‘L’avventura’ With The Expendables

DREAMSVILLE’S WEEK IN DVD “The Expendables 3”: Say what you will about “over-the-hill” action heroes, but these “past-their-prime” stars can still kick some big screen action butt. In this second sequel, the Expendables leader, Barney (Sylvester Stallone), augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), the […]

‘Jump’ With ‘Ragnarock’

DREAMSVILLE’S WEEK IN DVD “22 Jump Street”: Here’s a thoroughly silly movie that made close to $200 million at the boxoffice, out-performing the first in the franchise, 2012’s “21 Jump Street,” which took in $138 million, making it a rarety among sequels (which typically don’t outperform their prequels). Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum return (as […]

Sing Along With Clint, Bing and Ornette

THE WEEK IN DVD This week’s top theatrical release is “Jersey Boys,” Clint Eastwood’s big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical that tells the story of the four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. The film […]

Wanted Women and Men

DREAMSVILLE’S WEEK IN DVD “Maleficent”: Finally, a mean and nasty villain to yearn for. The folks at Disney have twisted around the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty” by putting the whole fairy tale — in which an evil fairy, Maleficent, slighted at not being welcome at the christening of princess Aurora, casts a spell on her […]

More News From The Edge

Back in June of 2011 we commented on the hypocrisy of the boys from U2 — those Irish political darlings of the PC left — and in particular The Edge, who was trying to build five gigantic mansions on protected land on a rugged ridge in Malibu despite the fact that the project will negatively […]