Tori Brazier continues our Al Pacino Retrospective with a look at The Godfather… Regularly topping polls as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece The Godfather needs very little introduction. Suffice it to say, the film deserves every one of its accolades (including three Academy Award wins […]
Movie Review – Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Lift to the Scaffold aka Elevator to the Gallows (France: Ascenseur pour l’échafaud), 1958. Directed by Louis Malle.Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Jean Wall and Yori Bertin. SYNOPSIS: A self-assured business man murders his employer, the husband of his adulterer, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. The stuck-in-a-lift plot device grabs […]
David S. Goyer to direct sci-fi thriller The Breach
David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman) is set to take a break from his DC duties for Warner Bros. to direct The Breach, an adaptation of Patrick Lee’s 2009 sci-fi novel, which is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Transformers: Age of Extinction) for Lionsgate. According to THR, […]
Justice League: War launching a shared DC animated continuity
Warner Bros. latest DC animated movie Justice League: War arrives on shelves today, and much like the New 52-launching Justice League: Origin story arc from which it is based, it seems the direct-to-video feature will launch a shared continuity for the line of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. This will definitely be the first salvo […]
DVD Review – The Bridge: The Complete Seasons One and Two
The Bridge (Sweden/Denmark: Bron/Broen). Starring Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg, Rafael Pettersson, Puk Scharbau, Sarah Boberg, Lars Simonsen, Emil Birk Hartmann and Vickie Bak Laursen. SYNOPSIS: TV series following an oddly paired duo of Swedish and Danish police inspectors who must work together to solve the most gruesome and potentially world changing of mysteries… […]
Blu-ray Review – Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Hell Comes to Frogtown, 1988. Directed by Donald G. Jackson and R.J. Kizer.Starring Roddy Piper, William Smith, Sandahl Bergman, Eyde Byrde and Cec Verrell. SYNOPSIS: Sam Hell is a prisoner of the female faction who took over the US after nuclear war. Mutants thrive in the wasteland while humans face possible extinction due to infertility. Bomb […]
Dredding L.A.: Douglas Wolk & Ulises Farinas talk about Mega-City Two
Trevor Hogg chats with Douglas Wolk and Ulises Farinas about bringing the swift justice of Judge Dredd to the West Coast… Douglas Wolk “My grandmother was an incredible painter, and my father sculpted on the weekends for many years and recently took it up again,” states Douglas Wolk who is a Portland, Oregon-based author and […]
DVD Review – Penthouse North (2013)
Penthouse North, 2013. Directed by Joseph Ruben.Starring Michelle Monaghan, Michael Keaton, Barry Sloane, Andrew W. Walker and Kaniehtiio Horn. SYNOPSIS: A reclusive photojournalist lives quietly in a New York penthouse, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life. Certain types of films seem to come in cycles. A successful […]
Blu-ray Review – Prisoners (2013)
Prisoners, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: When Keller Dover’s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate […]
DVD Review – Force of Execution (2013)
Force of Execution, 2013. Directed by Keoni Waxman.Starring Steven Seagal, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo and Bren Foster. SYNOPSIS: Alexander Coates’ (Seagal) criminal empire has been good to him – and devastating to his enemies – until his number one hit man, Roman Hurst, messes up what should have been a routine hit. Alexander spares his […]
