X-Men: Apocalypse is Not The End of The Mutant World
X-Men: Apocalypse Directed by: Bryan Singer Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg Story by: Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris Based on X-Men by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till Running time 144 minutes Rated PG-13 […]
Review: Money Monster Has A Good Message Told By The Wrong People
Title: Money Monster Director: Jodie Foster Screenwriter: Jamie Linden (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (screenplay), Jim Kouf (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (story), and Jim Kouf (story) Principal Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, and Caitriona Balfe Summary: Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate […]
THE NICE GUYS Advance Screening for Salt Lake City
WHEN: Monday/May 16, 2016 @ 7:00pm WHERE: Megaplex Theatres Salt Lake City – The Gateway HOW TO GET IN: If you want to attend our THE NICE GUYS advance screening that will be going down before anybody else just hit the linky link below and grab some tickets to win! If you snagged some passes make sure you […]
Captain America: Civil War is Resplendent, Sophisticated, and Marvelous
Captain America: Civil War Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Screenplay by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Based on Captain America by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, […]
Review: Captain America: Civil War Shows Us That In Some Fights No One Is Entirely In The Right
Title: Captain America: Civil War Director: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Screenwriter: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book), Joe Simon (characters), and Jack Kirby (characters) Principal Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Romanoff, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, and Jeremy Renner Summary: Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes […]
Arrow Writers: You Have Failed Your Female Characters (SPOILERS)
This article is going to contain spoilers up to episode 4×18 of Arrow and a major character death. If you don’t want it to be spoiled, then please come back after you’ve seen the episode. At the beginning of Arrow season 4 we were teased with a flash forward of Oliver standing in front of […]
Review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Is Long, Poorly Paced, And Soulless
Title:: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Director: Cedric-Nicolas Troyan Screenwriter: Evan Spiliotopoulos (written by), Craig Mazin (written by), and Evan Daugherty (characters) Principal Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, and Rob Brydon Summary: As a war between rival queen sisters Ravenna and Freya escalates, Eric and fellow warrior Sara, members of […]
Review: The Jungle Book Is Visually Stunning But A Bit Scary For Kids
Title: The Jungle Book Director: Jon Favreau Screenwriter: Justin Marks (screenplay) and Rudyard Kipling (book) Principal Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, and Christopher Walken Summary: The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear […]
Three Things DC Should Learn From The Success Of Its Television Crossovers
On Monday something very fun happened on CBS’s Supergirl; Barry Allen aka The Flash from the CW show turned up for a brief crossover event. The exact way that Barry crossed into the show is a little complicated but the writers managed to make it work fairly easily. Barry and Kara clicked and they both […]
New Anime Releases for the Week of March 29, 2016
This week sees new releases from Aniplex of America, FUNimation Entertainment, Maiden Japan, and Sentai Filmworks. My “Pick of the Week” goes to Sentai Filmworks’ release of Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Complete Collection. Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Complete Collection DVD | Blu-ray | Blu-ray/DVD Combo Sentai Filmworks – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $59.98 | $69.98 | […]
Jessica Jones Panel At FanX 2016
This weekend was of 2016 Salt Lake Comic Con Fan Experience and both myself and fellow Kyle J. Steenblik were on several panels. I was fortunate enough to be on a panel with two members of The Nerd Dome Podcast, Luke Hunsaker and Charles Prows, along with authors Michelle Witt and Courney Alameda about Jessica […]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Doesn’t Stray Far from Its Ancestry
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Directed by: Kirk Jones Written by: Nia Vardalos Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez, Elena Kampouris Running time 94 minutes Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material (sexual innuendo) Roughly, 18 years after Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) and Ian Miller (John Corbett) had […]
Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice Is In Such A Hurry To Introduce The DC Cinematic Universe It Forgets To World Build
Title: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Director: Zack Snyder Screenwriter: Chris Terrio (written by), David S. Goyer (written by), Bob Kane (Batman created by), Bill Finger (Batman created by), Jerry Siegel (Superman created by), and Joe Shuster (Superman created by) Principal Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is an Entertaining but Flawed Mess
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Directed by: Zack Snyder Written by: Chris Terrio, David S. Goyer Based on Characters published by DC Comics Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot Running time 152 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and […]
Review: Daredevil Season Two Part Two: New Characters, World Building, And Costumes
The new cast members jump in with both feet. Bernthal takes a character that is often one note and makes him extremely compelling. I would go so far as to say that this is the most compelling version of Frank Castle that I’ve ever seen. His backstory is extremely convoluted, but despite all of that […]