Robot Overlords, 2015. Directed by Jon Wright. Starring Gillian Anderson, Ben Kingsley, Callan McAuliffe, Milo Parker, Geraldine James, Tamer Hassan and James Tarpey. SYNOPSIS: Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy. Survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside. The […]
Movie Review – Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2014. Written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac and Brady Corbet. SYNOPSIS: A young Canadian surfer falls in a love with a local young Columbian woman and soon discovers her uncle is the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. A fictionalized romance against the backdrop […]
Movie Review – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni and Abby Wait. SYNOPSIS: A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. Opening with the line “I had sex today, holy shit”, it’s clear that Marielle Heller’s […]
Hannibal Season 3 – Episode 10 Review
Ricky Church reviews the tenth episode of Hannibal season 3… ‘And The Woman Clothed In The Sun’ was another great addition to Hannibal‘s final season and the continuing hunt for the Tooth Fairy. It stayed true to the original story in Red Dragon yet also found room to be inventive and take liberties with the source […]
Hannibal Season 3 – Episode 11 Review
Ricky Church reviews the eleventh episode of Hannibal season 3… This week’s Hannibal wasted no time getting started as the titular doctor immediately got to work on Francis Dolarhyde, manipulating the Red Dragon to do his bidding. It was an intense episode throughout as several pieces came to together in an efficient manner. Mads Mikkelsen […]
Comic Book Review – Batman #43
Ricky Church reviews Batman #43… In the start of a new epic, a new villain stalks Gotham City. Will Batman be able to uncover the mystery of Mr. Bloom? Since before Jim Gordon was announced as the next Batman, fans wondered what became of Bruce Wayne in the aftermath of ‘Endgame’. Many believed it wouldn’t […]
Second Opinion – The Wedding Ringer (2015)
The Wedding Ringer, 2015. Directed by Jeremy Garelick. Starring Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Olivia Thirlby, Ken Howard, Alan Ritchson, Dan Gill, Jorge Garcia, and Cloris Leachman. SYNOPSIS: Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for […]
Movie Review – Predestination (2015)
Predestination, 2015. Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. Starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby and Christopher Sommers. SYNOPSIS: A ‘Temporal Agent’ who travels through time to prevent major crimes attempts to capture the infamous ‘Fizzle Bomber’, who has thus-far eluded him, on his final assignment. Remember the first time you saw […]
Second Opinion – Get Hard (2015)
Get Hard, 2015 Directed by Etan Cohen Starring Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Craig T. Nelson, Alison Brie, T.I, Edwina Findley Dickerson, Ariana Neal, Paul Ben-Victor SYNOPSIS: When millionaire James King is nailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars. Let’s just address the elephant […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 14 Review – ‘The Return’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of Arrow season 3… “How to prepare your daughter for Life….by unleashing a psychotic murderer after her on an Island,” by Malcolm Merlyn. New Age Parenting. Go figure. Tonight’s episode was a strange one as it seemed the flashbacks were the meat of the story, certainly getting a least […]
