Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… “While Leonardo and the Foot bring the fight to the Savate ninjas, the other Turtles call upon all of their allies to prepare for War. City Fall continues to escalate when Splinter crosses a line by helping Old Hob get his revenge!”Ooooooo. If […]

The creative team of writers R.A. & Geno Salvatore and artist David Baldeon bring the journey of the five issue series to an end. Doum’wielle Armago—wielder of the malevolent sentient sword Khazid’hea, the Cutter—confronts her pursuers. But will they be able to pull her back from the brink of savage madness? Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter […]

Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) and Simon Pegg (The World’s End) have joined the cast of the Aussie crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) from a script by James McFarland, the film also stars Luke Hemsworth (brother of Chris and Liam), Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom), Alice Braga (Predators), Bryan Brown […]

Gravity, 2013. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. SYNOPSIS:Two astronauts are cast adrift in deep space when their space shuttle is destroyed. While on a mission rookie astronaut Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and veteran team member Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) become the only survivors when the debris from a destroyed Russian satellite […]

Joe, 2013. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Heather Kafka , Sue Rock, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Ulysses Lopez, and Brenda Isaacs Booth. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con becomes a mentor and fierce protector of a hard-luck kid. Looking for work is Gary (Tye Sheridan) who comes from a family of drifters led by a drunken and volatile […]

Under the Skin, 2013. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Scott Dymond, Krystof Hádek, Joe Szula, Michael Moreland, Jessica Mance, and Lee Fanning. SYNOPSIS:An alien being in a human form travels through Scotland. A motorcycle driver disappears into the shadows and takes the unconscious body of a woman over to a RV who goes by the name of Laura […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW ‘Villains’ series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #6 – Hun… “As the new leader of the Purple Dragons, the villainous Hun joins the war in City Fall! He’s already making friends in high places and imposing his will on anyone who stands in his way! Hun’s past […]

Labor Day, 2013. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, James Van Der Beek, Brooke Smith, Maika Monroe, Dylan Minnette and Gattlin Griffith. SYNOPSIS: An adolescent boy and his reclusive mother unwittingly assist an escaped convict. A reclusive mother and her dutiful teenage son go on a monthly shopping trip which happens to occur during the […]

All Is By My Side, 2013. Directed by John Ridley. Starring André Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, Burn Gorman, Ashley Charles, Ruth Negga, and Robbie Jarvis. SYNOPSIS: An unknown American backup musician heads to London, England where he transformers himself into legendary guitarist Jimmy Hendrix. Catching the eye of the girlfriend of Keith Richards is a guitarist who is […]

12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS:In 1841 New Yorker Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. A talented violinist believes that he has been offered a financially rewarding job only to be sold into slavery; over […]