Back to the Future: 30th Anniversary Trilogy Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Raise your hands if you’re middle-aged, with kids, and have bought the Back to the Future movies on home video more times than the number of kids you have. Yeah, that’s a whole lot of you. The […]
Movie Review – Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. 2015 Directed by Gregory Plotkin Starring Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George, Dan Gill, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, and Michael Krawi SYNOPSIS: Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan. Paranormal […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Light Beneath Their Feet (2015)
A Light Beneath Their Feet, 2015. Directed by Valerie Weiss. Starring Taryn Manning, Madison Davenport, Maddie Hasson, Kali Hawk, Kurt Fuller, Carter Jenkins, Nora Dunn, and Brian King. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother. Issues […]
Movie Review – Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film (1899-1917)
Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film, 1899-1917 Various Directors Music composed and performed by Lillian Henley SYNOPSIS: A collection of short news reels and comedies filmed between 1899-1917, revealing primarily the pre-War suffragette movement. Part of the beauty of cinema is the birth of the medium, and how it managed to pick up enormous […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 4 Review – ‘Devils You Know’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 4 – Devils You Know… Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ups the ante again and delivers another thrilling hour of television. This week we saw a familiar face in Alisha one of the Inhumans from last season. Her most notable scene being her fight with Daisy in last […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – Brooklyn (2015)
Brooklyn, 2015. Directed by John Crowley. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Enory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters, Michael Zegen, and Jim Broadbent. SYNOPSIS: In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) has nothing positive going for her at home in Ireland besides a loving […]
The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 3 Review – ‘Cross-Channel Discount Buying’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the teams were tasked with buying a list of very specific products – in both Calais and Kent. Who would be able to negotiate the best prices? The negotiating task is always one of the highlights of The Apprentice and it’s unusual to see […]
Comic Book Review – Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire #4
Ricky Church with a review of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire #4… Concluding the first new-canon comic tale set between episodes VI and VII! • As the Empire Shatters around them, Rebel heroes fight for a better tomorrow! • Greg Rucka (Punisher, Cyclops, Wolverine) and Marco Checchetto (Punisher, Avengers World) take […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Restoration’
Jessie Robertson reviews the latest episode of Arrow… All good things to those who use a Lazarus Pit…. Can’t we all just get along? As I wrote last week, the problems between Diggle and Oliver continue to effect their work; now, before any of us complain too much, let’s dial our brains back to a […]
Movie Review – Spectre (2015)
Spectre, 2015 Directed by Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott and Monica Bellucci. SYNOPSIS: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond […]
