Kyle J. Steenblik

Hacksaw Ridge is Moving, but Slightly Underwhelming [Review]

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: Hacksaw Ridge Is An Important Story Kneecapped By Its Director

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: Inferno Is A Mystery Thriller With No Thrills Or Mysteries

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 […]

 Kyle J. Steenblik

Inferno is a Banal Tripe Worth Forgetting [Review]

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 […]

 Kyle J. Steenblik

Denial may be Dry but is Undeniably Captivating [Review]

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

NYCC Review: Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders Is Pure Fun

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 […]

 Ryan Thomason

WPRtech Review: Rosewill Prelude Lite – RWH-002 Wooden Headphones

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Doesn’t Quite Mesh

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: Deepwater Horizon Has Good Intentions But Stumbles

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: The Magnificent Seven Misses The Mark But Not By Much

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, […]

 Jasen

Is Blair Witch Worth Your Money?

Is Blair Witch Worth Your Money?

Blair Witch (2016) Directed by Adam Wingard Written by Adam Wingard & Simion Barrett Starring: Callie Hernandez, James Allen McCune, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Valarie Curry Rated R Run time: 93 minutes    A mix of contradicting prejudices entered the theater with me when I went to view Blair Witch. Here is a movie in […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: Snowden Tries To Make The NSA Hack Into A Bourne Movie

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 […]

 Matt Johnson

DEMONIC #1 (of 6) – Comic Review

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 […]

 Kaitlyn Booth

Review: ‘Sully’ Is Oscar Bait That Fails To Deliver

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 […]

 Matt Johnson

RUMBLE #10-13 – Comic Review

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 […]

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