The House of Tomorrow, 2018. Written and Directed by Peter Livolsi. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Maude Apatow, Fred Armisen, and Michaela Watkins. SYNOPSIS: The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller’s incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school. While […]
The Fantasticast #278 – Marvel Two-in-One #38 – Thing Behind Prison Bars
Stephen Lacey and Andrew Leyland are your guide to Marvel’s First Family, The Fantastic Four. Starting at the very beginning of the Marvel Age of Comics, they cover every issue of The Fantastic Four, every spinoff title (Strange Tales, Marvel Two-In-One, and more), every guest appearance and every cameo, in order of publication… How Do […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – American Animals
The turning point where American Animals finally won me over and will for anyone else not entirely sold, boils down to a third act reveal that makes clear why writer and director Bart Layton has chosen to include documentary-style cutaway interviews to the real-life subjects of the Transylvania University art heist incident (now middle-aged, and if my […]
Movie Review – Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2018)
Gehenna: Where Death Lives , 2018. Directed by Hiroshi Katagiri. Starring Doug Jones, Lance Henriksen, Patrick Gorman, Simon Phillips, Sean Sprawling, and Eva Swan. SYNOPSIS: A scouting party are exploring the picturesque island of Saipan, with the intention of tracking down the ideal place for a new resort. These efforts are exacerbated somewhat by the […]
Krypton Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘House of Zod’
Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of Krypton… Building off recent events in Krypton with Lyta’s imprisonment and Seg’s escape from Black Zero, ‘House of Zod’ was a well developed continuation of ‘The Word of Rao‘. It also served as a good examination of the title House and what would make them eventually become enemies to the […]
Riverdale Season 2 Episode 18 Review – ‘A Night to Remember’
Liam Hoofe reviews the eighteenth episode of Riverdale season 2… Since it was first announced a few months ago, fans have been understandably both excited and intrigued by the prospect of a Carrie the musical inspired episode of Riverdale. Needless to say, of course, the show delivered and then some, providing us with one of […]
Movie Review – The Leisure Seeker (2017)
The Leisure Seeker, 2017. Directed by Paolo Virzi. Starring Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christian McKay, Janel Moloney and Dana Ivey. SYNOPSIS: A retired couple decide to take a road trip to Florida in their aging Winnebago, called The Leisure Seeker. He’s suffering from Alzheimer’s and her health is failing, so their children are frantic with […]
Lucifer Season 3 Episode 20 Review – ‘The Angel of San Bernardino’
Tori Brazier reviews the twentieth episode of Lucifer season 3… ‘The Angel of San Bernardino’ presents an abnormal state of affairs for Lucifer in that we see the usually unruffled titular devil (Tom Ellis) incredibly flustered and out of control as he deals with the possibility of another interference from his Father, after a woman […]
Movie Review – I Feel Pretty (2018)
I Feel Pretty, 2018. Written and Directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. Starring Amy Schumer, Rory Scovel, Michelle Williams, Aidy Bryant, Busy Philipps, Emily Ratajkowski and Tom Hopper. SYNOPSIS: A woman finds that all of her dreams come true after a bump to the head convinces her she has transformed into the most beautiful […]
Second Opinion – Super Troopers 2 (2018)
Super Troopers 2, 2018. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. Starring Erik Stolhanske, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Sotor, Kevin Heffernan, Brian Cox, Marisa Coughlan, Bruce McCulloch, Lynda Carter, Rob Lowe, Hayes MacArthur, Tyler Labine, and Will Sasso. SYNOPSIS: When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a […]