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Review: Home Is Dreamworks On Autopilot
Title: Home Director: Tim Johnson Screenwriter: Tom J. Astle (screenplay), Matt Ember (screenplay), and Adam Rex (book “The True Meaning of Smekday”) Principal Cast: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Jones, and Brian Stepanek Summary: Oh, an alien on the run from his own people, lands on Earth and makes friends with the […]
Anime Review: Ranma 1/2 Set 5
Ranma 1/2 Set 5 includes episodes 93-115 of the series in their original Japanese airing order. Surprisingly, all of the episodes in this set appear in the exact same order that these episodes appeared on VIZ Media’s original DVD releases. This release also uses the original Japanese title cards for the episodes instead of the […]
Home was Innocuous and Not Quite Clever Enough
Home Directed by: Tim Johnson Written by: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember Based on: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex, Matt L. Jones Starring: Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Martin Running time: 94 minutes Rated PG for mild action and some rude humor Home is a relatively innocuous children’s film, I mean […]
All-New Hawkeye #1 Show Real Promise With Duel Story Arcs And Art Styles
All-New Hawkeye #1, written by Jeff Lemire and art by Ramón K Pérez, shows off parallel story arcs in different art styles extremely well. All-New Hawkeye #1 cover by Ramon Perez from Marvel.com All-New Hawkeye #1 WRITER: Jeff Lemire ARTIST: Ramón K Pérez COLORIST: Ian Herring LETTERER: VC’s Joe Sabino PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics RELEASE DATE: […]
Operation S.I.N. #3 Gets Weirder And Better
Operation S.I.N. #3, written by Kathryn Immonen and drawn by Rich Ellis, makes the entire story even weirder but still soaked in cold war era paranoia. Operation S.I.N. #3 cover by Michael Komarck from Comixology.com Operation S.I.N. #3 (of 5) WRITER: Kathryn Immonen ARTIST: Rich Ellis COLORIST: Jordan Boyd LETTERER: VC’s Joe Sabino PUBLISHER: Marvel […]
Insurgent is Lacking in Every Possible Way
The Divergent Series: Insurgent Directed by: Robert Schwentke Written by: Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback Based on: Insurgent by Veronica Roth Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet Running time: 119 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense violence and […]
Strange Magic is a Strange, Shallow Brew: a Late to the Table Review
Lucasfilm’s Strange Magic, a movie that received very little marketing before its January 23 release, fell short in its delivery. I do not recall being able to locate it in very many local theaters. If I had wanted to see it on its release date, I had to travel 30 miles to do so, and […]
Comic Review: Descender #1 — Living up to the Hype!
The first issue of Jeff Lemire’s Descender from Image Comics deserves the hype it has received as it’s an imaginative and interesting comic that knows what it’s doing. DESCENDER #1 WRITER: Jeff Lemire ARTIST and COLORIST: Dustin Nguyen LETTERER: Steve Wands PUBLISHER: Image Comics RELEASE DATE: March 4, 2015 Get a copy of Descender here! Descender has […]
Manga Review: Claymore Volume 26
Claymore Volume 26 is set in a world where humans coexist with sentient creatures called Yoma that feed on human innards. A nameless and secretive organization was created out of half-human, half-Yoma warriors to protect the humans from the Yoma. The humans have called these warriors “Claymores” due to the large, unsheathed swords they carry. […]
Manga Review: Master Keaton Volume 2
Master Keaton Volume 2 focuses on Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, the son of a Japanese zoologist and a well-born Englishwoman. His parents divorced when he was five, and Taichi moved to England with his mother. As an adult, he studied archeology at Oxford University, and this is where he met his wife. Taichi and his wife later […]
Manga Review: Terra Formars Volume 5
Terra Formars Volume 5 is set in 2599, 500 years after scientists were given the task of warming up Mars in order to attempt to colonize the planet. To do this, an efficient and cost effective plan was developed: send cockroaches and mold to Mars so the mold can absorb the sunlight and purify the […]
Run All Night is a Solid yet Arduous Action Film
Run All Night Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra Written by: Brad Ingelsby Starring: Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Common, Ed Harris Release date: March 13, 2015 Running time: 114 minutes Rated R for strong violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use Run All Night is a pretty solid action film about mobsters, and hit men, […]
Cinderella Plays it Safe, is Still Enchanting
Cinderella Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Written by: Aline Brosh McKenna, Chris Weitz Based on: Disney’s Cinderella, Cendrillon by Charles Perrault Starring: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, Helena Bonham Carter Release dates: March 13, 2015 Running time: 112 minutes Rated PG for mild thematic elements Cinderella, essentially a live […]
Review: “Cinderella” Is A Visually Beautiful Re-Telling Of The Animated Movie
Title: Cinderella Director: Kenneth Branaugh Screenwriter: Chris Weitz (screenplay) Principal Cast: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Holliday Gainger, Sophie McShera, Stellan Skasgård, and Helena Bonham Carter Summary: When her father unexpectedly passes, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella’s fortune […]
Book Review: Me Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy
Me Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy is written exclusively in lists, and unfortunately the format mixed with a lot of pointless lists made for a book that I couldn’t finish. ME BEING ME IS EXACTLY AS INSANE AS YOU BEING YOU AUTHOR: Todd Hasak-Lowy PUBLISHER: Simon Pulse RELEASE […]
