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Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service” Is The First Great Movie Of 2015
Title: Kingsman: The Secret Service Director: Matthew Vaughn Screenwriter: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book “The Secret Service”), and Dave Gibbons (comic book “The Secret Service”) Principal Cast:Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Sophia Cookson, and Michael Caine I’m not going to lie; I’ve been looking […]
Star Wars Rebels Season One: This is the Review You Are Looking For
Season one of Star Wars Rebels is winding down. The final episode will air on Monday, February 23. It has been a memorable and enjoyable debut season for Lucasfilm’s newest animated series. The season has seen its fair share of cameos and callbacks to characters from the original trilogy, the prequels and even references to […]
Striker ZX Gaming Headset Review
This review is contributed by Kyle Phillips, former WPR Car Talk feature writer. For years I played video games without headphones, I’d just cranked up the volume and play for hours on end either by myself or with friends saving the free world on Xbox. Then life punched me in the face. I got married, […]
Manga Review: Meteor Prince Volume 1
Meteor Prince Volume 1 focuses on Hako Natsuno, a girl dubbed the “Queen of Bad Luck” due to the strange accidents that she constantly finds herself in. It happens so much that she joins the Occult Research Club in the hopes that the club president can discover the source of her bad luck. One day, […]
Book Review: This Is the Life by Alex Shearer
Parts of This Is the Life by Alex Shearer were interesting and poignant, but it felt forced and awkward at times, so overall, it wasn’t a hit. This is the Life AUTHOR: Alex Shearer PUBLISHER: Atria Books GENRE: Fiction, Contemporary, Illness LENGTH: 240 pages RELEASE DATE: February 3, 2015 Want to give This is the Life […]
Manga Review: Magi Volume 10
The story of Magi is set in an alternate recreation of the ancient Old World with several regions and nations bearing some resemblance with their real-life counterparts from that time. This world includes several magic castles full of treasures and traps that are known as “Dungeons,” and each of them is the home of a […]
Seventh Son is Light but Enjoyable Fantasy
Seventh Son Directed by: Sergei Bodrov Written by: Charles Leavitt, Matt Greenberg, Aaron Guzikowski Based on: The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney Starring: Julianne Moore, Olivia Williams, Djimon Hounsou, Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Antje Traue, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington Running time: 103 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense fantasy violence and action throughout, frightening images and […]
Jupiter Ascending Spectacularly Collapses Under its Own Weight
Jupiter Ascending Directed/Written by: Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Starring: Sean Bean, James D’Arcy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Doona Bae,Tuppence Middleton Running time: 127 minutes Rated PG-13 for some violence, sequences of sci-fi action, some suggestive content and partial nudity The story is a mess. The plot is at times […]
Review: “Seventh Son” Is Way More Entertaining Than It Should Be
Title: Seventh Son Director: Sergery Bodrov Screenwriters: Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Steve Knight (screenplay), Matt Greenberg (screenplay), and Joseph Delaney (novel “The Spook’s Apprentice”) Principal Cast: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Jeff Bridges, Djimon Hounsou, and Olivia Williams You might have heard of Seventh Son as far back as 2012 because that’s when the production […]
Review: “Jupiter Ascending” Has A Story Crushed By Its Own Plot
Title: Jupiter Ascending Director: Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski Principal Cast: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Douglas Booth, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Tuppence Middleton There are a few warning signs that can tip you off whether or not a movie is going to be terrible. Sometimes it’s […]
Sundance Review: “Strangerland” Has Impressive Performances But No Resolution
Title: Strangerland Director: Kim Farrant Screenwriter: Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons Principal Cast: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne Wyatt, and Maddison Brown Sometimes I feel like Nicole Kidman doesn’t always get the credit she deserves when it comes to acting. I’m sure that picking some less than stellar roles doesn’t really […]
Book Review: Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
Like a car crash, Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie is tragic and horrifying, but no matter how much you may want to, you simply cannot look away. Suffer the Children Author: Craig DiLouie Publisher: Permuted Press Genre: Horror Pages: 352 Release date: May 20, 2014 Sound like your cup of tea? Then buy […]
Manga Review: Deadman Wonderland Volume 7
Ganta Igarashi is a middle school student who survived an earthquake 10 years earlier but has no memories of it. One day at school, the “Red Man” floats through the classroom window and murders everyone in the room except for Ganta. Instead, the “Red Man” embeds a red crystal shard into Ganta’s chest. Deadman Wonderland […]
Manga Review: Tiger & Bunny Volume 6
45 years prior to the start of the series, superpowered individuals known as “NEXT” started appearing through a mysterious mutation. Some of them have become superheroes who protect Stern Bild, and each of the city’s famous superheroes work for a sponsor company. Their heroic activities are broadcast on the popular television show Hero TV, where […]
Book Review: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
At first glance Horrorstör, the novel by Grady Hendrix, designed to look like an Ikea catalog, looks like a clever marketing gimmick or a parody without substance. But readers, I promise you, like the Orsk store at the center of this plot, Horrorstör is full of surprises. I recommend getting your hands on a physical […]
