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As of this review "The Girl's Guide to Depravity" is two episodes into its premier season. After viewing them both, I can honestly say that the show has a lot of promise. It reminds me of what "Life on Top" was during season one; lighthearted, fun, and sexy. Rebecca Blumhagen and Sally Golan star as Lizzy and Sam, two ladies looking for love (and sex) in Chicago. Ultimately they would like to settle down (Sam more so than Lizzy) but in the interim want to have their fun without involving their feelings. That's where the rules come in.

The ladies are well cast; they are both very pretty, but they are everyday woman beautiful and not Hollywood beautiful. They work and hang out at the bar like everyday people. That adds elements of realism to the show. Couple that with the sex scenes not being overly choreographed. They look like they are just having sex and not trying to put on a production. That can be appreciated in the era of overdone moaning and screaming to simulate sexual satisfaction. Also, the show's setting Chicago is a breath of fresh air in the New York/L.A. dominated TV universe.

Overall, the show is entertaining. I can't wait to see what the rules and their libidos get these ladies into later this season. Kudos to Cinemax for giving its viewers something more than T & A on an After Dark show. I suppose this is their apology for "Chemistry".

This movie was nothing short of impressive. Paranormal Activity 3 explains the origin of the entity that haunts a pair of sisters from their early childhood. It was alluded in the first two films, but part three was the payoff. Naturally it sticks to the formula from the first two features being of the found footage genre, but it still works. The horror is created more by what isn't and barely seen. Jessica Tyler Brown sold communicating with the ghost perfectly. The scene with Chloe Csengery and Dustin Ingram in the bathroom was well done. The ending was unexpected and frightening. I understand that there were plot holes concerning the burning house and the coven, but this trilogy starts in 1988 and concludes in 2006. Are we supposed to see every detail in an 18 year span? The point of these films is just to scare you, which it does effectively. I don't think that there are many movies where every single detail falls into a neat logical package, hence the term fiction. This movie gives the audience a little of everything: some nostalgia, some urban legend, and a lot of chills. The third time was the charm in this series.

This is the latest Skinemax addition to its Friday late night adult fest. It deals with a guy and his on going affair and how it develops into another relationship. It's nothing out of the ordinary in terms of this genre. There's a good amount of eye candy, nudity, and sex, but that's where the positives ends. The acting is dreadful (not that you expect Oscar worthy performances). The show looks and feels dated from the cheesy opening credits, to the horrible and obvious green screens during the driving sequences. Chemistry feels like a combination of a bad 80's soap opera and an 80's infomercial combined. The cut scenes are pointless and Liz and her partners' cop scenes are after school special bad. I'm sure you can appreciate it more if you're 12, (for obvious reasons) but if you're an adult and haven't watched Chemistry, you haven't missed anything.