Anthony Stokes on why X-Men: Days of Future Past has derailed the X-Men franchise… I grew up with the X-Men franchise, and found myself getting less and less invested with every movie. They haven’t aged well, and there’s something a bit dull about some of the drama, especially that centered around Jean Grey, Wolverine, and […]
Movie Review – Valley of Love (2015)
Valley of Love, 2015. Directed by Guillaume Nicloux. Starring Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert and Dan Warner. SYNOPSIS: An estranged married couple meet at a resort village near Death Valley. Their son committed suicide six months ago, leaving letters asking both of them to be in the national park on specific days, because he’ll re-appear to them. […]
Movie Review – Up For Love (2016)
Up For Love, 2016. Directed by Laurent Tirard. Starring Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cedric Kahn and Stephanie Papanian. SYNOPSIS: Successful lawyer Diane (Virginie Efira) is in the midst of breaking up with husband Bruno (Cedric Kahn) but it’s complicated by their being business partners. After an angry dinner together, she storms out of the restaurant but […]
Movie Review – Born to Be Blue (2015)
Born to Be Blue, 2015. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: The career of jazz musician Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) looks to be over. He’s addicted to cocaine and a savage beating makes playing the trumpet almost impossible. But he’s determined to get back to the top. […]
DVD Review – River (2015)
River, 2015. Directed by Jamie M. Dagg. Starring Rossif Sutherland, Sara Botsford, Ted Atherton and Aidan Gillett. SYNOPSIS: Working for an NGO in Laos, volunteer doctor John (Rossif Sutherland) is devastated when a patient dies on the operating table. Ordered to take some leave, he decides to explore the country and heads south. When […]
Movie Review – Men & Chicken (2015)
Men & Chicken, 2015. Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Soren Malling and Nicolas Bro. SYNOPSIS: Brothers Gabriel (David Dencik) and Elias (Mads Mikkelsen) discover the man who brought them up wasn’t their biological father, nor did they share the same mother. They track down their real father in […]
George Lucas has changed the Han and Greedo scene from Star Wars… again
With the surprise arrival of the very first 4K versions of the Star Wars saga on Disney+ this week, it has been revealed that another change has been made to the infamous Han Solo and Greedo scene from 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Now, before you get too excited, Han still […]
Video Review – Charlie’s Angels
Charlie’s Angels, 2019. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, and Patrick Stewart. In this video review, EJ dives into the latest installment in the long-running Charlie’s Angels franchise. He talks about Elizabeth Banks as the director, and which of the new Angels steal the show. Watch the review here, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate, 1962. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silver and James Gregory. SYNOPSIS: A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him. Exploring the extremes of cold war paranoia in a […]
X-Men’s Shawn Ashmore would love to crossover with Fantastic Four
While it seems the chances of the two series crossing over are slim, there are those within the films that would like to see X-Men and The Fantastic Four cross paths at some point down the road. One man in particular is Shawn Ashmore, who played Bobby Drake aka Iceman in X-Men 2, X-Men: The […]
