIREZ as Bodhi in Alcon Entertainment’s action thriller “POINT BREAK,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo © 2015 Warner Bros Entertainment)

Hot on the heels of the release of the official trailer for the Point Break remake comes a new featurette showing off more of the film’s extreme sports stunts. While the original movie’s sports involvement was limited to surfing, this reimagined version spreads the wealth around. Snowboarding, skydiving, motocross, and jumping off cliffs wearing wingsuits – as well as surfing – are all featured in this new take on a film that no one ever asked to be remade.

In the 2015 version, Luke Bracey takes over the role Keanu Reeves handled in the original while Edgar Ramirez plays an extreme sports athlete standing in for the surfer played by Patrick Swayze. The cast also includes Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, and Ray Winstone as well as athletes Laird Hamilton, Sebastian Zietz, Makua Rothman, Billy Kemper, Brian Keaulana, Ahanu Tson-dru, Ian Walsh, Laurie Towner, Dylan Longbottom, Albee Layer, Bruce Irons, Tikanui Smith, Tuhiti Humani, Xavier De Le Rue, Louis Vito, Christian Haller, Lucas DeBari, Ralph Backstrom, Bob Burnquist, Eric Koston, Riley Harper, Oakley Lehman, Jon Devore, Julian Boulle, Noah Bahnson, Jhonathan Florez and Mike Swanson.

The Plot:

“Young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes – led by the charismatic Bodhi (Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.

The film is replete with the most daring athleticism ever seen in a motion picture. These action adventure feats are performed by elite athletes representing the world’s best in class in big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling.”

Watch the featurette:

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