John Wick, 2014. Directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. If there is one thing that […]
50th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Birdman (2014)
Birdman. 2014 Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough and Naomi Watts SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. There might […]
Movie Review – Whiplash (2014)
Whiplash, 2014. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell and Nate Lang. SYNOPSIS: A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. “There are no two […]
50th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Natural Born Killers (1994)
Natural Born Killers, 1994. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, and Rodney Dangerfield. SYNOPSIS: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Natural Born Killers was selected as a special presentation at the 51st Chicago […]
50th Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game, 2014. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, and Allen Leech. SYNOPSIS: English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Just when you think every possible battle, pivotal moment, and time period of […]
Movie Review – The Judge (2014)
The Judge . 2014 Directed by David Dobkin Starring Robert Downey Jr. , Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester SYNOPSIS: Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the […]
Movie Review – Dracula Untold (2014)
Dracula Untold, 2014 Directed by Gary Shore. Starring Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charles Dance and Art Parkinson. SYNOPSIS: Facing threats to his kingdom and his family, Vlad Tepes makes a deal with dangerous supernatural forces – whilst trying to avoid succumbing to the darkness himself. Remember that time Dracula made a devilish deal […]
Assassin’s Creed: Unity story trailer prepares for a revolution
It still remains to be seen if cooperative gameplay will dramatically shift player tactics in Assassin’s Creed: Unity – similar to how Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag implemented sailing and pirate themed mechanics to freshen up the franchise – but if there’s one thing we can be certain on, it’s that the story once again looks […]
Shia LaBeouf cut his face and had his teeth removed for Fury
For better or worse Shia LaBeouf is consistently making headlines around Hollywood; mostly because the world thinks he has gone insane. Seriously, he wore a paper bag that said “I’m not famous anymore” to a premiere of Nymphomaniac, was caught plagiarizing scripts, harassed Mia Wasikowska on the set of Lawless to the point where she […]
Avengers 3 might leave out Captain America and Thor
According to Badass Digest, there is a strong chance that Avengers 3 may swap out staple characters Captain America and Thor (and possibly Black Widow) for fresher Marvel Cinematic Universe characters such as Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Quicksilver and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch. The believed primary reason is that in addition to director Joss Whedon wanting to shake […]