Hacksaw Ridge is Moving, but Slightly Underwhelming [Review]
Hacksaw Ridge Director: Mel Gibson Writers: Robert Schenkkan, Randall Wallace, Andrew Knight, Bill Mechanic Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn Running time 138 minutes R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence including grisly bloody images. Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) was raised a 7th […]
Review: Hacksaw Ridge Is An Important Story Kneecapped By Its Director
Title: Hacksaw Ridge Director: Mel Gibson Summary: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The expression is ‘actions speak louder than words’ and we all know what it […]
Review: Inferno Is A Mystery Thriller With No Thrills Or Mysteries
Title: Inferno Director: Ron Howard Summary: When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot. I remember quite clearly the year Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code came out. I […]
Inferno is a Banal Tripe Worth Forgetting [Review]
Inferno Directed by: Ron Howard Screenplay by: David Koepp Based on Inferno by Dan Brown Starring: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Irrfan Khan Running time 121 minutes Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, disturbing images, some language, thematic elements and brief sensuality. Academy Award® winner Ron Howard […]
Denial may be Dry but is Undeniably Captivating [Review]
Denial Directed by: Mick Jackson Produced by: Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff Screenplay by: David Hare Based on: History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah Lipstadt Starring: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius, Alex Jennings Running time 110 minutes Rated PG-13 for thematic material […]
NYCC Review: Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders Is Pure Fun
Title: Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Director: Rick Morales Summary: Batman and Robin are back in action to take down their fiendish foes once again with original actors Adam West voicing Batman, Burt Ward voicing Robin, and Julie Newmar voicing Catwoman. The original 60’s Batman series was a bit beyond my time. I’ve watched […]
WPRtech Review: Rosewill Prelude Lite – RWH-002 Wooden Headphones
WPRtech Review
I’ve had a chance to really put the Rosewill Prelude Lite headset through the paces; from my iPhone 6+, iPad, PC and even podcasting on Skype. Whats the verdict on this set? Well, let me tell you now how my ears have been holding out. A review pair of the Rosewill Prelude Lite RWH 002 […]
Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Doesn’t Quite Mesh
Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Director: Tim Burton Summary: When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, he finds Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. But the mystery and danger deepen as he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers. I was a Tim […]
Review: Deepwater Horizon Has Good Intentions But Stumbles
Title: Deepwater Horizon Director: Peter Berg Summary: A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. There are some subjects that just make sense for being made into movies. The tragic events on the Gulf of Mexico that took place […]
Review: The Magnificent Seven Misses The Mark But Not By Much
Title: The Magnificent Seven Director: Antoine Fuqua Summary: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. The western is a genre that Hollywood keeps trying to bring back because it remembers a time when making a western would print money at the box office. However, […]
Review: Snowden Tries To Make The NSA Hack Into A Bourne Movie
Title: Snowden Director: Oliver Stone Screenwriter: Kieran Fitzgerald (screenplay), Oliver Stone (screenplay), Anatoly Kucherena (book), and Luke Harding (book) Principal Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, and Nicolas Cage Summary: The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the […]
DEMONIC #1 (of 6) – Comic Review
DEMONIC is a new series from Christopher Sebela (Hellraiser, the excellent High Crimes, Captain Marvel, more), Niko Walter (The Accelerators), and Dan Brown (Lobo, Punisher, X-men, tons of others). It’s a gritty hard-boiled style detective story that easily sheds the yoke of noire standards and proves itself to be excellent in its own right. This […]
Review: ‘Sully’ Is Oscar Bait That Fails To Deliver
Title: Sully Director: Clint Eastwood Principal Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey, Laura Linney, and Mike O’Malley Screenwriter: Todd Komarnicki (screenplay), Chesley Sullenberger (based on the book “Highest Duty” by) (as Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger), and Jeffrey Zaslow (based on the book “Highest Duty” by) Summary: The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero […]
RUMBLE #10-13 – Comic Review
What?! More RUMBLE happened and I didn’t even know. How can this be possible? This is a recap of RUMBLE #10-#13 which I missed during my sojourn into some sort of space-time vortex. Does the series retain the greatness of the previous run? Should you take the time catch up the way I did? Read on to […]