The Spider (Edderkoppen), 2000. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen. Starring Jakob Cedergren, Stina Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen, Trine Dyrholm and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1949. A young and idealistic journalist attempts to uncover the source of a shadowy black market operation working its way around the city. The Spider (Edderkoppen) is another noir influenced […]
Movie Review – Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Insidious: Chapter 3, 2015. Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson and Michael Reid MacKay. SYNOPSIS: A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help […]
Movie Review – She’s Funny That Way (2015)
She’s Funny That Way, 2015 Directed by Peter Bogdanovich Starring Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson, Rhys Ifans, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Illeana Douglas, Debi Mazar, Richard Lewis, Cybill Shepard, Austin Pendleton and Jennifer Aniston SYNOPSIS: A screwball comedy featuring the interconnected personal lives of the cast and crew of a Broadway production. They don’t make ’em […]
Comic Book Review – Sonic Boom #8 (Worlds Unite #2)
Luke Owen reviews Sonic Boom #8… It slices! It dices! It joins line-wide crossover events: it’s SONIC BOOM! “Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Unite” Part Two: It was just another day at the races—y’know, the ones with the giant spider-mechs? Things start to get weird, even for the lovable, paranoid Sticks, when X and the Maverick Hunters […]
Movie Review – Slow West (2015)
Slow West. 2015 Directed by John Maclean Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Rory McCann, and Caren Pistorius SYNOPSIS: A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide. Slow West is a methodically paced Western […]
Second Opinion – San Andreas (2015)
San Andreas, 2015. Directed by Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffud, Paul Giamatti, Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Art Parkinson. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his daughter. When going into a disaster movie […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 10 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the tenth episode of Bloodline… As soon as the Harmonica sounds during the opening credits you’re into the Bloodline state of mind. Let’s take this moment to recognize how atmospheric and haunting the opening credits actually are. Setting the tone from the get go as the visuals match the family dynamic as […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 9 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the ninth episode of Bloodline… “Let’s talk about Danny” is the closing line to Part 9 of Bloodline. That’s what the majority of this installment gives us, many conversations involving or about Danny Rayburn. Jump ahead of the welcoming sight of Kevin Rayburn wielding a baseball bat to find out what is […]
Movie Review – Man Up (2015)
Man Up, 2015. Directed by Ben Palmer. Starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Harriet Walter and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: A single woman who’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Readers beware: in a change to our regularly schedule programming, […]
Comic Book Review – Sonic Universe #76 (Worlds Unite #1)
Luke Owen reviews Sonic Universe #76 – the first part of Worlds Unite THE SONIC/MEGA MAN CROSSOVER EVENT BEGINS HERE! It’s the epic first chapter of the biggest story in Sonic/Mega Man comic book history with “Worlds Unite” Part One! Get ready for cross-world treachery as the wicked Sigma escapes the world of Mega Man […]
