Hitchcock/Truffaut, 2016. Directed by Kent Jones. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Francois Truffaut. SYNOPSIS: Filmmakers look at the impact Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ had on Hitchcock’s reputation, and their own films. […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #152
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #152… There’s a reason why dictators don’t just kill their enemies, but kill their enemies’ families as well: no future reprisals to fear. It’s not exactly humane or just, but under the right circumstances it might make more sense than allowing a potential enemy to live. Rick has to […]
Second Opinion – The Other Side of the Door (2016)
The Other Side of the Door, 2016. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky and Suchitra Pillai-Malik. SYNOPSIS: After her young son is killed in a tragic accident, a woman learns of a ritual which will bring him back to say goodbye, but when she disobeys a sacred warning, she […]
Video Game Preview – Hands On with Quantum Break
Calum Petrie gets hands on with Quantum Break… During the week I was lucky enough to get hands on with the latest creation from the great development team at Remedy Games. Quantum Break is a third person shooter with an extremely interesting twist on the cover based shooter model, thrown in with impressive motion capture […]
Fuller House Season One Review
Fuller House Season One Starring Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Soni Nicole Bringas, Michael Champion, Elias Harger, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin and Scott Weinger. SYNOPSIS: In Fuller House, the adventures that began in 1987 on Full House continue, with veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron Bure) recently widowed and living […]
Movie Review – Zootopia (2016)
Zootopia, 2016. Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush. Featuring the voice talents of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Chong, Alan Tudyk, Maurice LaMarche, J.K. Simmons, and Shakira. SYNOPSIS: In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and […]
Movie Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. Maybe this is relevant, and maybe it isn’t, but as I’m writing this review, television is […]
Movie Review – Triple 9 (2016)
Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Casey Affleck, Wood Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across […]
Movie Review – London Has Fallen (2016)
London Has Fallen, 2016 Directed by Babak Najafi. Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Radha Mitchell, Patrick Kennedy, Robert Forster, Melissa Leo, Charlotte Riley, Shivani Ghai, Mehdi Dehbi, Waleed Zuaiter, Alon Aboutboul, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michael Wildman. SYNOPSIS: In London for the Prime Minister’s funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to […]
Movie Review – The Forest (2016)
The Forest, 2016. Directed by Jason Zada. Starring Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt and Yuho Yamashita. SYNOPSIS: A woman heads into Japan’s notorious Suicide Forest to find her missing twin sister, only to find herself confronted by supernatural terror. The first real horror film of the year is something of a mixed bag. On the one […]
