The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 6 (Flirting With Disaster)

      The Real Housewives series is Bravo Television's top frachise, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta is the top series out of them all. The ladies of Atlanta; Kenya, Nene, Phaedra, Porsha and Kandi and their husbands took on episode 6 of season 7 with a little drama filled vaction to Mexico payed for by Kenya. This was an episode where there was more tease than actual conflict. It was mostly revisiting old story lines , but adding a little bit more drama in them. The focus this episode of  was the flirting between Apollo ( Phaedra's Husband) and Kenya Moore. Now as fans and viewers of the show know,  Kenya and Apollo's innapropriate flirtation began last season when the cast went on vacation last year to Anguilla so this was nothing new.

     In the beginning of the epsiode you see Phaedra is not sure if she want's to go on the trip or take Apollo, because she knows Kenya and Apollo are attracted to one another, but Phaedra goes to fulfill her “Real Housewives” duties and goes on the free trip, and even brings Apollo along, hoping no trouble happens, but as you know that didn't happen.  The teases to this episode showed Kenya at a cave where she strips down to a bikini and jumps into a lagoon. They make it appear as if Apollo is leering at her though it’s not clear once we see the episode that is the case. He does goes in the water with a few others but nothing untoward happens. Quite anti-climactic, but there is some flirting going on in the eyes of Kenya.

     Later the episode cuts to the husbands  smoking stogies at the resort bar, Kenya comes by on a mission.  She asks for time alone with Apollo in full view of everyone else, Peter suggests Todd babysit them. Soon, Apollo waves Todd off. So Todd and Peter watch the scene out of earshot from the bar. Kenya tells Apollo she is upset he is throwing shade at her via third parties. She says she has said nothing untoward toward or about him,. She feels she has respected his marriage with Phaedra. He too claims he has been a Boy Scout, that she has been the flirty one. He says he even chose not to sleep with her though he could have. She sort of denies that’s necessarily the case but not terribly convincingly. There is clearly an attraction between the two and the argument devolves into a giggly, laugh fest.

In the end the episode definately could have been better than just focusing on Kenya and Apollo's innapropriate love fest.
    

The Game BET Season 7 Premiere

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Season 7 of The Game on BET kicked off on March 24th and boy was it a show! All of the main characters were back for the season premeire; Tasha Mack, Jason and Chardonnay Pitts, Keira Whitaker, Brye Westbrook AKA Blue , and Malik Wright. The episode opened where season 6 left off with all characters in their current scenarios. The 1st scene was of Keira and Blue in the elevator , and of course it was awkward, because they broke up last season . The show then cut to Jason and Chardonnay discussing his award he was getting for the night with his parents. The episode was full of suprises, but their were 3 main ones. The show then cut to Keira and Chardonnay talking about her trying to get Blue back. Followed was the 1st suprise of the night; Tasha realized she was pregnant; keep in mind Tasha is 40 on the show so the fact that she was pregnant caught we as fans of the show by suprise.

   The 2nd suprise of the night then came about when Keira caught Blue in the bathroom having a love affair with his date. Keira was hurt of course as she watched, because the scene before she and Chardonnay were just discussing on how she could win Blue back. As a long time fan of the show, watching the scene I was a little sad, because I was cheering for Keira and Blue to get back together. The 3rd and final suprise of the night was Malik trying to get revenge of the guy that shot him last season. He and his body guard were plotting on how to get him back, now being that Malik had moved on from the sistuation last season we thought he was done with the situation, but boy were we wrong.


   This season of the Game on BET is going to be filled with lots of love, drama, fighting, and crying and I can't wait to see how it all plays out. You too can watch every Tuesday at 9:00 on BET!

  

Safe Haven

   It's easy to understand why Hollywood loves doing business with author Nicholas Sparks. His books are huge best-sellers, and several of the films adapted from his novels "Message in a Bottle," "The Notebook," and "Dear John", so of course if you're a fan of his work you knew Safe Haven  was going to be a love story, but boy was it one for the books. Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel capture your hearts like no other in this drama filled love story. Juliane Hough plays the character of Katie Feldman a wife to a policemen who is on the run away from her husband due to his drunk, abusive tendencies. She takes you on an emotinal journey throughout the whole film. There is no doubt you will , laugh, cry and "aww" as watching the film. Her character Katie as she is on the run lands in a small town where the emotional journey begins, and that is when we get introduced to Josh Duhamel's character Alex Wheatley. 

     Josh Duhamel makes you fall in love with him through his character, because you can feel everything that he is going through pouring through the screen. You can see that he really is on the move to love again and to become Katie's "Safe Haven."  Everything about this little romance is just too adorable for words. Just as the love story gets good the plot takes a twist. We run into Katie's ex husband played by actor David Lyons.  He comes to town on the hunt for Katie and ruins the perfect love story.

  Now the e ending...I am not a fan of giving away endings, so I will not say what happens, but the ending to this film will knock you off of your feet. Many may say that it was predictable, but not in my book. If you haven't seen the film go check it out, because it can definately leave you with a feeling of peace and happiness.

The Monuments Men

        Being a fan of George Clooney I just  knew that The Monuments Men was going to be an awesome film, but to my suprise it was not the best. The Monuments Men; directed by and starring George Clooney is based   on Robert M. Edsel’s book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History focuses on the importance of protecting culture in a time of war and chaos. It seems as if Clooney was trying to go for a touching and  heartbreaking concept in the way that he depicted the  men and women characters to basically lay down their lives to protect beloved works of art.  Unfortunately, in spite of an an amazing cast and fascinating source material, Clooney did not do a good job of keeping ballance throughout the film. It seemed as if he was bouncing back and forth between buddy comedy and  dark scenes of wartime suffering.

     As with most Hollywood remakes of films based on a true story, The Monuments Men takes a lot of good acts or liberties shall I say, but of course few of the alterations make for a better or more impactful story. In the case of The Monuments Men viewers are presented with a group of one hit wonders that fail to balance the actual "Monument Men" with equally affecting World War II drama. Clooney however does include some heartbreaking details, which of course makes you look past the faults of the film and get a little emotional.

  Being that I am not really a fan of war movies and the fact that the film was not good overall, I would not personally reccogmend the film to true fans of history who know the real story of The Monuments Men or just those who like the history of World War II, but everyone has their own opinios of course, so you go see for yourself.