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The Evolution of Star Trek in Television & Film • 50 Years of Trek
Star Trek turns 50! AND Star Trek Beyond is here AND Star Trek Discovery is coming in January! So how about the ultimate Star Trek supercut with clips from every Star Trek movie and show? ...
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Compadres Review :: Compadres is not the comedy it wants to be
Sometimes you see artwork for a movie and you think you can tell exactly what you're in for. That was the case when presented with the DVD cover artwork for the new action-comedy Compadres. Even the plot description sells what ...
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Operation Avalanche :: Trailer
Two CIA agents go undercover as documentary filmmakers at NASA - only to find a shocking secret.1967: the height of the Cold War. The CIA suspects there is a Russian mole inside of NASA, sabotaging the Apollo program. They ...
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Morgan is a tidy, if derivative, thriller
Hollywood has always had a reputation for people getting ahead because of either the "casting couch" or nepotism. With the arrival of the new sci-fi thriller Morgan, it won't be hard to ignore the fact that this stripped down, niche ...
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Enter to win Hard Target 2 DVD/Blu-ray
A disgraced mixed martial artist is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse in the jungles of Thailand in Hard Target 2, debuting on Blu-ray combo pack, DVD and Digital HD on September 6, 2016, from Universal Pictures ...
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The Light Between Oceans is a romantic heartbreak with a shaky foundation
Morality and romance, beginnings and ends. Light in the darkness. These are themes that are quite old, but that’s no reason not to look at them again. Sometimes people meet on movie sets and have such chemistry that they hook ...
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Moulin Rouge goes from film to stage
When Baz Luhrmann's musical fantasia Moulin Rouge! hit the big screen, the film wowed and divided audiences equally. Some loved the visual style, frenetic pacing and the anachronistic use of popular music in the 1899 setting. A lot of people ...
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Hands of Stone goes in interesting directions but ends up ultimately disappointing
I’ve seen quite a few boxing movies over the years, and quite a few “true life” ones. Ali comes to mind as a disappointing one and Creed as one I thought was pretty good. But the anti-hero angle seems common, ...
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A Tale of Love and Darkness paints an evocative, fraught picture of the birth of an artist
Amos Oz (born as Klausner) is considered Israel’s most famous author. Living, at least. He was born in 1939 and has been writing since the 1950’s. In 2002, Amos Oz released his autobiography called "A Tale of Love and Darkness," ...
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The Hollars has a simplistic indie movie story elevated by a killer cast
Actors transitioning to directors. It happens. And there are a lot of them as it turns out, but it’s a mixed bag of results. The temperament and capability to direct well is different from acting. There’s a lot of control ...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show :: Preview
There has been much written and said in the months since FOX announced they were going to air a remake of the beloved cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show (currently scheduled for October 20), and most of it has ...
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The Boss comes to home video with a little something extra
Melissa McCarthy had a successful television career with her sitcom Mike & Molly, not to mention her earlier role on the beloved Gilmore Girls. Her movie career has been a bit more spotty. She burst onto the screen in Bridesmaids ...
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