Inside Llewyn Davis, 2013. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.Starring Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garret Hedlund, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. For over three decades, The Coen Brothers have become filmmakers of the highest […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead: Michonne Special #1
Robb Ghag reviews The Walking Dead: Michonne Special #1… “This special issue of THE WALKING DEAD presents THE WALKING DEAD #19, featuring the first appearance of Michonne as well as the Michonne origin story that first appeared in Playboy Magazine.” Sunday February 9th, 2014 is when The Walking Dead returns to AMC. If you can’t […]
Ben Affleck’s Batman suit a “total reinvention”
The awards season is all about costumes. Who’s wearing who, how you can’t choose a red dress, etc, etc, etc, BLAH BLAH BLAH. Entertainment Tonight, however, asked a far more interesting attire-based question to Jennifer Garner (13 Going on 30, Dallas Buyers Club) at the Screen Actors Guild awards: what is her husband’s, Ben Affleck […]
Comic Book Review – Wolverine: Origin II #1
Robb Ghag reviews Wolverine: Origin II #1… “A few years after the events of ORIGIN finds James Howlett running with the wolves…until something unexpected brings him back into the world of Follow the first “X-Man” as he finds his way back to civilization and falls afoul of someone Sinister, who’s just discovering mutantkind and the […]
Knowing J.D. Salinger: Shane Salerno talks about Salinger
Trevor Hogg chats with Shane Salerno about a decade-long odyssey which caused him to redefine his understanding of J.D. Salinger… Along with being a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who is currently working on an Avatar (2009) sequel for James Cameron, Shane Salerno is also an avid book collector. “I have a 15,000 book library. I was […]
Comic Book Review – Batman Black and White #5
Robb Ghag reviews Batman Black and White #5… “The Dark Knight’s adventures continue in this latest issue of BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE, featuring stories by superstar teams including Ivan Brandon and Paolo Rivera, Keith Giffen and Javier Pulido, Blair Butler and Chris Weston, Len Wein and Victor Ibanez, and Jimmy Palmiotti and Andrew Robinson! “ […]
Movie Review – The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013. Directed by Martin Scorsese.Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, and Jean Dujardin. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption […]
Shailene Woodley on the chances of Mary Jane Watson return for The Amazing Spider-Man 3
If you know anything of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, then you’ll be all too aware that Sony is throwing a tonne of new characters into the mix for the sequel to Marc Webb’s 2012 reboot, with the likes of Electro (Jamie Foxx), The Rhino (Paul Giamatti), Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) and Norman Osborn (Chris Cooper) […]
ABC chief on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ratings slide
After premiering back in September with a bumper audience of 12.12 million viewers in the States, Marvel’s first live-action foray into television Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has struggled to maintain its ratings, losing viewers virtually every week and losing almost half of its audience by the midway point in its first (and only?) season. Speaking at […]
Special Features – I’m Over the Origin Story: Why the new Batman TV series has already lost me
Anghus Houvouras on the news that Gotham will follow a young Bruce Wayne on his path to donning the cape and cowl as Batman, and why the series has already lost him…. We’re living in a day and age where the comic book adapted superhero story is a staple of every discernible medium. There’s the […]
