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Arrival: A Carefully Made Film, Intelligent in Every Detail & Amazing to Watch [Review]

by Mark Miller | Nov 14, 2016

I wasn’t that crazy about seeing Arrival. There hadn’t been much hype, I wasn’t already aware of it and the trailer made it look like it was borrowing a plotline from the first season of Enterprise where the Federation hadn’t developed the Universal Translator yet,...

Black Sails Season 3 on Blu-Ray: Blood Sweat & Tears Fuel One of The Best Home Releases of 2016 [Review]

by Keven Skinner | Nov 8, 2016

From Starz, creators Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine alongside producer Michael Bay comes the hit pirate drama series Black Sails. This series stars Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Zach McGowan, Tom Hopper, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Hannah New, Clara Paget, Toby...

Animosity #3: The Best New Series of 2016 & The Breakout Comic Hit of The Year [Review]

by Keven Skinner | Nov 3, 2016

From publisher Aftershock, writer Marguerite Bennett, artist Rafael de Latorre, colorist Rob Schwager and letterer Marshall Dillon comes the breakout comic hit of 2016 – Animosity. Here is my review of issue #3. One day, the Animals woke up. They started...

Doctor Strange: Cumberbatch Spellbinds in Wondrous Origin Story [Review]

by Sean Atkins | Nov 2, 2016

Marvel Studios’ ever-growing cinematic universe continues to impress. After introducing audiences to The Avengers, the studio started to venture into the lesser-known territory of their comic book catalogue in hopes of reaching more than just fans of the superhero...

Quarry Season 1: The Most Intense Thriller Since True Detective Season 1 [Review]

by Keven Skinner | Oct 31, 2016

From Cinemax and showrunner Greg Yaitanes comes the 70’s hitman thriller Quarry based on the series of novels by Max Allan Collins. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Damon Herriman, Peter Mullan, Edoardo Ballerini, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ann Dowd and Tom...

Hacksaw Ridge: Bar None, the Best War Drama in Recent Memory [Review]

by Sean Atkins | Oct 31, 2016

The true story of the heroics of Pfc. Desmond Doss is nothing short of incredible, unreal, and every other superlative you can come up with. Director Mel Gibson (Braveheart) admirably tells Doss’s story in Hacksaw Ridge, a powerful war drama steeped in grace from its...