Julia, 2014.Directed by Matthew A. Brown. Starring Ashley C.Williams, Tahyna Tozzi, Jack Noseworthy, Ryan Cooper and Brad Koed.SYNOPSIS:A neo-noir revenge thriller centering on Julia, who after suffering a brutal trauma, falls prey to an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself. This debut feature from writer-director Matthew A. Brown joins the ranks of stylistically diverse rape […]
Movie Review – The Visit (2015)
The Visit, 2015. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn. SYNOPSIS: A single mother finds that things in her family’s life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents. The Visit is an odd movie. Billed as a horror film […]
Movie Review – Pasolini (2015)
Pasolini, 2015.Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Ninetto Davoli and Riccardo Scamarcio.SYNOPSIS:The final few days of Pasolini’s life, told through dreams and reconstruction.He had plans. The last shot of Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini leaves us in no doubt toward the plans Pier Paolo Pasolini had for the future. On his passport, his profession is simply […]
Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #14
Zeb Larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #14… Behind the music, Woden’s stayed back from the spotlight. But in this issue? We look beneath the mask. Shall we say it’s the most audacious and experimental issue of WicDiv yet? I think so. The Wicked + The Divine #14 goes in the opposite direction of […]
Movie Review – Legend (2015)
Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #146
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #146…A breaking point reached.Rick Grimes is still grappling with the deaths from issue #144, and he faces an uphill battle in convincing the members of his community not to immediately retaliate. Many people are reeling from what’s happened. Yet this issue feels a little lifeless, as it is a […]
Second Opinion – The Visit (2015)
The Visit, 2015.Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn.SYNOPSIS:A young filmmaker and her wannabe rapper brother get more than they bargained for when they spend a bizarre week with their grandparents, whose one rule is that the kids don’t leave their room after […]
Movie Review – Life (2015)
Life, 2015. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Starring Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton and Alessandra Mastronardi. SYNOPSIS: Photographer Dennis Stock pursues James Dean for an open spread photo essay for LIFE magazine leading up to the actor’s premiere East of Eden. In 2007 Anton Corbijn’s Control focused on the young troubled life of […]
Comic Book Review – Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire #1
Robert W Monk review Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire #1…Atomic Robo disappeared two years ago when Tesladyne was invaded by Majestic 12 and transformed into ULTRA, a task force leveraging the U.S. surveillance and military industries against scientific pursuits deemed to be hazardous. Now, the few remaining Action Scientists finally have a plan […]
Movie Review – The Visit (2015)
The Visit, 2015.Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn.SYNOPSIS:Two siblings visit their estranged grandparents for a week. Filming all of it as an attempt to reunite the grandparents with their mother after years of not speaking, the footage soon turns out to be something much […]
