The Trailer Park: The Ruin of Childhood Dreams
This week’s batch of upcoming movie trailers feature sequels, remakes and adaptations of material ripped directly from our childhoods.
‘Turn’ Pilot Recap: “Legacy Is Everything”
Perhaps inspired by the success that FX has had with the 1980s-set ‘The Americans’, AMC premiered a new series earlier this week that takes retro spy action to another level entirely. ‘Turn’ is an espionage...
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 1.17 Recap: “Out of th
I haven’t written much about ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ in a while. Partly, I was too busy with other things to write TV recaps. Partly, I’d just lost interest. Although I’ve kept up with the show in th...
‘Bates Motel’ 2.06 Recap: “There Are Many Times
The second half of ‘Bates Motel’ Season 2 is shaping up to be much better than the first half. Episode 6 (‘Plunge’) gives us more information about Norman’s frequent blackouts and concludes with the k...
Poll: Which Summer 2014 Movies Are You Excited to See?
We’re inching right up to the summer movie season. Which of this year’s potential blockbusters are you most excited to see?
‘Game of Thrones’ 4.01 Recap: “There’s a
In what fans have eagerly awaited for the better part of a year, HBO’s epic ‘Game of Thrones’ returned for its fourth season on Sunday. By now, viewers should realize that the show rarely-front loads much excitin...
Videogame Releases: Week of April 6th, 2014
This week we have a great Lego Dragon to burgle, a big bad wolf to bristle, and Microsoft’s latest Kinect game. Also, more ‘Titanfall’, which means that it’s a Titan-sized week for videogame releases.
R.I.P. Mickey Rooney
In a career that spanned from 1926 to the present day, Mickey Rooney was one of the hardest working men in the movie business. Unfortunately, time catches up to everyone eventually. The actor passed away on Sunday at the age of 93...
Weekend Box Office: America the Bountiful
This weekend, Marvel’s performance enhancer-using superhero set a new April record.
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 6th, 2014 – Far Over the
Hobbitses, hobbitses, hobbitses… If you’re a fan of hobbits, or ghosts, or douchebag pop singers, this could be a great Blu-ray week for you!
Weekend Roundtable: Suspending Disbelief
Almost every movie asks its audience to suspend disbelief on some level – whether for the fact that a superhero jacked up on fancy steroids can single-handedly save the world from apocalyptic disaster, or just that an average schl...
Weekend Movies: ‘Winter’ in Spring Presages Summer
Since summer blockbusters typically generate huge revenue for movie studios, it’s no surprise that Hollywood pushes ’em on us earlier and earlier each year. This year, it seems that summer is starting sooner than ever.