Maggie, 2015. Directed by Henry Hobson. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin and Joely Richardson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. Watching a loved one suffer knowing that there […]
Comic Book Review – ABC Warriors: Return to Mars
Villordsutch reviews ABC Warriors: Return to Mars… Mars, the far future. Tasked with increasing the peace on the war-ravaged Red Planet, the A.B.C. Warriors are reunited with one of their oldest number – the mechanic known as Tubal Caine AKA Happy Shrapnel. As Happy explains how he died and was subse-quently resurrected by Medusa (the planetary […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 7 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the seventh episode of Bloodline… My first surprise from ‘Part 7’ was that the words “Directed by Tate Donovan” appear during the opening credits. A strange thing happens when you know the director for other means than directing, especially in television, you focus more intently to the method they use to capture […]
Movie Review – The Gift (2015)
The Gift, 2015. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denham, Busy Philipps, Alison Tolman, Katie Aselton, Beau Knapp and Wendell Pierce SYNOPSIS: A young married couple’s lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband’s past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret […]
Movie Review – Love & Mercy (2015)
Love & Mercy, 2015. Directed by Bill Pohlad. Starring John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti. SYNOPSIS: In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady […]
Movie Review – Ted 2 (2015)
Ted 2, 2015 Directed by Seth MacFarlane Starring Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Barth, John Slattery, Sam J. Jones, Patrick Warburton and Morgan Freeman. SYNOPSIS: Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a […]
Movie Review – Tomorrowland (2015)
Tomorrowland, 2015. Directed by Brad Bird. Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Thomas Robinson, Raffey Cassidy and Hugh Laurie. SYNOPSIS: A former boy-genius and an optimistic teenager join forces to find the mysterious Tomorrowland. During a 1960s New York Fair for inventors, young boy genius Frank Walker shows off his work-in-progress jetpack. It doesn’t quite function properly yet, […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 21 Review – ‘Grodd Lives’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-first episode of The Flash… The great thing about The Flash series (besides his rich and deep history as a character) is his vast Rogues Gallery. One of the most colorful, and frightening and iconic of those villains is Gorilla Grodd (now just Grodd on the show) Comics-wise, he’s a powerful […]
Movie Review – The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015)
The Marine 4: Moving Target, 2015 Directed by William Kaufman. Starring Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Blacker, Matthew MacCauli and Summer Rae. SYNOPSIS: Jake Carter is assigned to protect a “high-value package,” a beautiful whistleblower trying to expose a corrupt army defense contractor. It seems impossible to imagine a film that is compromised […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection – The Cursed Earth
Villordsutch reviews Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection – The Cursed Earth… A deadly plague developed during the brutal ‘Great Germ War’ has reached the futuristic metropolis of Mega-City Two, located on the West Coast of the USA. Charged with delivering a life-saving vaccine to the citizens of the disease-ridden city, Judge Dredd and a small […]