Mental, Review

PJ Hogan has joined forces again with Toni Collette in the auto biographical Mental. She sits at a round table with her flock. The youngest gives historys approved answer that Australia was a penal colony. Well yeah, thats the cover story, Shaz says with a sneer at the mass-accepted lies. Australia was a lunatic asylum….Our ancestors were loonies and this is the result! One cannot help but agree with her by the pictures end....

March 21, 2013 · 2 min · 410 words · Brian Burnett

Tom Riley and Laura Haddock Interview: Da Vinci’s Demons, Man of Steel 2, cannibalism & more…

Biscuits selected, coffees in hand, we sat down to hear about Leonardo Da Vinci and his demons… Ad content continues below Tom Riley:Yeah. She is, in a word, brilliant.] Have I left anything out? TR:No, I think youve covered all the answers Ive given all day! Its playing the most mercurial, volatile, split-personality character I can imagine, its fantastic. Hes the composite superhero isnt he? [Another massive laugh from Laura]...

March 21, 2013 · 4 min · 711 words · Shannon Ramirez

What is Channel 4’s The Returned?

Films on the other hand, can be thought-provoking, tedious, long, difficult… Even worse, they can beFrench. Need shorthand for pulp-y, Grand Guignol violence? Except, theyre never subtext-free are they, stories about the undead? Ad content continues below That word blank could explain the anti-intellectual response. If zombies can mean anything, then perhaps they mean nothing, or at least, nothing specific. Co-writer Emmanuel Carrere says the aim ofThe Returnedwas to deal with an unrealistic situation in a realistic way....

March 21, 2013 · 1 min · 99 words · Roberto Anderson

Olympus Has Fallen, Review

Remember those big 1980s rah-rah action movies? You know, like when the Soviets invaded Colorado inRed Dawn? What about Rambo refighting and winning the Vietnam War for us inFirst Blood Part II? But really, he is more like a live-in uncle. It seems all wives and fiances of Aaron Eckhart politicians are not long for this world. President Asher takes it better than Harvey Dent did, at least. I wonder how Chief Justice Roberts feels about the D....

March 20, 2013 · 2 min · 276 words · Jason Rose

The things the movies think computers do

To almost every one of us, computers are about as mysterious and unfathomable as cucumbers. That every word of this piece appeared in one go? Which makes it all the more bizarre that the high-tech machines of Hollywood havent caught up. Heres hoping no major movie character gets their hands on a Kindle anytime soon. And while were on the subject… They sneak in, silently, and magically appear before your eyes....

March 20, 2013 · 3 min · 575 words · Amy Bailey

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (PC), Review

Youll also come across a few fellow survivors along the way, but none are memorable characters. Survival Instinctplays like a cheapLeft 4 Deadknock-off, except theres no multiplayer. Nope, you dont even pick up a crossbow until midway through the campaign. The cars that are scattered throughout the game are also uninspiring and seem colorless. The shantytown environments all look the same and blood spatters look like they belong in the PlayStation 2 era....

March 20, 2013 · 1 min · 109 words · Christopher Perez

Banshee, Always the Cowboy: Review

Season 1, Episode 9 of Cinemax’s Banshee sets us up for one heck of a finale . Bansheecontinues to be one of the best new shows of 2013 as we head into the home stretch. Hood has returned to the carnage and rushes Carrie to the hospital in the back of his squad car. She is a bloodied mess, bleeding internally as well. District Attorney Gordon is officially at his boiling point....

March 19, 2013 · 3 min · 450 words · Anthony Navarro

Encounters of Sherlock Holmes, Book Review

A pastiche of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, this anthology actually includes stories from a few different genres. The detectives many adventures are read by school children, academics and enthusiasts to this day. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who has a bad word to say about Sherlock Holmes. Even people who dont read mysteries have read his adventures. Doyle was a fan of psychics and psychic phenomena in general....

March 19, 2013 · 3 min · 524 words · Rebecca Clark

Five Moves of News: Headlines From the World of Pro-Wrestling!

The Road to WrestleMania 29 became clearer tonight, as more matches were announced. So how come this was such a dull show? Brock came out to make the save for Heyman, but Heyman led Lesnar away. Then Paul Heyman took the mic and told Trips the match was a No Holds Barred match. So basically, anything goes. BUT…if Trips loses, his career is over. They didnt specify if it was his wrestling career or his career as Chief Operating Officer in WWE....

March 19, 2013 · 3 min · 455 words · Jose Hunt

Spider-Man: Dying Wish Premiere Hardcover (Marvel) Review

Reprinting Amazing Spider-Man #698-700, which featured the death of Peter Parker and the beginning of Superior Spider-Man! Its funny how these things work. Oh, the things we tell ourselves for comics… The thing is, when you kill a major superhero off, there are expectations. Chief among these expectations is that the hero will eventually return. It needs to mean something. Theyd better go out in a way in which they lived their life....

March 19, 2013 · 1 min · 210 words · Michael Santos

Californication: Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Review

Episode 9 of Season 6 tempts us and leads us down the path… Sex appeal has sold audiences on Californication because temptation is a virtue. We have reached the point in the season where Hank and Karens stars must align. Like clockwork, their romance will come around in a matter of time. Celebrities, drugs and beautiful women, check, now on to the drama. Nowhere has this been more evident than Karens first encounter with Faith....

March 18, 2013 · 1 min · 147 words · Sarah Barnes

Leprechaun (1993), Lookback/Review

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day! A loopback/review at Leprechaun, with Warwick Davis (currently starring in Jack the Giant Killer). Directed by Mark Jones It is a holiday and you know what that means! Ethan digs up some awful horror film that just so happens to be linked to the holiday. And in this case, Ethan has dug up one of the worst horror franchises in film history.Leprechaun. As you begin watching this film, note that it stars a young pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston....

March 16, 2013 · 3 min · 494 words · Jacob Valencia

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Review

But it’s not enough. You know him as a wonderful performer who has captivated millions of people countless times. From Brick the Weatherman to Comedy Magic Man. Still, even when he is driving his employees crazy with Thats what she said! puns or awkwardly hitting on Anne Hathaway inGet Smart, we adore the guy. It would teach him the wonders of card tricks. The two form a mystical, big hair duo through the 1990s, reminiscent of Siegfried and Roy....

March 16, 2013 · 2 min · 287 words · Kelsey Terry