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The Fifth Estate Blu-ray Review

January 26, 2014

In September of 2013, the controversial website WikiLeaks released a version of the screenplay to the movie The Fifth Estate, which chronicled the creation and evolution of the website. Along with the screenplay, the website also released a "Talking Points"… Read More

2.2

out of 5

Arrow Season 2 Episode 211 ‘Blind Spot’ Review and Recap 6 Qs

January 25, 2014

Last week’s episode of Arrow was weak, but the rebound was well worth it. Laurel Lance’s story is drawing to a close and things are slowly drawing into a tighter focus as the second season rolls into its true back half. Seeing Deathstroke… Read More

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Review: An Unnecessary Wrong Step

Movie Reviews Reviews

January 17, 2014

Jack Ryan is novelist Tom Clancy's greatest creation. A hero born of the cold war, who found himself in terrible circumstances time and again, and was still able to maintain some level of control. He wasn't flashy. He wasn't the… Read More

3.2

out of 5

Arrow Season 2 Episode 210 ‘Blast Radius’ Review and Recap 6 Qs

January 17, 2014

It was impossible to keep up the momentum from the mid-season finale, but The CW’s Arrow has returned from the break with a decent episode that follows the villain of the week format. The story jumps ahead five weeks to mirror the real-time… Read More

Runner Runner Review: Jogging Through the Motions

Movie Reviews Reviews

January 17, 2014

The initial premise of Runner Runner, that young Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake) has been paying for his Princeton education via online gambling, is honestly sort of interesting. Unfortunately, that's not the story the film follows. Richie ends up losing all… Read More

2.0

out of 5

Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episode 12 ‘Seeds’ Review and Recap 6 Qs

January 15, 2014

The Jekyll and Hyde experience that is Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD continues this week as ABC rolls out the strongest episode of the floundering series since its debut last fall. I can see the sun through the clouds, but bad writing and lack… Read More

Lone Survivor Review: A Patriotic Gut Punch

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January 13, 2014

Lone Survivor, the new film by writer-director Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Hancock, Battleship), based off the non-fiction book by ex-Navy SEAL, Marcus Luttrell, could have gone the other way. Instead of telling a tense, human story about brothers in… Read More

4.5

out of 5

Agents of SHIELD Episode 11 ‘The Magical Place’ Review and Recap 6 Qs

January 11, 2014

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD came back with a new episode after the midseason break and now we know Agent Coulson’s secret. Was it worth it? Time will tell. The great baddie that is the organization, Centipede, that this series has… Read More

CBGB Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

January 1, 2014

There's a moment in director Randall Miller's CBGB where Blondie (headed by Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry) is performing when out of nowhere Iggy Pop (Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters fame) jumps on stage and proceeds to launch into "I… Read More

2.9

out of 5

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Review: Simply Legendary

Game Reviews Reviews

December 28, 2013

The Zelda franchise has been around for now over 25 years, and has spanned over 10 Nintendo game systems. You would think that after all of that, Eiji Aonuma and Nintendo would be running short on ideas on how to… Read More

5.0

out of 5