WARNING! Major spoilers will be in this article! If you haven’t watched Episode 4, stop reading now. Turn away. Episode 4 brings some major changes to the divided group. Some may influence future episodes in subtle ways, but some were insanely immediate, even as far as the demise of some of our survivors. I’ll break down [...]
These days, quality animated films are few and far between. But Wreck-It Ralph, the latest film from Disney and one of the most anticipated films of the year, promises plenty of laughs and originality to please viewers of all ages. Featuring an all-star voice cast and enough retro video game references to make audiences dizzy with [...]
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, based on the acclaimed survival horror videogame franchise by KONAMI, is a sequel to Hadida and Carmody’s earlier collaboration, Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill. For years, Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of [...]
Cloud Atlas, based upon a 2004 novel of the same name, features fantastic performances from its cast and a powerful message that will resonate with viewers as well as get them thinking. The film’s runtime is lengthy, and it over-complicates things at times, but those who stick with it and attempt to grasp what the movie [...]
Almost Heaven… Or is it? Is Appalachia as mysterious and wonderful as people say? Or does its enduring beauty hold something dark. Something dreadful. Something very hungry for our flesh. Can the people of the region stand up against the hordes of the Undead and thrive as they have thrived under other worst circumstances? Appalachian Undead takes [...]
Eight young adults are sent to do community service at Grizzly Park. There, they are hunted by an escaped serial killer along with the animals of the forest. (www.imdb.com) Our eight juvenile delinquents in trouble for a variety of reasons, but they all follow some very specific “types”: Michael ‘Scab’ White (Randy Wayne) is a white supremacist; Lola (Zulay [...]
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity. (synopsis from www.imdb.com) There aren’t many horror movies that are released in the theaters that I don’t end up frustrated or questioning the sanity [...]
Possible Spoilers Supernatural returned last Wednesday with season 8 premiere – “We Need To Talk About Kevin”. A year has passed since the events of season 7 finale, when Dean and Cas ended up in Purgatory, as a side effect of killing Dick Roman. Now, Dean is miraculously back, though not alone – he made an [...]
The year is 2044. Time travel hasn’t been invented yet. It will be – thirty years into the future. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) works as a looper, an assassin who gets rid of anyone sent back to his time by the criminal organizations of the future. Every looper will have to “close the loop” one day – [...]
The latest offering from Sony Animation, Hotel Transylvania, scores big with kids and might earn a few chuckles from adults, but beyond that there isn’t much to it. A few clever gags and decent animation are bogged down by a poor script and a disappointing lack of charm and flair that movies like this need to reach a [...]
