RED 2, 2013.Directed by Dean Parisot.Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, and Anthony Hopkins.SYNOPSIS:Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.Without fear of reducing a review to its simplest common denominator, if […]

Fruitvale Station, 2013.Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler.Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer.SYNOPSIS:The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.Fruitvale Station is directed by first time filmmaker Ryan Coogler and […]

The Lottery of Birth, 2013. Directed by Raoul Martinez and Joshua van Praag. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the social, cultural and psychological elements involved in the shaping of human identities. The Lottery of Birth is the first of three films in a documentary series entitled Creating Freedom, which endeavour to examine modern notions of power […]

Damn you Tim Minear. The writer and producer of Firefly has teased fans of Joss Whedon’s cult classic television series in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, suggesting a possible return as a limited series. While discussing the show, he said: “I would never foreclose the possibility [of a return]. The fact that it was even […]

With the animated movie Batman: Assault on Arkham set for release later this year, Anthony Stokes feels that Arkham Asylum would be better suited as a live-action movie….A lot of the time I find myself stuck in the middle of excitement and disappointment with news that is generally regarded as a reason to celebrate. For […]

Anghus Houvouras on the problem with remaking good movies….Lamenting about the woeful lack of originality in Hollywood is hardly novel.  Much like the politics or religion, it’s a topic that gets discussed often but rarely comes to any real resolution.  I’ve said it a dozen times in a dozen columns:Hollywood studios are averse to risk.  […]

Last month, it was announced that Jesse Eisenberg had secured the role of Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, and now long-time Lex voice actor Clancy Brown has shared his thoughts on Eisenberg’s casting during an interview with Comic Book Resources to promote his latest movie Sparks:“I think Jesse […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the ninth episode of The Walking Dead season 4….I opened my last review with this: “The mid-season finale of The Walking Dead’s fourth season is pivotal in shaking things up; paving the way for what will hopefully be a tense and exciting latter half.” From watching the ninth episode – the first […]

Last year it was announced that Star Wars: The Clone Wars was one of the casualties of Disney’s Lucasfilm purchase, with the studio opting instead to plow its energy into new adventures in a galaxy far, far away with the likes of the upcoming Star Wars Rebels, not to mention a little movie by the […]

Gavin Logan reviews the first episode of Fleming…The name’s Fleming, Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, author of Casino Royale, wealthy politicians son, Army drop-out…you get the drift.I want to start off by saying I am in no way a Bond addict. Yes I enjoyed the movies growing up and have had mixed feelings on […]