A Most Violent Year, 2014. Written and Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Ashley Williams, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Elyes Gabel and Albert Brooks. SYNOPSIS: In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city’s history. […]
Movie Review – Trash (2014)
Trash, 2014. Directed by Stephen Daldry. Starring Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello, Rickson Tevez, Gabriel Weinstein, Stepan Nercaessian and Eduardo Luis. SYNOPSIS: Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong. Trash is the […]
Comic Book Review – Reyn #1
Andrew Newton reviews Reyn #1… Reyn is a freelance swordsman and monster hunter who also might be the last of the legendary “Wardens” of the land of Fate, whose ranks long since faded into myth. He’s haunted and driven by visions from a “guiding angel” who sets him on the path of a great quest— […]
Second Opinion – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service, 2015. Directed by Matthew Vaughn Starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Mark Strong, Sophie Cookson, Michael Caine and Mark Hamill. SYNOPSIS: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing. The last time comic book writer Mark Millar and director Matthew Vaughn collaborated on an […]
Movie Review – Mortdecai (2015)
Mortdecai, 2015. Directed by David Koepp. Starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Jeff Goldblum and Olivia Munn. SYNOPSIS: Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost […]
Comic Book Review – Burning Fields #1
Zeb Larson reviews Burning Fields #1… Dana Atkinson, a dishonorably discharged army investigator, is pulled back to the Middle East when a group of American oil technicians disappear under bizarre circumstances. With the help of an Iraqi investigator, what Dana discovers is unimaginable: A series of unusual incidents at the drill site lead her and […]
American Horror Story: Freak Show – Episode 13 Review
Alice Rush reviews the season finale of American Horror Story: Freak Show… It’s time for Fräulein Elsa’s Cabinet of Curiosities to close as another season American Horror Story ends. It’s been a tempestuous season, housing moments of television gold amidst a generally average sea of superfluous characters and storylines. I’ve had my fair share of […]
Movie Review – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Directed by Matthew Vaughn Starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill, Tom Prior and Jack Davenport SYNOPSIS: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing. Marking the second time Matthew Vaughn has directed a comic book created […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘Left Behind’
Jessie Robertson reviews the tenth episode of Arrow season 3… We hit the ground running with a full plate of storyline directions by the end of this first episode and it’s a really interseting take to leave the Arrow team on their own as Oliver will be having his own trials moving forward. Let’s take […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek: New Visions – “Resistance”
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: New Visions – “Resistance”… If I were to tell you that the Borg are about to enter Kirk and Co.’s universe, you’d quite possible have two sensations, as I did – the first being excitement for seeing the Borg and Kirk go toe-to-toe and secondly have a sense of dread knowing the […]
