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In a tale that veers between mawkishness and levity, a woman diagnosed with cancer heads back to her home state where euthanasia is legal

”Here’s to life and all its messy complications!” Cancer is a bitch, life is a journey and other horribly pat sentiments are all given free airing in this well-meaning drama about a subject that merits a far more nuanced treatment: assisted dying. Anna (Pitch Perfect’s Anna Camp) is the prodigal daughter rejected by her father when she came out as gay, who returns to Oregon to find him dead and her brother Michael (Steven Strait) cheesed off at her long absence. But she has come back for a reason: to end her life (euthanasia is legal in the state) because she has inoperable cancer.

Of course, Anna is an artist, making her death doubly tragic. Director Tim True clings to this kind of cliche,...

Stars: Anna Camp, Steven Strait, Joe Lo Truglio | Written by Csaba Mera, Tim True | Directed by Tim True

If the scene at the dining room table doesn’t break you… Nothing will! I sit here a broken man. I mean this is not a new thing for me, I am a total wet blanket and often I’m left emotionally drained at an awful lot more movies than I care to admit to. Once I even squirted tears over an episode of Nickelodeon’s Hey Arnold but that’s not important right now.

I’m a huge fan of movies that are just straight up good stories with powerful performances… No action, no horror and no bells and whistles, just a story about people told well, that is relatable and most of all connects with the viewer on a different level. There are certain movies that I know (not surprisingly...

Hey, "NCIS: Los Angeles" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed episode 23 tonight. Now that it's officially done and just a mere footnote in time, it's time to see what the big season 10, finale episode 24 will have in store for you guys. That's right, guys. Episode 24 is indeed the final episode for this current season 10. That means after this one, you will have to wait about three months to see another new episode. The good news is that you will see another new episode because we can officially confirm that CBS has renewed the show for a brand new season 11! That's right. The show will be back with all new episodes this Fall 2019. We'll post more details on that at a later date. For now, let's get right back to the matter at hand. CBS did serve up a press release for the finale episode 24. So, that's what we'll be using for this spoiler session.

The new year brings the series premiere of Marvel's Agent Carter, but you won't have to wait until then to learn more about Peggy's first missions! We have the official synopses for the first two episodes directly below, featuring Agent Carter's return to action. Catch the two-hour series premiere Tuesday, January 6 at 8:00 p.m. Et on ABC, and while you wait follow @AgentCarterTV on Twitter, like Marvel's Agent Carter on Facebook, and keep your eyes peeled to Marvel.com for all the latest!

In the episode "Now is Not the End", Peggy is contacted by old acquaintance Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper, Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger) when he is framed for unleashing his deadliest weapons and can trust no one else. To help Peggy clear Stark's name, he insists his butler, Edwin Jarvis, be at her beck and call--whether she likes it or not. But the risk is great: If caught,...

Brett Ewins has been released from prison on bail. The 2000 Ad artist and Deadline co-founder was found guilty of assault after allegedly stabbing a policeman during a psychotic episode. The charge against the comics creator, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, was reduced from the greater grievous bodily harm offence, according to Tim True of Sex, Drugs & Comic Books. Ewins has already spent nine months in custody, partly unconscious in hospital and the rest in prison. "Brett (more)...