The Boss, 2016. Directed by Ben Falcone. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Ella Anderson, Peter Dinklage, Tyler Labine, Cecily Strong, Kristen Schaal, Ben Falcone, and Kathy Bates. Synopsis : A titan of industry is sent to prison after she’s caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s latest sweetheart, not everyone […]
Movie Review – Demolition (2016)
Demolition, 2016. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, C.J. Wilson, Polly Draper, James Colby, and Heather Lind. SYNOPSIS: As an investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash, his increasingly confessional series of letters to a vending machine company catch the attention of a customer […]
Second Opinion – Demolition (2016)
Demolition, 2016. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis. SYNOPSIS: As an investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash, his increasingly confessional series of letters to a vending machine company catch the attention of a customer service rep with whom he forms an […]
Movie Review – Midnight Special (2016)
Midnight Special, 2016. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Sean Bridgers, Bill Camp, Paul Sparks, and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers. Stephen King once wrote “Nightmares exist outside of […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 15 Review – ‘Spacetime’
Danny Hale reviews the fifteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… With series creators Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen penning the script and Kevin Tancharoen directing it was no real surprise that this weeks Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stood out. With little preamble our team headed into the field to investigate a call for Daisy. […]
Movie Review – Hardcore Henry (2016)
Hardcore Henry, 2016 Written and Directed by Ilya Naishuller. Starring Sharlto Copley, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, and Tim Roth. SYNOPSIS: A first-person action film from the eyes of Henry, who’s resurrected from death with no memory. He must discover his identity and save his wife from a warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. Hardcore […]
Comic Book Review – Brit-Cit Noir
Villordsutch reviews Brit-Cit Noir… I’ve stepped into Brit-Cit Noir with a bit of trepidation I’ll be honest. My last piece of Brit-Cit I recall was reading it in The Heavy Mob over in the Judge Dredd: Mega Collection back in April last year. The titles were Brit-Cit Brute and Trilogy, albeit from Robbie Morrison and Co., […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 18 Review -‘Eleven-Fifty-Nine’
Jessie Robertson reviews the eighteenth episode of Arrow season 4… It’s a given here, but just so we’re clear: ************************MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD****************************************** Ok, there are things going on here, but the major, major (again, spoilers) event this week is: The death of Laurel Lance. And I have to say they got me. When Dahrk told […]
Comic Book Review – The Fix #1
Emma Withington reviews The Fix #1… From the creators of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber), comes a story of the crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run things—and the sex toy that can bring them all down. Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Bad people […]
Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #18
Zeb Larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #18… An ideal jumping-on point. Persephone, live. The question is, will it be for more than one night? Don’t call it a comeback, as JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON return to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE for the most rock-androll everything-explodes arc of the hit series. The Wicked […]
