If it doesnt, the star gains respect for taking the time out from building their brand. And sometimes, something very different happens. Different is a word some use for Richard KellysSouthland Tales. Rest assured,Southland Talesis the wild card in the Rockography so far. (It would be safe to say its the wild card of his career, full stop.) One critic memorably wondered if Kelly had ever talked to a human being before....
But ultimately those end up as quibbles and not dealbreakers. With three solid films now to his credit, J.C. Chandor is without question a director to keep watching. A Most Violent Yearopens in select theaters on Dec. 31. Like us onFacebookand follow us onTwitterfor all news updates related to the world of geek. AndGoogle+, if thats your thing! Rating: 4 out of 5
The directors of Doctor Who’s latest series brought back the scares in a big way. Well, fear is a superpower… Warning: contains spoilers for every episode of the eighth series ofDoctor Who. All moral panics aside, this series brought back the scares in a big, bad way. Something ofWhos quintessential horror was squeezed out of certain episodes. Thats been back in spades over the course of the most recent run....
A show out of ideas teams up with a show out of episodes. The Simpsons host Futurama. Here is our review. The SimpsonsandFuturamaboth came out of the head of Matt Groening. New Yorkers caughtLife In Hellweekly inThe Village Voice. The comic strip skewered life from the outside view of warped creatures who really wanted no part of it. It is the spiritual center of all Groenings work. It is the ethos that drives Homer and Bender, who are the future Bart and Fry....
A shortened final season of The Newsroom dramatically improved on its rocky beginnings. Is it enough to save the show’s legacy? Series creator and head writer Aaron Sorkin took the brunt of criticism. Unless youre doing an anthology series, its hard to completely start over in television. Three episodes into the season, looks like Sorkin and Daniels werent just giving the press lip service. Sorkin still finds a way to romanticize the idea of reporters holding on to their integrity....
Spoilers: Doctor Who series 8’s finale didn’t let the side down after the excellent Dark Water. Here’s our review… This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here. His joy when he landed a role in theDoctor Whofinale proved to come with a sting. Thems the breaks, a phrase weve no intention of ever using again. Ad content continues below Mind you, he was in good company. Ive been married four times, all deceased....
Here’s what we know so far… This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 8. its that series 9 of the revived show will somewhere along the line feature Gallifrey. Its been teased very heavily again, even if its location is still a mystery. Wales only has so many quarries, after all. But at the very least, wed now expect Gallifrey to become a recurring theme throughout series 9. It may be the search for it, it may be that the Doctor finds it....
Director Christopher Nolans long-awaited sci-fi epic Interstellar arrives. Nolan throws a lot of ideas and a lot of movie at us forInterstellarsnearly three-hour running time. Its the near future and an agricultural blight has descended upon the planet, destroying every crop but corn. On a pure filmmaking level,Interstellaris jaw-dropping and almost demands to be seen in IMAX. Hathaway is striking as Amelia Brand, whose icy, guarded exterior hides a vulnerable core....
Paul Newman was very much a movie star by the time the 80s rolled around. His rebelliousness was appealing, and his smile was box-office gold. He looks older, wiser, and has a sense of watchful stillness in his performances. The scripts are challenging, at times controversial, and far from predictable. There are no easy answers to the problems raised. But this isnt just is a New York version of that film....
Dont panic, and remember: In space no one can hear you scream.) The directors works are received with critical adulation and commandeer colossal box office numbers. (And possibly even more widely understood than the word Inception). This is epic science fiction cinema setting its sights on space deep outer space beyond our native planetary system. I maintain that thats true even if the movie is actually a bit crappy. Cinema was invented to send the masses into space and give them extraterrestrial, alien experiences....
I hate the word gentle Mackenzie Crook tells us, it just sounds like unfunny. Its understandable in many ways. Crooks series is difficult to pigeonhole. Ad content continues below Thank you very much. Im really pleased with how its turned out and the reception its been getting. As a comedy, its not afraid to play the silences. That was always the idea, to afford a lot of space in between the jokes....
Can NBC’s Hannibal top its superlative second season? With what season 3 has in store, Gabriel believes so… Warning: contains spoilers forHannibalseason 1 and 2 and the Thomas Harris novelRed Dragon. When the credits rolled onHannibals second season finale, my heart did not slow down for twenty minutes. Betrayal, forgiveness, revenge; it all came together in those final minutes. Quite simply, I have never seen anything like it on television before....
Walt Disney Animation Studios has been on a winning streak lately. Hes a genius even by these futuristic standards. But their greatest achievement is unsurprisingly the films real mascot (sorry Fred): Baymax. I write that as the highest compliment. Baymax is surrounded by an equal number of colorful teammates. The standouts of the group are Honey Lemon and Fred. It was a charming testament to the strength of Disney. I doubt in another year that children will be quoting Baymax and his affection for hairy baby kittens....
