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Now Streaming: Carnival Row Season 1

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:32 +0000

Many fantasy or science fiction narratives use metaphor and allegory to associate relatable real-world events with an extraordinary premise or setting. When done properly, which generally means subtly, this can be a powerful storytelling tool. Amazon’s Carnival Row is perhaps a little too blatant with the message it’s trying to push. All right, fine, maybe...

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‘Certain Women’ Review: Small Stories, Impressive Impact

Philip Brown — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:00:21 +0000

Short stories often suit feature film adaptation better than novels. In ‘Certain Women’, the perpetually underrated Kelly Reichardt (‘Wendy and Lucy’, ‘Meek’s Cutoff’) takes three achingly small and human short stories by Maile Meloy and weaves them together into a single feature that honors the voices of both the original author and the filmmaker. Laura...

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‘The Expanse’ 1.06 Recap: “What God Gives You the Right to Life’s Riches?”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:00:16 +0000

Depending on which episode guide you look at, this week’s episode of ‘The Expanse’ is either titled ‘Retrofit’ or ‘Rock Bottom’. Either apply, but unfortunately that indecisiveness extends to some of the episode’s plotting, which goes off on weird tangents that don’t entirely pay off (at least, not yet). Earth Very little happens on Earth...

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‘The Expanse’ 1.03 Recap: “Earth Must Come First”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:00:17 +0000

As most of the TV season’s other series take a break for a few weeks (or months), Syfy is happy to offer viewers something interesting to watch through the holidays. The third episode of its terrific space drama ‘The Expanse’ really heats up the show’s political intrigue. At the end of the second episode, the...

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‘Poltergeist’ (2015) Review: They’re HEEEEEEERE… Again

Philip Brown — Fri, 22 May 2015 13:00:42 +0000

The horror remake craze finally seemed to be dying down when it was announced that Sam Raimi’s Ghosthouse production company would be “re-imagining” the Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper kiddie horror classic ‘Poltergeist’ thanks to a struggling MGM’s desperate attempt to make any cash whatsoever. In theory, the results should be disastrous given how much the charms...

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‘The Quiet Ones’ Review: Shut Up Already

Philip Brown — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:00:50 +0000

When the proud Hammer Films production banner was revived in the UK, it brought some hope that handsome, serious and decidedly British horror films would start slipping out again. ‘The Woman in Black‘ even suggested that was possible. Now we have ‘The Quiet Ones’, and hopefully Christopher Lee never sees it, unless he wants to...

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Now Playing: Oh Where Do We Begin, the Rubble or Our Sins?

Philip Brown — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:00:37 +0000

For years, Paul W.S. Anderson has been dismissed as “that other Paul Anderson.” Fair enough. When you share a name with the best director of your generation and your highest profile works are adaptations of the ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘Resident Evil’ videogames, that’s just going to happen. However, recently folks have finally started to notice...

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‘Fringe’ 4.09 Recap: “I Lost a Universe”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:54 +0000

If Walternate isn’t behind the shapeshifters, then who is? You know you’re a nerd if that question immediately makes sense to you. In Friday’s episode of ‘Fringe’, called ‘Enemy of My Enemy’, David Robert Jones (Jared Harris) allows himself to be captured by the Fringe Division in the alternate universe. He puts on a mad...

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Now Playing: A Deductively Wild ‘Sherlock’ Sequel

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:00:31 +0000

For the third film in a row, Guy Ritchie has proven that he’s back in fine form. ‘A Game of Shadows’, the follow-up to Ritchie’s 2009 ‘Sherlock Holmes’ flick, magnifies everything that worked in the first and corrects everything that didn’t. It’s smart, witty, fun and saturated with wickedly stylized action. Set shortly after the...

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