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Arrow Season 2 Episode 212 ‘Tremors’ Review and Recap 6 Qs

January 31, 2014

Wow. This episode of Arrow was the perfect set up for what is to come in the next few weeks as well as the rest of Season 2. The training stuff between Roy and Arrow proved to be much better than I hoped, and the new developments involving Moira, Laurel,… Read More

Thief Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

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January 30, 2014

Michael Mann's 1981 theatrical debut Thief tells the tale of Frank (James Caan), a ward of the state as a child and an ex-con as a young adult. Frank now owns two successful businesses in Chicago, an auto dealership and… Read More

4.8

out of 5

The Fifth Estate Blu-ray Review

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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

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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

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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