0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/22/2016
With only one episode left in season two (and what was originally intended as the second half of a two-part season finale), we probably shouldn’t have expected Mr. Robot to answer all of its lingering questions and tie up each of its loose ends. But what’s been a frustrating, slow-burning mind trip of a season […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/20/2016
Do you remember the BMW Films ad campaign from 2001 and 2002? Online action films selling cars! The series of eight short films was titled The Hire, starring Clive Owen as “The Driver,” with each installment directed by a top-list filmmaker. Each short involved Owen as a mercenary hired to deliver or transport a person or […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
A sci-fi blockbuster starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt? No wonder that Passengers is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. But other than two of the culture’s biggest movie stars in outer space, in a film directed by Academy Award nominee Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) with a script by Jon Spaihts […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 9/19/2016
The Primetime Emmy Awards wrapped its 68th installment on Sunday, as many of Hollywood’s television elite (sans Maggie Smith) gathered to honor the best performances of the past television season. Jimmy Kimmel was on hand to host the evening, doing a commendable job delivering an entertaining Emmys broadcast. Here are the moments that stood out from Sunday’s […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/17/2016
Oliver Stone and Edward Snowden seem like an ideal match. The director is (perhaps unfairly) generally known for his conspiracy theories and wackier takes on history, demonstrated in movies such as JFK, Nixon and W. And Snowden is an infamous whistleblower whose dismay and distrust of a government he once fiercely believed in has made him […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/15/2016
Mr. Robot has tested the patience of viewers in its second season, taking the audience on a mind trip for much of the season and dangling the promise of a payoff. Eventually, we’ll be rewarded for sticking with this journey and the endgame showrunner Sam Esmail is working toward will become apparent, right? Are you […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/14/2016
One of the tidbits that movie reporters and bloggers learned when visiting the set of the upcoming Justice League in London is that Batman will wear more than one suit in the film. That might cause some Batfans to have bad flashbacks to the Joel Schumacher Batman movies, in which the Caped Crusader donned some […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
After creating some of the most iconic superheroes of our pop culture, Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee is going to become an action hero in his own big-screen story. At 93 years of age, he’s probably too old to portray himself, so someone else will have to play the creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, the […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 9/13/2016
When most non-comic book readers hear the name Ghost Rider, they’re reminded of the hokey, two-toned motorcycle-driving Johnny Blaze performed by Nicolas Cage in 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2012’s sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Cage’s unhinged performance coupled with a nonsensical plot and lackluster spectacle left the sequel’s legacy solely memorable due to Cage’s insane attempt at […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/12/2016
It’s surely not a coincidence that Warner Brothers released Sully on the same weekend as the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The parallels between a plane crashing in New York City, terrified passengers and citizenry, and the efforts of the first responders on the scene are both uncomfortable to watch and inspiring. Director Clint Eastwood draws […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 9/10/2016
The biggest mistake Warner Brothers and DC Films have made with their superhero movies is misjudging the tone that fans and mainstream audiences wanted to see. Now, Geoff Johns is ready to usher in a new era of optimistic, hopeful DC movies. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, the legendary comic book writer and recently […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/8/2016
With three episodes left this season, Mr. Robot is finally unleashing its finishing kick. Season two has largely been inside Elliot’s head, as he tried to sort out his head while in prison. What he didn’t consider, however, is that the world would go on without him and the people he loves would have to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/2/2016
We might be on the verge of peak superhero TV, if that hurdle hasn’t already been cleared. But producer Greg Berlanti apparently doesn’t think so. The man responsible for Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl, along with his team of producers, are practically a superhero TV studio, creating content almost entirely for […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/1/2016
After last week’s focus on Darlene and the rest of fsociety, Mr. Robot tried to return to normal in episode nine, “init_5.fve.” Or whatever passes for normal in this mind trip of a season. Elliot re-enters the real world after serving 86 days in prison, getting out early because of the 5/9 Hack affecting the records […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston on 8/30/2016
Gene Wilder, best known for his role as title character in the 1971 hit Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, passed away Monday at the age of 83 due to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, Wilder was a comedic force, mainly in movies directed by the great Mel Brooks. During the later […]
