The principle actors of Game of Thrones have extended their contracts with HBO for seven seasons. Though the series was renewed back in April for two additional seasons, taking the show to a sixth season, the actors are locked down for a very likely and potential season seven. With this extension comes an impressive pay […]
The American Horror Story: Freak Show Halloween event concludes this episode with a surprising death, the rise of a new big bad, and a cavalcade of flashbacks. The basic plot of the episode is a simple one: Mordrake continues going through the freakshow members looking for the perfect soul to add to his “coterie of […]
Before I Go to Sleep is a memory based psychological thriller based on the popular British novel of the same name. While it is a movie that succumbs to thriller clichés, it succeeds by having a great cast, character drama and showcasing the potential for writer/director Rowan Joffé. Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) is a 40-year […]
Known for his wide-ranging films, set in expansive parts of the globe, Alejandro González Iñárritu reigns in his vision, and places his newest film, Birdman, inside the cramped corridors of a Broadway Theatre. A welcome departure from style for Iñárritu, Birdman is both its darkly-humorous and contains a quick paced, improvisational tone. Birdman opens with […]
Well, that was a pretty darn amazing hour of television. For a show that so often has trouble balancing character and action, “No Sanctuary” proved that The Walking Dead can, in fact, give viewers a little bit of everything without sacrificing quality. I am so incredibly impressed with what went down in this episode, that I’m […]
Annabelle is another in a long line of clichéd horror films that offers little more than the worn-out “jump” gags and music induced suspense. Annabelle is the “prequel” to The Conjuring, serving as a back story to the Annabelle doll that served as an exhibition to the film’s lead characters, and their chosen profession. Apparently the […]
Let’s get this out of the way: I’m a big fan of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. I read it in a few days, shoved it into as many of my family and friends’ hands as I could, discussing its violent twists with everyone after they’d finished. It’s a water-cooler novel if ever there was one. […]
The second episode of Gotham brought us child-trafficking, kidnapping, more betrayal and a gun fight. This episode picked up the pace, although it picked up a quicker pace. Each scene, while interesting as the last, felt like a speed date. The moment we started to get something really juicy the bell rang and we moved […]
Two of the biggest events in comics right now are the “Time Runs Out” story arc of the Avengers and DC Comics’ Multiversity. Both of them are about events that cause a multiverse to come under threat of extinction. In general, there is a lot of alternate timeline and alternate world storylines at Marvel and […]
Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl is a bit of a rarity in the novel world. A book that had no name recognition, written by a little-known author, about a seemingly vanilla subject, that went on to dominate the New York Times Bestseller List for 52 weeks thanks to fervent word-of-mouth and a heaping dose of “Believe […]
