Born to Be Blue, 2015.Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie.SYNOPSIS:A liberal interpretation of a key period in Chet Baker’s life after he’s beaten within an inch of his life, forcing him to re-learn his embouchure while struggling to control his addiction to heroin.There’s a moment in Damien […]
Movie Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke Grimes and Haley Bennett. SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Boasting an all-star cast, Antoine […]
FrightFest Presents Review – Curtain (2015)
Curtain, 2015.Directed by Jaron Henrie-McCrea. Starring Danni Smith, Tim Lueke, Rick Zahn and Martin Monahan.SYNOPSIS:A young woman buys an apartment and discovers a portal to another dimension that likes eating shower curtains. No, really…Otherwise known as The Gateway, Curtain is an odd little movie that clearly has some big ideas lurking somewhere deep within it […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes: Godsend #5
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes: Godsend 5…Farah Nazan… Former soldier and tough protector of Malina… But how did she become the woman she is today? Farah’s origins are explored in Godsend. Farah is desperate to stop those who have turned to violence and vandalism to destroy her community. After they clashed with the mysterious Mr. Vance, Farah’s […]
Comic Book Review – Lucas Stand #2
Zeb Larson reviews Lucas Stand #2… Lucas is sent back to 1943 Occupied France to kill a demon, but must avoid altering history in the process. Lucas Stand is back, but this issue lacks some of the power of its predecessor. Part of that is just by virtue of being the second issue; second issues […]
Movie Review – David Bowie Is (2013)
David Bowie Is, 2013. Directed by Hamish Hamilton and Katy Mullan. SYNOPSIS: A documentary tying in to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum’s David Bowie Is exhibition”. A lot of well deserved praise has been heaped on the work and life of David Bowie since his very sad death in January this year. However, in 2013, […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid (1977)
Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: After receiving experimental plastic surgery a young woman develops a taste for human blood and begins to infect everyone around her with her bloodthirsty madness. Following on from their excellent release of David Cronenberg’s Shivers last […]
Second Opinion – The Voices (2015)
The Voices, 2015.Directed by Marjane Satrapi. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton and Jacki Weaver.SYNOPSIS: Likeable factory worker, Jerry, pursues his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.“The voices made me do it.”. Ah, the standard alibi for the psychotic serial killer looking to escape […]
Movie Review – Baskin (2015)
Baskin, 2015. Directed by Can Evrenol. Starring Gorkem Kasal, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç and Muharrem Bayrak. SYNOPSIS: A team of cops investigating a disturbance in an abandoned building discover more than they bargained for. Imagine, if you will, a clash between the nightmare world of Clive Barker’s imagination and […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 14 – ‘Fallout’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash… Literal fallout as the episode began. But, the experiment worked. This episode was all about the two elements fused together to make Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein. Firestorm is a very difficult character to bring to screen, because it’s two distinct characters, and how do […]
