Warriors, 2015. Directed by Barney Douglas Starring Sonyanga Ole Ngai, Jonathan Nissan Meshami, Aliya Bauer, The Elders. SYNOPSIS: In a remote region of Nigeria, the Maasai Cricket team take their skills to England’s Last Man Stands World Championship to raise awareness of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) in their male dominated society. Documentary filmmaker Barney Douglas’ […]
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 […]
Blu-ray Review – The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, 1973. Directed by Peter Yates. Starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos and Mitchell Ryan. SYNOPSIS: After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid […]
Movie Review – The Boy (2016)
The Boy, 2016. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, and Ben Robson. SYNOPSIS: An American nanny is shocked that her new English family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive. […]
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 […]
Movie Review – Creed (2016)
Creed, 2016. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashād and Tony Bellew. SYNOPSIS: Adonis Johnson, biological son of Apollo Creed wants to make it in the world of boxing. He seeks out Rocky Balboa to train him. Rocky movies aren’t about how hard they hit, it’s about how many times they get […]
Heroes Reborn Series Finale Review – ‘Project Reborn’
Tai Freligh reviews the thirteenth and final episode of Heroes Reborn, ‘Project Reborn’… So this week’s episode was the finale and to say it completely jumped the shark would be an understatement. I can’t help but feel like the writers didn’t plan out the entire thirteen episode arc because there were a few dragging episodes and then […]
