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Medieval Family - The Tudors

Every family has their issues; some it appears are more dysfunctional than others though. And this has been true across the ages. It's especially difficult when the family goes through a contested divorce and has custody battles and so forth. Now, imagine sticking all of this somewhere in the mid-1500's where plagues and witch-burning were common and indoor plumbing wasn't and you can see that a Medieval Family, like the Tudors was bound to have challenges.

King Henry VIII has a bit of a reputation but of course he didn't live alone, he had family, friends, advisers and enemies and they were all part of the troubles surrounding the reign of the Tudors. That's the focus of a superb showtime original series that's now available on Netflix. "The Tudors" takes us back in time and deep into the family life of one Henry Tudor of England. It's attention to detail and use of costume is one of the most remarkable aspects of the show, which lasted for 3 or 4 seasons. Now, it is very difficult to review something as massive as this show given the sheer quantity of storyline it tackles, so we will return to it from time to and focus on specific parts of the series. Today we're going to introduce the head of the family, Henry...



These troubadours were immediately beheaded after this impertinent performance



Is it better to be feared or loved? We soon found out what Henry VIII thought...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays King Henry and throws himself into the role immediately. His King Henry is more youthful and girl-crazy than we might have imagined but that seems to make sense given when they begin the story. Meyer's has played some offbeat characters before, notably the psycho confederate raider in "Ride with the Devil." He is supported by a wildly talented cast including Sam Neill, Henry Cavill (who will be the new Superman) and Natalie Dormer (who had a cameo in Captain America as the hot blonde) among others. This show is gripping, it's educational, its sexy and its just fun to watch. And Henry is by no means the only bad guy in the story. In fact, he seems surrounded by a host of characters far worse than himself which seems hard to believe but it's true. Most of all though Henry is a man in love, in love all the time with a lot of different women but a few times with just one and he takes it to the extreme. We were wondering what would have happened to England if they had No Fault Divorce back then. Anyway, like the intro tells, to really know a story like this one, you'll have to sit through at least 3 seasons of episodes to truly understand what's going on. Lucky for us, they were all easy to watch.


This is King Henry VIII's lesser known 7th wife, Queen Sofia of Spain





A condensed history of the first 2 seasons of the Tudors

There are also a great many lessons to be learned in this series as well. We'll refer to these as the Tudor's Family Counseling Guide:
  1. Never kiss your brother behind closed doors.
  2. Don't threaten to chop off people's heads unless you're actually going to do it right away.
  3. Don't count on the King of France for anything.
  4. Don't joust with the King.
  5. Don't have daughters and expect to live.
  6. Don't start your own religion just to get divorced.
  7. Don't get an apartment in the Tower of London.
  8. Don't disagree with the King, daddy knows best. 
  9. Don't end your sentences with "I am the Kind of England" it just comes across as arrogant.
  10. Don't marry off your 4 year old daughters.
  11. Don't introduce your hot girlfriend/wife/daughter/aunt/niece/grandma to the King and not expect her to get booty-called.
  12. Don't run around in drafty castles naked (or you may end up with Consumption).

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Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse - Raving Playlist

We had hoped to post this just before Halloween, but things got out of hand and we forgot. This is another of our themed playlists - today's list is a tribute to zombies, ghouls and other-worldly paranormal music. We also think it's important that when the Zombie Apocalypse does occur (probably sometime in December) that everyone have the appropriate soundtrack ready to play as the undead devour our brains.

Rob Zombie needs no monster makeup - an Excitable Boy for sure

Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse (here it is on Spotify):

Rob Zombie – Dragula
Tom Petty – Zombie Zoo
Danny Jacob – My Undead Mummy and Me
Blue Oyster Cult – (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Vaski – Zombie Apocalypse
Jonathan Coulton – Re: Your Brains
Rob Zombie – American Witch
The Doors – The End
The Flaming Lips – If I Only Had A Brain
Death Cab for Cutie – Earth Angel
Misfits – Monster Mash
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy - 2007 Remastered LP Version
Jonathan Coulton – Tom Cruise Crazy
White Zombie – I, Zombie
Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl
Here Come The Mummies – Ra Ra Ra
Dead Man's Bones – My Body's a Zombie For You
Kansas – Dust In The Wind
Horrorpops – Walk Like A Zombie
Natalia Kills – Zombie
Wagner – Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries (as heard in Apocalypse Now)
St. Vincent – The Apocalypse Song
Horrorpops – Walk Like A Zombie
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
House of Heroes – Lovesick Zombie
White Zombie – More Human Than Human
Sohodolls – My Vampire
Jonathan Coulton – Still Alive (feat. Sara Quin)
Ghoultown – Drink With The Living Dead
Beardyman – Vampire Skank
R.E.M. – It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Escape the Fate – My Apocalypse
Social Distortion – Road Zombie
The Casualties – Apocalypse Today
Crooked Fingers – Your Apocalypse
Paramore – Monster
Rage Against The Machine – Born As Ghosts
Here Come The Mummies – Booty
White Zombie – Thunder Kiss '65
Lady Gaga – Monster
R.E.M. – Bang And Blame
Social Distortion – Mommy's Little Monster
Voltaire – Vampire Club (Twilight version)
Josh Ritter – Monster Ballads
Bobby "Boris" Pickett – Monster Mash
Warren Zevon – Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner - 2007 Remastered LP Version
Misfits – Night Of The Living Dead
blink-182 – Ghost On The Dance Floor
Sugarcult – Dead Living
Florence + The Machine – Ghosts - Demo
Stevie Nicks – Moonlight [A Vampire's Dream]
Superdrag – Do The Vampire
Kreeps – Bad Voodoo
Radiohead – Give Up The Ghost
Annie Lennox – Love Song For A Vampire
The London Suede – The Living Dead
Stars – I Died So I Could Haunt You
Paramore – Misguided Ghosts
The Wailin' Jennys – Apocalypse Lullaby
The Brains – Screaming
Tilly And The Wall – Nights of the Living Dead
Fright Ranger – Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire (JUSTiNB's Video Edit)
The Bees – These Are The Ghosts (Undead Version)
The Decemberists – Dracula's Daughter > O Valencia!
Here Come The Mummies – Attack Of The Wiener Man
Paramore – Misery Business
Zombie Girl – Living Dead Superstars
Counting Crows – A Long December
Falling In Reverse – I'm Not A Vampire
Flogging Molly – May The Living Be Dead In Our Wake
Stars – We Don't Want Your Body
My Chemical Romance – The Ghost Of You
Living Colour – Elvis Is Dead
Dr. Dog – Vampire
White Zombie – Children Of The Grave
Warren Zevon – I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Alice In Chains – Check My Brain
Alice In Chains – The Killer Is Me
Soundgarden – The Day I Tried To Live
Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian - Album/Single
The Hollies – Witchy Woman
Donovan – Season Of The Witch
Queens Of The Stone Age – Burn The Witch
Alvin And The Chipmunks – Witch Doctor
The Sonics – The Witch
The Cult – The Witch (edit)
Nekromantix – I Kissed a Ghoul
Butthole Surfers – Dracula From Houston
Zombina & The Skeletones – Dracula Blood
The Decemberists – Calamity Song
Morcheeba – Blood Like Lemonade
Eric Weissberg & Deliverance – Dueling Banjos
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Skeletons
Crash Test Dummies – The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Eddie Spaghetti – Sleepy Vampire
U2 – Until The End Of The World
Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)

Warren Zevon back in the day, when he was cool


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