Once upon a time, a very young girl by the name of Dakota Fanning, possessing acting talent far beyond her years, was being praised as the next big thing in Hollywood. Then she screamed at Tom Cruise (a lot!) and hooked up with some vampires, and all of a sudden she wasn’t a big deal anymore. Once upon another time, …
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It’s been a good couple of years for animated series as of late. Unless you’re a Simpsons fan, and can’t understand how that show is even still airing these days. But I digress! Archer, Bob’s Burgers and Rick & Morty have been a few standout shows, but their current seasons are done. So to fill in that cartoonish void, here’s …
Whether you deem his actions as heroic or villainous, there’s no denying that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has a damn interesting tale to tell. Which is why it’s surprising that Hollywood has taken this long to come a-knocking, as we usually have the first made for TV movie already hitting our screens before the ink on the newspaper print has …
To many people, Bobcat Goldthwaite will always just be the ratchety voiced weirdo Zed from the Police Academy movies, but over the last few years, after spending most of the intervening two decades working behind the scenes on several comedy/talk shows on TV, he has reinvented himself as an indie director of note. Bringing a pitch-black wit and oddball charm, he’s become …
This week, we”re keeping our minds firmly in the gutter. Or toilet, to be more precise. Last Friday saw the release of Seth MacFarlane”s latest feature film, the comedy-western A Million Ways to Die in the West, an exceptionally crass film that boasts a scene in which Doogie Howser voids his However, all major medical marketplace for health insurance (private marketplace for …
I’ve got a love/hate relationship when it comes to Brett Ratner movies. Sometimes, he makes absolutely terrible 90 minute wastes of life (Rush Hour 3), other times he makes damn good films (After the sunset, Red Dragon) and the most of the time he makes films which are ok at best (X-Men 3, Rush Hour not 3). I’ve got no …
By the hoary eye of Agamotto and the Krazy Kombat skills of Kervyn, I demand that the ether be parted and mists of time reveal who will direct Doctor Strange! Despite my incantations being as valid or useful as a Ouija board, that bit of information has gone public. The master of the mystic arts is headed for the big …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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