Film

Mr. Robot: Season 1 Rated TV-14 {5 out of 5 stars} From the finale’s pictorial representation of a character blowing his brains out on live television (aired during the actual National Suicide Prevention Month) to depictions of hardcore drug usage, a gay sex scene and lots of bleeped “F” words,…

Queen of Earth Not Rated | {2 out of 5 stars} To quote a fellow critic, the characters in Alex Ross Perry’s terse new study in human relation, Queen of Earth, are “privileged, self-obsessed and unsympathetic.” This is merely a starting point. All of the auxiliary flourishes are merely variations…

You don’t need to love cartoons or any bastardization thereof to thoroughly enjoy yourself at Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Thankfully, the new ownership at the Crest Theatre have retained many relationships with previous clients so Sacramentans can experience one-of-a-kind soirees like this one. If you’ve…

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Rated TV-MA {4 out of 5 stars} My parents never sent me away to camp when I was a kid, and I’m grateful to them for that. I don’t deal well with sleeping in bunks or bugs, and I assume every vine…

In the mid-1990s, Chris Hardwick began his career as a DJ on the Los Angeles radio station, KROQ. In 1998, he began acting and making appearances in horror films like House of 1000 Corpses and Halloween 2. Since then, he has been in countless movies, television shows and web series….

You’ve probably encountered someone like the character Creed Bratton from The Office. He’s that guy you don’t really know but you see every day. He seems innocuous from a distance, but there’s something about him that keeps you from getting too close. Then maybe one day you’re at the snack…

What isn’t Jane Lynch? She’s an actress, singer, playwright and author. We should probably add comedian to that list too because she is naturally hilarious. The winner of an Emmy and Golden Globe for her portrayal of the character Sue Sylvester on the popular Fox show Glee, Lynch also has…

Trainwreck Rated R | {4.5 out of 5 stars} I really don’t watch Comedy Central anymore. I’m also not real big on stand-up comedy aside from a handful of favorites. So until Friday night, Amy Schumer was more or less just a name to me. But now I feel like…

Get your culture on at Sacramento’s 2015 Japanese Film Festival. Friday, July 17’s show kicks off with director Hirokazu Koreeda’s film, Like Father, Like Son. This is a film about a successful architect who learns that his son was switched at birth. After learning of this horrific mistake, the two…

Comedy, On the Rocks Comedian/actress Sasheer Zamata has a sketch in which she’s walking down a New York City street when a male stranger comes up to her, asks to walk her home (she says no and keeps walking). He then pulls out his junk and says “Hey Miss, this…