Weekend Movies: Going Hungry
Get ready for another busy weekend at your local cinema. The final ‘Hunger Games’ installment will draw huge crowds, but there’s also a better-than-expected, crude Christmas comedy opening alongside it.
‘Kilo Two Bravo’ Review: Explosive Realism
So many war films shuffle through cinema screens these days that it can be difficult to find one that feels distinguished or even devoid of overblown politics. ‘Kilo Two Bravo’ is one of the rare exceptions. Produced o...
‘Brooklyn’ Review: Pleasant but Drippy Sentimentalism
‘Brooklyn’ is a nice and sweet, if unadventurous, movie. It’s very much a genre piece, one of those period coming-of-age stories filled with pretty costumes, handsome performers, clear emotional arcs, hanky momen...
‘Man Up’ Review: Corny, Funny, Delightful
An interesting trend has developed in the rom-com world lately. Even though Hollywood has pretty much given up on the genre (well, unless Judd Apatow is involved), “date nights” remain a thing so these movies havenR...
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2’ Review: An App
Through a haze of shadowy and barely visible cinematography, ‘The Hungers Games’ saga has finally reached its predictably cheerless end. The YA series which hinged on televised child murder is one of the darkest cinema...
‘The Flash’ 2.07 Recap: “Sometimes You Just Hav
After having just given us a proper introduction to the supervillain Zoom as the ultimate badass antagonist for the season, ‘The Flash’ already puts him on the backburner for a week and brings back one of Barry’s...
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 3.08 Recap: “You Don&#
This week’s episode of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ is jam-packed with major plot events, including big revelations about the history of the HYDRA organization. It also teaches us that silver serving trays are comple...
‘Gotham’ 2.09 Recap: “I Believe in the Beauty o
This week, a league of eccentric assassins come gunning for Jim Gordon, two emerging supervillains team up, and evil monks invade the city. That’s just how things go on an average workday in ‘Gotham’.
‘The Night Before’ Review: A Very Bromantic Christmas
The Seth Rogen movie machine has become so well-oiled that, at this point, all the guy really needs to do is pick a genre or concept and slip it into his formula. It only makes sense that he’d eventually make a Christmas mov...
‘Terminator: Genisys’ Contest Results
Our contest has terminated. We promised we’d be back with the results this week, and now it’s time for us to say “Hasta la vista, baby” to these spare copies of ‘Terminator: Genisys’ sitting in ...
‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ 1.03 Recap: “You Wanna Be a
For a comedy series, ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ isn’t afraid to throw in some fairly disturbing content that’s scarier than most legitimate horror movies. Yet the show somehow still manages to be funnier than hell...
‘Supergirl’ 1.05 Recap: “Oh Shut Up, You Mean G
Yes, even superheroes celebrate Thanksgiving in America, and that’s what viewers are treated to in this week’s episode of ‘Supergirl’. Helen Slater guest stars as Kara’s foster mother, Eliza. And beca...