‘Born to Be Blue’ is the inevitable Chet Baker bio-pic that was destined to happen. Thankfully, it’s well-cast and even rather creatively structured. In fact, for the first 20 minutes or so, you might even think ...
Antoine de Saint-Expery’s ‘The Little Prince’ is one of those endlessly endearing and enduring classics of children’s literature more suited to the page than the screen. Surreal, imaginative, satirical and ...
This jam-packed March kicked off last week with Disney’s latest wonderful family film. This weekend brings us a killer thriller, along with three other wide releases of questionable merit.
The worst thing about ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ is the title. It’s not just awkward; it’s a spoiler. Sadly, the realities of contemporary Hollywood filmmaking mean that the movie has to be marketed as a franchi...
With that ‘Agent Carter‘ nonsense finally behind us, Marvel’s superior ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ returned from its winter break this week. It has been a few months since the show’s last episode, ...
With spring just around the corner, we prepare for the upcoming slate of hopefully good movies that are supposed to come with an improvement in the weather. Sadly, the following trailers promise more rain and dark clouds of boredo...
Attention all nerds, geeks, cosplayers and true believers: In less than two months, the 2016 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Western Canada’s largest pop culture convention) will kick off in Calgary, Alberta. As usual,...
When ‘Gotham’ introduced new villain Mr. Freeze last week, I assumed that he’d be the primary antagonist for the rest of the season. Now I’m not so sure. I realize that this season is subtitled ‘Rise ...
Taking a cue from the network’s fairly successful ‘Psycho’ reboot ‘Bates Motel’ (now in its fourth season), A&E’s new drama series ‘Damien’ is based on Richard Donner’s 19...
When we last turned off the lights at ‘Bates Motel’, Norman had just finished going full Mother mode. He killed his ex-girlfriend, Bradley Martin, by bashing her head on a rock and then he put her dead body inside her ...
For as goofy as the plot of last week’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ episode may be (and it’s plenty goofy), I still feel that the show’s premise is finally starting to come together and work out some of its...
I gave up recapping ‘Agent Carter’ a few weeks back because, like most of the viewing audience and even its own broadcast network, I completely lost interest in the show. Given that last week’s season finale will...
