Reviews
Game of Thrones The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-Ray: The Most Stacked Home Release Yet [Review]
Game of Thrones is an adaptation of the epic dark fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire from writer George R.R. Martin and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The series airs exclusively on HBO and stars Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Kit Harrington and...
Grease Live on DVD: A Spectacle for Fans of The Original with No Farts or Cement Nosedives to be Found [Review]
From Marc Platt (“Wicked,” “Into the Woods”) Thomas Kail (“Hamilton,” “In the Heights”) and Alex Rudzinski (“Dancing with the Stars”) comes the DVD release of Grease Live! Starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer and Carlos PenaVega, the home...
Zootopia: Genius, Rich & Inviting with Amazing Character Design [Review]
Normally I don’t go in for G-rated films. I like a little sex and bloodshed in my entertainment, not to mention cussing. At least there was nudity, which was hilarious. If you think that’s a spoiler, it’s not. There were naked animals in the trailer. But my...
The Walking Dead #152: It’s About Damn Time… [Review]
From writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard comes The Walking Dead comic series from Skybound and Image. Check out my review of issue #152. The Walking Dead revolves around the life of Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer and his family, and a number of...
The Shannara Chronicles: Manu Bennett Continues to Portray Essential Badassery [Review]
From Al Gough and Miles Millar comes The Shannara Chronicles MTV series, an epic fantasy journey based on the Terry Brooks novels. The first 10-episode season debuted January 2016 and stars Poppy Drayton, Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett and John...
Drunk History Season 3 on DVD: One of The Best Interview Shows on Television [Review]
The Emmy nominated comedy series Drunk History is coming to DVD for it’s third season on March 1st, 2016. Special guest appearances include Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell, Taran Killam, Michael Cera, Natasha Leggero, Jack Black, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Topher Grace, Johnny...
Gods of Egypt: Pure Spectacle From Beginning to End. Don’t Over-think it [Review]
After the emotional meat grinder of the very excellent “The Witch” last week, I was happy to sit down and not worry about anything. Since it’s impossible to avoid any hype at all, by the time I sat down for this one I’d heard that Gods of Egypt was getting terrible...
Bloodshot Reborn #11: What if Mad Max was also a Superhero… [Review]
From Valiant Comics, writer Jeff Lemire, artist Lewis LaRosa, colorist Brian Reber and cover artist Ryan Sook comes Bloodshot Reborn. Check out my review of issue #11 right here! Thirty years from today…”THE ANALOG MAN” goes to war with Ninjak! Far into a...
The Witch: “Wouldst Thou Like to Live Deliciously?” [Review]
From A24 Films and writer/director Robert Eggers comes The Witch – a shocking new horror sensation that blew up Sundance in 2015 winning the award for Best Director. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas...
Embrace of The Serpent: A Stunning & Strange Trip That Everyone Should Take at least Once [Review]
From Oscilloscope and director Ciro Guerra comes Columbia's first ever nominee for this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Embrace of The Serpent. Starring Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres, Brionne Davis, Nicolás Cancino and Miguel Dioniso Ramos, the film...
The Witch: A Puritan’s Nightmare That Pulls No Punches [Review]
I fully intended to go see Deadpool this week but when I actually got to the theater I found I couldn’t voluntarily subject myself to any more of it. Being an internet user, I’ve been steeped in Deadpool for the past month or so and without knowing it, I’d had my...
Deadpool: Ryan Reynolds Breaks His Comic Book Movie Curse in The Best X-Men Film Yet [Review]
Tim Miller directs the R-Rated Marvel Comics film adaptation of Deadpool from a script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Starring Ryan Reynolds, TJ Miller, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein and Brianna Hildebrand, the film was released February...