Film Reviews
Veronica Mars
There are a lot of in-jokes in the new mystery drama, click Veronica Mars. Seven years after the three-season television show of the same name ended, this web many of the characters return in this feature-length film–which will likely be more remembered for the...
Need for Speed
For those who thought The Fast and the Furious films were too realistic, Need for Speed is the movie for you. The car drama boasts blatantly obvious dialogue, clichéd characters and a lack of reality that would be astonishing in most other features. What it also boasts is a...
Resurrection
The premise of the new ABC sitcom Mixology is a unique one. Like Paul Thomas Anderson films, sickness it presents a large cast and then slowly introduces him episodically— one element of their personalities at a time. The comedy begins with this voice-over and premise:...
300: Rise of an Empire
“Sparta’s sacrifice will be what unites us, malady ” states the Greek warrior Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) in the follow-up to the successful blood-drenched 2006 drama, 300. That predecessor ended with one army’s painful defeat and another one quickly rising to...
3 Days to Kill
There is something bizarrely likeable about the new dramedy 3 Days to Kill. In spite of its obvious flaws—and there are plenty of them— this odd mixture of dramatic chase scenes, more about goofy medical advice and family comedy actually works. Perhaps, it’s the dismal...
House of Cards
“I’m willing to let your child wither and die inside of you if that is what it takes, online ” states the manipulative Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) in the first of thirteen episodes of the second season of the Netflix drama, here House of Cards. Claire, of course, is...
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