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The Grey Review: Liam Neeson Discovers Wolves Don’t Like Company

January 28, 2012

The Grey, starring Liam Neeson and from director Joe Carnahan, rips through pretense and cliche to deliver a straight-up wolf-biting existential Alaskan thriller. Ottway (Neeson) is a wolf-killer for an Alaskan oilrig stranded in the tundra after his plane crashes,… Read More

4.2

out of 5

Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Next Level Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

January 26, 2012

It's difficult to contextualize or even fathom what a gamble Star Trek: The Next Generation really was for Paramount back in the day. In spite of the recent success of the previous three Star Trek films, there was no guarantee… Read More

4.8

out of 5

Alcatraz Episode 1.2 ‘Ernest Cobb’ Review

January 24, 2012

What a difference an hour makes. The first half of Alcatraz’s pilot was quite possibly the worst hour of television I’ve seen in recent memory. The second? ‘Ernest Cobb’ delivered everything that was hyped about… Read More

Alcatraz Pilot Series Premiere Review

January 23, 2012

Alcatraz is Fox’s latest “hit” show and Bad Robot’s latest offering to the world of sci-fi/mystery/procedural crime television. It has already been hailed by some critics as the best new show on TV and a game changer… Read More

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked Review

Game Reviews Reviews

January 22, 2012

Dance games are literally a dime a dozen right now. There are at least 635 games that involve dancing, PER SYSTEM for sale right now at your local GameStop. And since there is such a glut of dance games on… Read More

3.2

out of 5

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Review: Breaking the Ice

Movie Reviews Reviews

January 20, 2012

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was not a film I was expecting to enjoy. Yet I found myself moved and reflective. The novel source Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Saer Foer has been hyped to me for nearly… Read More

4.0

out of 5

Apollo 18 Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

January 20, 2012

There's a sad consistency in the world of film, especially in regards to the Horror genre, that when that when something succeeds, it should quickly be run into the ground. It happened with the slashers, then the torture/gore scene, and… Read More

2.5

out of 5

Fringe Season 4 Episode 8 ‘Back to Where You’ve Never Been’ Review

January 20, 2012

It has been a long time since we have delved into the dilemma of Peter Bishop and the land where he doesn’t belong, November 18 to be exact, and it has not been a fun hiatus without Fringe. Thrown right back into the thick of things with ‘Back… Read More

Dead Poets Society Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

January 17, 2012

When I received the Blu-ray copy of Dead Poets Society in the mail the other day, I made a crack to one of my friends at work about Robin Williams. "I got a new Blu-ray to review today," I said.… Read More

4.5

out of 5

Contagion Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

January 14, 2012

Steven Soderbergh has a knack for taking the real world and presenting it to us in as genuine and undiluted a fashion as possible. Even when he takes on the unlikeliest subjects (like 11 guys stealing eight figures from a… Read More

3.0

out of 5