The Tomorrow War Sci-fi Action film The Tomorrow War is now on out on Amazon Prime Video. The movie is directed by Chris McKay and stars actor Chris Pratt. Its futuristic, full of aliens, and packed with action. What would you do if you were drafted to fight a war …
Read More »THE JOKE IS ON US
Spoiler-Filled Review of DC Animated’s “Batman: The Killing Joke” Before I begin, there is something you should know: I have gone on record as saying that “Batman: The Killing Joke” is one of the greatest comics of the 20th Century (check Wikipedia; I’m quoted). Writer Alan Moore, artist Brian Bolland …
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Jeremy Saulnier is not your everyday filmmaker. Debuting with a fun horror comedy back in 2007 called “Murder Party”, Saulnier didn’t exactly set the world on fire until 2013 when he release the deeply powerful and artfully made revenge thriller/morality play “Blue Ruin”. Following in the footsteps of that film’s …
Read More »Captain America: Civil War
Since the creation of superheroes, the question has existed: What would happen if Hero A fought Hero B? It’s been a staple of Marvel Comics since the Golden Age when they were Timely Comics and their first big two superheroes, Sub-Mariner and The Human Torch, fought each other. It increased …
Read More »Prometheus: The Evolution of a Mythos
Modern prequels to films that have created a universe of their own have had a rough go of it, specifically one that has as unique a universe as Ridley Scott’s Alien series. I’m not even sure that I could name a horror prequel (or reboot for that matter) that’s been …
Read More »Help is Only 140 Million Miles Away: Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”
By: Peter Lalush These days, it seems like science-fiction falls into one of two categories: super-serious (“Gravity”) or super-ridiculous (“Guardians of the Galaxy”). Which is why a film like Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” is such a breath of fresh air. It’s scientifically accurate and rather serious, but with an offbeat …
Read More »Who Ya Gonna Call? Probably Not Caesar & Otto if You Want to Live!
Caesar and Otto are back and they don’t seem to have learned anything! Created by actors Dave Campfield and Paul Chomicki, half-brothers Caesar and Otto Dinovio have already bumbled their way through a Summer Camp Massacre and a Deadly X-Mas, but now they have returned to take on a Paranormal …
Read More »Blurring the Lines of Revenge and Morality in “The Gift”
“The Gift” is a 2015 psychological thriller that follows a young married couple essentially starting their lives over. Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) move back to Simon’s hometown; buying a new house, entering a new job and most importantly, starting a family. While getting settled, they run into …
Read More »Tears in the Rain: A Look Back at Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner
We are only four years away from 2019, also known as the year of the world of Blade Runner, and we are nowhere near the nightmarish dystopia that director Ridley Scott envisioned on the big screen. Scott’s Los Angeles is a grim and wet metropolis, teeming with larger-than life advertisements, …
Read More »Van Helsing: Why We Can’t Have a Nice Universal Monsters Reboot
The 00’s were full of horror films that weren’t exactly horror films, but were instead a valiant effort at pretending to be horror films because of the inclusion of characters based in horror mythology. Van Helsing is a painful addition to this group; I say painful here due to that …
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