Manga Review: Assassination Classroom Volume 5
Assassination Classroom Volume 5 focuses on Koro Sensei, a powerful octopus creature who intends to destroy Earth within a year. He offers mankind a chance to avoid this fate by letting him serve as the homeroom teacher for Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The Japanese government offers the class a 10 billion yen […]
Manga Review: One Piece Volume 75
One Piece Volume 75 focuses on Luffy, a young man who dreams of finding the One Piece and becoming the King of the Pirates someday. As a child, he ate the Gum-Gum fruit, which turned his body into rubber and allows him to stretch himself in crazy ways. Unfortunately, this means that he is no […]
Manga Review: Maid-sama! Omnibus Volumes 1-2
Maid-sama! Omnibus Volumes 1-2 collects the first two volumes of the Maid-sama! manga together into one release. Maid-sama! Omnibus Volumes 1-2 Written by: Hiro Fujiwara Publisher: Hakusensha English Publisher: VIZ Media Release Date: August 4, 2015 The main character of Maid-sama! is Misaki Ayuzawa, a 16-year-old girl who is the student council president at Seika […]
Manga Review: So Cute It Hurts!! Volume 2
So Cute It Hurts!! Volume 2 focuses on Megumu and Mitsuru Kobayashi, a set of twins who are cross-dressing as each other for a week and attending the other’s school. While doing this, they each meet someone they fall in love with, but can’t say anything since they’re currently the opposite gender. So Cute It […]
Ricki and the Flash Hit Some High Notes With a Phenomenal Cast
Ricki and the Flash Directed by: Jonathan Demme Written by: Diablo Cody Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Audra McDonald, Sebastian Stan, Rick Springfield Running time 101 minutes Rated PG 13 for thematic material, brief drug content, sexuality and language Ricki and the Flash is a significant comedy with a serious dark streak from […]
Fantastic Four is a Tedious Waste of Time
Fantastic Four Directed by: Josh Trank Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater, Josh Trank Based on: Fantastic Four by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Starring:Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson Running time: 100 minutes Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, and language I walked into Fantastic […]
Review: The Gift Features Great Suspense And Thrills
Title: The Gift Director: Joel Edgerton Screenwriter: Joel Edgerton Principal Cast: Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, David Denman, and Allison Tolman Summary: A young married couple’s lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband’s past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. […]
Review: Shaun The Sheep is Funny And Charming For All Ages
Title: Shaun the Sheep Director: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak Screenplay: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak Summary: When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all […]
Review: Fantastic Four Fails On Every Level
Title: Fantastic Four Director: Josh Trank Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg screenplay), Jeremy Slater (screenplay),Josh Trank (screenplay), Stan Lee (characters), and Jack Kirby (characters) Principal Cast: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, and Reg E. Cathey Summary: Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form […]
Manga Review: My Hero Academia Volume 1
My Hero Academia Volume 1 is set in a world where a mutation created “exceptional people,” and this mutation eventually became the norm. People with this mutation have what’s called a “Quirk,” and many of them become superheroes and use their Quirk to stop crimes. However, this story focuses on a boy who makes up […]
Review: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Focuses On Team Dynamics And Is Better For It
Title: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Director: Christopher McQuarrie Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay and story), Drew Pearce (story), and Bruce Geller (television series) Principal Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, and Simon McBurney Summary: Ethan and the team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate — […]
Review: Vacation Is Funnier Than Expected But Not As Funny As It Needs To Be
Title: Vacation Director: John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein Screenwriter: John Francis Daley (written by), Jonathan M. Goldstein (written by), and John Hughes (characters) Principal Cast: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbibns, Chris Hemsworth, and Leslie Mann Summary: Rusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to “Walley World” in […]
Vacation is Not the Family Disaster We Expected
Vacation Directed by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Written by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Starring: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Leslie Mann, Chris Hemsworth Running time: 99 minutes Rated R for crude and sexual content and language throughout, and brief graphic nudity Vacation is not the great comedy of the year, […]
Vacation: Movie Review
Title: Vacation Directors/Writers: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Stars: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, and Chris Hemsworth. When a classic is remade, or rebooted people inexplicably get a sour taste in their mouths. We’ve been force fed so many pandering, poorly made, unoriginal movies in the last two decades it’s easy to see why. […]
Manga Review: Tiger & Bunny Volume 7
Tiger & Bunny Volume 7 continues the story of Jake Martinez’s attempt to take over Stern Bild and turn it into a nation of NEXT. Tiger & Bunny Volume 7 Written by: Mizuki Sakakibara Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten English Publisher: VIZ Media Release Date: July 14, 2015 Volume 7 seems to have a focus on the […]