Spotlight, 2015. Directed by Tom McCarthy. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: A true story documenting the events that led to The Boston Globe uncovering a history of child molestation covered up by the local Catholic Archdiocese. Featured in the 2013 Blacklist as one of the […]
Movie Review – Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Eddie the Eagle, 2016. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken and Tim McInnerny. SYNOPSIS: Charting the Olympic career of famous UK ski-jumper Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards… Inspiration is a funny thing. Idols who achieve feats we can’t comprehend are on a different planet. Inspirations are easier to understand. We’re […]
Second Opinion – Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Dirty Grandpa, 2016. Directed by Dan Mazer. Starring Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. You really don’t need a review to come to the conclusion that Dirty […]
The Flash Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘The Reverse-Flash Returns’
Jessie Robertson reviews the eleventh episode of The Flash season 2… If anyone’s going to Big Belly, I’ll take 2 Triple-Triple’s please! Ok, now Patty’s gone….I think- This week was all about turning back the clock, er…I mean, erasing history….well, let’s start with the easy stuff. Patty, before she left, did some digging into Barry’s […]
Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Better Angels’
Amy Richau reviews the third episode of Agent Carter season 2… The third episode of Agent Carter “Better Angels” answers a lot of questions from the two episode premiere last week. Scientist Wilkes is not dead (not surprising), but he’s not fully alive either. Whitney Frost’s new black scar is a danger not only to […]
Movie Review – Backtrack (2015)
Backtrack, 2015. Directed by Michael Petroni. Starring Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy, Bruce Spence and Jenni Baird. SYNOPSIS: Psychologist Peter Bower’s life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are ghosts. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only […]
Movie Review – Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
Batman: Bad Blood, 2016. Directed by Jay Oliva. Featuring the voice talents of Jason O’Mara, Sean Maher, Yvonne Strahovski, Stuart Allan, Morena Baccarin, Steve Blum, Gaius Charles, John DiMaggio, James Garrett, Ernie Hudson, Robin Atkin Downes, Vanessa Marshall, Bruce Thomas, Matthew Mercer, Jason Spisak, Travis Willingham and Kari Wahlgren. SYNOPSIS: Bruce Wayne is missing. Alfred […]
Movie Review – Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Dirty Grandpa, 2016. Directed by Dan Mazer. Starring Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, Julianne Hough, Zoey Deutch, Jason Mantzoukas and Dermot Mulroney. SYNOPSIS: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. Think of the worst moments you have […]
Blu-ray Review – Deep Red (1975)
Deep Red, 1975. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, and Clara Calamai. SYNOPSIS: After a psychic is murdered a witness teams up with a reporter to catch the killer. For anybody already versed in the works of Italian filmmaker Dario Argento then Arrow Video releasing a 4K restoration […]
Movie Review – The Revenant (2016)
The Revenant, 2016. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Forrest Goodluck, and Grace Dove. SYNOPSIS: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. You […]
