Ever so often a movie comes along that not only has the ability to excite but also the potential to make its viewers empathize, and, in the case of “Charlie Countryman,” it is certainly easy to do so with the title character (Shia LaBeouf). A whole new take on the phrase “that escalated quickly,” Charlie finds himself on a plane to Bucharest, Romania on the orders of his mother’s ghost, with instructions from the man who died while sitting next to him on the plane to find his daughter.
Biopics are a tough film category to tackle—they are either great, à la “8 Mile,” or fall short like 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” However, “Kill Your Darlings” manages to find its place right in the middle.
Veteran musician Moby’s electronic pop once again hits the bullseye with his newest album, “Innocents.” “Everything That Rises” starts the album off perfectly with just acoustics.
Senior Julie Waters worked in the Original Movies department at Lifetime Networks this summer, getting an inside look into what the female–targeted television station was up to.