Hou Hsiao Hsien’s The Assassin was all the rage at the Cannes Film Festival where he won Best Director. However, the direction is about all you’ll be able to appreciate about this film since enjoyment is few and far between.
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Hydra still looms large in Civil War.
By Trevor Law Freaking Hydra! For those of you who have seen Winter Solider and who are watching Agents of Shield you know that Hydra is a very serious and real threat, but what hasn’t been talked about is just…
“Howard and Hemsworth Deliver A Decent Outing” In The Heart Of The Sea Review
Ron Howard and Chris Hemsworth’s latest partnership gives us some of the magic from their work on Rush. Adapted from the book of the same name, Sea gives us the tale that inspired the classic novel, Moby Dick. However, it…
5 Things DC and Marvel Get Wrong About Their Adaptations
By James Nelson We live in a golden age of geek fare, from digital comics and trade paper backs available at a moments notice, board games to match every taste, and of course, the excellent television and film adaptations of…
Is Batman v Superman The Next Hancock? New Trailer Review
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fis-9Zqu2Ro&w=560&h=315] If you watched Jimmy Kimmel last night, you would have been treated to a new Batman v Superman trailer (We have it for you up above), but that’s not what we got. Instead, we basically got the entire film…
“Classic Journalism At Its Finest” Spotlight Review
When you want a real example of investigative journalism, many times you can’t find it on your television set. Some of the best stories and work is being done with the reporters and teams at your local or national newspapers.…
“Pre-historic Coming Of Age” The Good Dinosaur Review
With a Pixar movie already out this year (Inside Out), I was a little apprehensive knowing there was a second one later this year since we don’t see that often. Added on top of that, The Good Dinosaur had a host…
“Apollo Lives On” Creed Review
It’s no secret that I’m not in love with the wild number of reboots, extra sequels, re-imaginings that have been taking place recently. That said, the record this year would say something pretty different. Films in their 4, 5, 6 installments…
Civil War Trailer Makes Captain America His Own Villain
By James Nelson “While a great many people see [Captain America] as a hero, some prefer the word vigilante,” is one of the first sentences spoken in the new trailer, followed by a movie trailer, which turns the movie’s supposed…
Ranking The Rocky Series
With the seventh installment in the Rocky franchise coming out this week (albeit the first one not featuring Sylvester Stallone), it made me wonder about the first 6 films and how they stack up against one another. The first one…