Fedora (1978), directed by the legendary Billy Wilder and restored by Eureka Entertainment as part of the Masters of Cinema series, has a fascinating premise ripe for compelling drama, but spends too much of its runtime focusing on the wrong parts of the story. Washed up producer Barry ‘Dutch’ Detweiler (William Holden) tries to lure […]
There is an art to graduating secondary characters into the prime time. Marvel has had success getting characters like Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther, who would not recently have been considered A-list, their own movies and successful comic series. DC brought the Suicide Squad into the larger public consciousness this summer. There are still […]
Morgan is a sci-fi/horror film that revolves around a young girl created in a lab from synthetic DNA. Morgan (played by The Witch’s Anya Taylor-Joy), is seemingly a happy, brilliant young girl, who now, when provoked, seems to exhibit psychotic tendencies. Director Jake Scott, (son of legendary director, Ridley Scott who also serves as a […]
The Justice League has long been home to many of DC’s greatest heroes. Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash, Elongated Man. Real legends. Of all the comics dealing with these characters, Grant Morrison’s run on JLA has always been at the top of recommended lists. So, being a Morrison fan, I grabbed them all. In its […]
Rabid Dogs, directed by Eric Hannezo is a French-Canadian remake of the 1974 Italian film of the same name. It’s a competent, stylish, by-the-numbers crime thriller that completely falls apart in the final stretch. Four bank robbers are on the run from the police after their heist takes a turn for the worst. They are […]
Announced soon after the Wii U launched, Nintendo and Atlus’ Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei just… disappeared. After a few years, it reemerged as a Persona-looking RPG revolving around Japanese idol and pop culture. It was a big eye-opener, with fans thinking we would get more Fire Emblem than Shin Megami Tensei. But it’s […]
Netflix’s newest drama, the Baz Luhrmann 1970s fever- dream The Get Down, is definitely not its best. Already mired in delays and showrunner changes (Shawn Ryan, best known for his gritty FX cop drama The Shield, left early on in production and Luhrmann, the director behind Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby, took on the […]
It’s August. The sun is shining. The birds are singing. Children are playing catch in the park. The outdoors is wide and beautiful… So, I’m going to go play some Batman. Who wants to go outside anyway? The first episode of the Batman Telltale Series is out today. It’s subtitled Realm of Shadows. The title […]
The Police Story series is one Jackie Chan’s long running series, spanning six movies over a 28 year period. Police Story: Lockdown is the first movie in the series for nine years, but is really a sequel in name only. Zhong Wen (Chan) is a police captain who goes to a nightclub trying to make […]
DC/Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad isn’t out yet and we already have a breakout star: Slipknot. Roving gangs of people both online and off obsessing over each costume choice, each line of precious dialogue, each fleeting scene. It’s no surprise. The character has been immensely popular in the comics for years. Really, it’s surprising this is […]
