Thank God It’s Wednesday!!! This week we have an indie dog story, an alternate universe World War 2 tale, The ending of the last big X-FACTOR storyline, Vibe gets a visit from The Dark Knight and some new nuggets of info about Tony Stark’s beginnings are revealed.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 98% (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Jeff Nichols
Written By: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard, Sarah Paulson and Reese Witherspoon
Studio: Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
Synopsis:Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 78% (Audience)
Directed By: Dario Argento
Written By: Dario Argento, Enrique Cerezo and Stefano Piani
Starring: Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Thomas Kretschmann and Marta Gastini
Studio: Les Films de l’Astre
Synopsis:A young librarian, Jonathan Harker, is welcomed at Castle Dracula by the Count and a young woman named Tania, who seems intent on seducing Harker. The Count prevents Tania from biting the young man, but Dracula attacks Harker himself, leaving him weak. Harker attempts to escape the castle, but is killed by a wolf. Harker’s wife, Mina, arrives in the village and stays at the home of her friend, Lucy Kisslinger. Worried about her husband, she visits the castle, and falls under the spell of the Count. It transpires that Dracula has engineered their meeting, because Mina is the reincarnation of his long-lost love, Dolinger. Lucy also becomes undead before the mysterious happenings in the village attract the attention of vampire expert Van Helsing, who prepares for final combat with his deadliest foe. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 81% (Critics) / 81% (Audience)
Directed By: Derek Cianfrance
Written By: Derek Cianfrance and Ben Coccio
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Dane DeHaan and Ray Liotta
Studio: Focus Features
Synopsis:A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: April Mullen
Written By: Tim Doiron
Starring: Devon Bostick, Christopher Lloyd, Martha MacIsaac and Brandon Jay McLaren
Studio: Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
Synopsis:A bunch of college kids accidentally unleash an evil curse that causes people to kill themselves and turn into Zombie Demons, aka ZEMONS! (Source)
Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Dead Before Dawn”
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 9% (Critics) / 54% (Audience)
Directed By: Andrew Niccol
Written By: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons and William Hurt
Studio: Open Road Films
Synopsis: When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. (Source)
Thank God It’s Wednesday!!! This week I take a gander at five books that represent a healthy cross section of comics from the Big Two (Marvel and DC), the Mid-Size One (Image) and a little indie book that caught my eye.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 64% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Stuart Beattie
Written By: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis and Phoebe Tonkin
Studio: Freestyle Releasing
Synopsis:Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn’t know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, they band together to fight the enemy. (Source)
Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Tomorrow When The War Began”
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 14% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Tommy Wirkola
Written By: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen and Peter Stormare
Studio: Paramount Pictures/MGM
Synopsis:In this spin on the fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel are now bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past. (Source)
Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Hansel & Gretel – Witch Hunters”
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 26% (Critics) / 58% (Audience)
Directed By: McG
Written By: Timothy Dowling and Simon Kinberg
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Synopsis:The world’s deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman. Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever – each other. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: John Luessenhop
Written By: Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, Kirsten Elms and Stephen Susco
Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Trey Songz, Scott Eastwood, Tania Raymonde and Dan Yeager
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis:A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance; little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding killer is part of the reward. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43% (Critics) / 25% (Audience)
Directed By: Johannes Roberts
Written By: Noel Clarke, Davie Fairbanks and Marc Small
Starring: Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Laura Haddock
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis: In London, a military plane crashes leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in lockdown, a group of people become trapped inside a storage facility with a highly unwelcome guest. (Source)
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