Is Lucy the zombie Jesus, the zombie devil, or something in between? ThisZ Nationreview contains spoilers. Someone could get pregnant with a half zombie baby! you might say, knocking over someones bottle of Boones Farm in the process. Her craziness was a delight, but only in small doses. Maybe Im doing her a disservice. Even if that means roughing up some peace-loving Mennonites in the process. Ad content continues below...
Toby Whithouse’s Before The Flood tips its top hat to several references from Doctor Who and elsewhere. Here are our spots… This article contains lots and lots of spoilers forBefore The Flood. So here are our geeky viewing notes for this weeks episode… The Doctor seemingly opens the episode by addressing the audience. Were treated to a special rock version of the opening credits music. Fans in the 90s would have seen this version appear on the respective VHS releases....
There are a lot of worthy black and white films out there. Yeah, these are not those films. These are a different sort of monochromatic visual feast altogether. I know what its like, okay? Ad content continues below My dudes? Do not make that mistake here. I guarantee that after reading aboutThe American Astronaut, you will want to get on that shit asap. So unskim your eyes and prep for a gentle info dump....
Peter Sarsgaard stars as Stanley Milgram, the man who proved human beings are not so inherently good. But does his movie pass the test? Sitting in a dark theater while watchingExperimenteris a peculiar exercise. The latest film from director Michael Almereyda faithfully recreates the infamous obedience tests by Stanley Milgram. They were simply following orders. Experimenterdoesnt challenge the tests so much as hint at the underlying life of the man who concocted them....
This Heroes Reborn review contains spoilers. I guess I wasnt cautious enough. The characters cant even be bothered to keep track of this incoherent crap. Maybe people cant change. The only character semi interesting is Robbie Kays Tommy. Perhaps Tommy being a teenager helps. Ren and Miko are also a bright spot, only because theyre not so dour and serious. It sounds like a lot, but I promise, it isnt....
The original Star Wars trilogy has been reworked into Disney Infinity 3.0. By Jiminy, those little action figures look great. Yet conversely, the game offers an amazing amount of variety. Its simply not possible to sample everything this game can offer without putting in a good few hours. Its an honestly hefty change, but one driven entirely by the needs of a video game. Heres how it goes now. Also onboard and already operating in sympatico with Leia are Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca....
Heres our review of last nights Scandal. Scandal: Season 5, Episode 3 Elizabeth North said the word of the day is silence. Well, Mellie took that too literally and Cyrus didnt take it at all. However, Fitz did nothing without the sole approval of his own leading lady: Olivia Pope. So, while everything revolved around Fitz, he was still under the Olivia Pope spell. I hate to say it, but I was right there with her....
Just as other post-modern horror satires likeScreamhave done in the past, Strauss-Schulson and screenwriters M.A. The Final Girlsis out in limited theatrical release and on VOD now. Rating: 3.5 out of 5
American Horror Story returns with its latest installment, Hotel. Here’s our premiere review… This American Horror Story: Hotel review contains spoilers. I kept expecting an ocean of blood to come pouring out of the elevator. Alas, that never happens in the premiere, although I am still optimistic about later episodes. Also Bomer fails to burst into flames when exposed to sunlight. On the other hand they are really pale. Im sure the ambiguity was intentional and that well find out more in later episodes....
Black Sails Season 3 weighed anchor. If dead men tell no tales, whats all this we hear about Blackbeard? Locals believed that Blackbeards body roamed the local beaches at night, looking for his head. Will-o-the-wisps in the area of Oracoke Island are called Teaches lights to this day. Out comes the pistol, the pirate captain shoots, and the hapless victim falls dead. How do we know? Somebody said something that Blackbeard objected to, and he pulled a pistol....
In 2003, Bryan Singer returned to the superhero realm with X2: X-Men United. The film was a huge success financially and critically and that was no sure thing when it was greenlit. Between the screenplay and the story, six names are credited on the finished film. Characters were added in (Angel, a returning Sabretooth) before being written out again. Further rewrites were ordered to give Halle Berry more screen-time. The Sentinels and the Danger Room were lost in a budget cut....
This Empire review contains spoilers. Empire Season 2 Episode 3 Finally, its war onEmpire. We could be reaching new levels of absurd hip-hop drama here! Overall, this week was a stronger episode ofEmpirefor a lot of reasons. First off, having Lucious Lyon back on the streets provided a lot of energy. Other characters are shining too. Ad content continues below On the flip side of the coin, Andre is still a mess....
Taking the place of Homo Sapiens, at the front of the evolutionary queue, emerges the laptop/tablet combo. The subscription-based nature of Netflix removes the frustration of ad-breaks. This is especially prevalent in shows like24. Ad content continues below Hastings wholeheartedly attributes the companys success to its intensely detailed data analysis. We are just a learning machine, he argues. However, theyre strikingly offered up in an extraordinarily inclusive manner. Watching TV over the internet means that the entirety of your viewing experience can be stored and scrutinised....
