Reviews
The Magnificent Seven: A Grand Remake Worthy of its Movie Title [Review]
Given the combination of the cast and premise, The Magnificent Seven screams “summer blockbuster.” Thankfully, MGM and Columbia Pictures were wise to place the 2016 Western remake right in the middle of September instead of sticking it somewhere in the crowded (and...
31: Rob Zombie has Created Iconic Villains Before but Richard Brake’s Doom-Head is The Best [Review]
31 is an upcoming horror film from director Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects). It stars Richard Brake, Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Meg Foster, Lew Temple, Malcolm McDowell, Judy Geeson, Elizabeth Daily and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs . It made it’s debut at...
Snowden: A Well-Acted, Beautifully Shot & Lengthy Telling of the Edward Snowden Story [Review]
This week I saw another Based on Real Life Events Drama. There were no wizards, no aliens, no special effects. But it was entertaining nonetheless. Snowden is based on a book called The Snowden Files: The Inside Story on the World’s Most Wanted Man which is all...
The Apex – Underbelly EP: Brutal, Deep & Wickedly Entertaining [Review]
Something I’ve always loved when I learn of a band I’ve never heard before, is that “Oh, shit!” moment. That moment when you’re listening to a new album, and a part in a song makes you involuntarily start head banging, regardless of your surroundings, and then let out...
Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. & From Ashes to New Live in Lethbridge 09/13/16 [Concert Review]
Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and From Ashes to New rolled their Canadian tour through Lethbridge, Alberta on September 13, 2016 to put on hours of white-knuckled, aggressive as hell, balls to the wall hard rock at the Enmax Centre. Five Finger Death...
Blair Witch: A Carbon Copy Sequel Lacking Scares or Originality [Review]
Today’s “found footage” horror movies owe a debt to The Blair Witch Project, the original found footage film from 17 years ago. That movie was a smash hit thanks to the “found footage” that had never been shown in theaters, which left some people initially believing...
Sully: He Stood Up for Himself with Quiet Calm and Dignity [Review]
I am the wrong person to review Sully, I realise. More than any other genre, the Based On True Events Drama is not my cup of tea. I felt drowsy seeing the trailer for this film; it’s a miracle I made it through the whole thing. Still it was the best of all...
Sully: Tom Hanks Effortlessly Pilots Clint Eastwood’s Best Movie in a Decade [Review]
Finally, after all these years, two of the most recognisable stars in Hollywood, actor Tom Hanks and director Clint Eastwood, have come together to make a movie. And what better way could they have joined forces than to show audiences the true story of “The Miracle of...
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four: Comic Nuts Won’t Find a Better Documentary in 2016 [Review]
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four is an upcoming documentary produced by Mark Sikes and directed by Marty Langford chronicling the infamous and original 1994 Fantastic Four film -- which was shelved and never officially released. The movie...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of The Shadows: The 80s Cartoon Series Reincarnated [Blu-ray Review]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of The Shadows is directed by David Green (Earth to Echo) and stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Stephen Amell, Brian Tee, Alan Ritchson, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard, Noel Fisher, Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly, Gary Anthony...
Morgan: A Brilliantly Acted & Carefully Foreshadowed Thriller [Review]
From the trailer, Morgan looked an awful lot like the 1995 film Species - an artificial human girl created in a lab gets out and they had to get her back. That’s what I’d been expecting anyway (I was wrong) but, the trailer didn’t reveal much. Actually that’s the...
I Am Not a Serial Killer: Christopher Lloyd is Ghoulish in a Way That is Hard to Describe [Review]
From director Billy O'Brien (Isolation) and adapted from the novel by Dan Wells, comes the dark horror drama I Am Not a Serial Killer. Starring Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary, the film is now playing in limited theaters but is also...