Southpaw, 2015. Directed by Antoine Fuqua Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz and Skylan Brooks. SYNOPSIS: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child […]
Movie Review – The Wolfpack (2015)
The Wolfpack, 2015. Directed by Crystal Moselle. Starring Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo, and Narayana Angulo SYNOPSIS: Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed, ‘The Wolfpack,’ the brothers […]
Movie Review – Self/less (2015)
Self/less, 2015. Directed by Tarsem Singh. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley, Natalie Martinez, and Victor Garber. SYNOPSIS: An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover […]
Movie Review – Minions (2015)
Minions, 2015. Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin. Featuring the voice talents of Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Geoffrey Rush and Jennifer Saunders. SYNOPSIS: Unbeknownst to us all, the Minions have been roaming the Earth for millions of years, searching far and wide for their one true […]
Movie Review – The Gallows (2015)
The Gallows, 2015. Written and Directed by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing. Starring Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos and Cassidy Gifford. SYNOPSIS: 20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy – […]
Movie Review – Trainwreck (2015)
Trainwreck, 2015. Directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Colin Quinn, Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John Cena, Marissa Tomei, LeBron James and Daniel Radcliffe. SYNOPSIS: Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy. Trainwreck may not […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #144
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #144… (There are big spoilers in this issue, so I’m putting up an especially big red flag). Well, this issue of The Walking Dead ends on a predictably bleak note. I think the best thing that can be said is that things didn’t go nearly as badly as they […]
Comic Book Review – Rebels #4
Zeb Larson reviews Rebels #4… With Mercy pushed to the back of his mind, Seth is free to commit one hundred percent to the war for independence and to the special assignment General George Washington has in mind for him. Rebels #4 takes Seth Abbott to a familiar battle in the lore of American history: […]
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 […]
VOD Review – The Sand (2015)
The Sand, 2015 Directed by Issac Gabaeff Starring Cleo Berry, Bryan Boone, Brooke Butler, Etalvia Cashin, Hector David Jr., Dean Geyer, Meagan Holder, Nikki Leigh, Jamie Kennedy SYNOPSIS: After an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over twenty-somethings awake to a beating sun, and a seemingly carnivorous beach that devours anything with a heartbeat that […]
