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The Girl With All The Gifts: A Haunting Slice of Horror With an Incredible Score by Cristobal Tapia de Veer [Review]

by Keven Skinner | Jan 3, 2017

From Warner Bros Pictures UK and director Colm McCarthy, comes the big screen adaptation of the groundbreaking zombie novel by Mike Carey — The Girl with All The Gifts. Starring Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close and Paddy Considine, the film was released in...

Assassin’s Creed: Visually Rich but Badly in Need of a Re-write [Review]

by Mark Miller | Dec 27, 2016

I could see one movie to review this week and the choice came down between Assassin’s Creed and Sing. One of these had already been given substantially lower viewer ratings than the other but it has also been given Michael Fassbender, one of the most handsome men...

Passengers: Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt Can’t Save this Boring Space Odyssey [Review]

by Sean Atkins | Dec 20, 2016

If you’re going to drop a sci-fi movie in late December and it’s directed by the guy who made The Imitation Game and stars Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), you would expect a lot, right? I mean, I certainly would. On...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Make No Mistake This is a War Movie [Review]

by Mark Miller | Dec 19, 2016

My goodness, director Gareth Edwards had some pretty big shoes to fill – Rogue One had to bridge the fairly sizable gap between Episode III and IV, it had to tell a great story about how the plans for the Death Star were acquired, it had to fit thematically and...

Fear The Walking Dead Season 2: Home to The Most Disturbing Walker Kill of The Franchise [Blu-ray Review]

by Keven Skinner | Dec 13, 2016

From AMC and showrunner Dave Erickson comes The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirman’s companion series Fear The Walking Dead. Starring Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Lorenzo James Henrie, Mercedes Mason, and Colman Domingo, season...

Rogue One: First Star Wars Spin-Off is Exciting and Somewhat Meaningful [Review]

by Sean Atkins | Dec 13, 2016

As evidenced by last year’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the galaxy, “far, far away,” reigns supreme over pop culture once again. But the next release in the Star Wars universe proves to be a rather different, and somewhat challenging, sell for audiences:...