Sunday, December 6, 2015

A Case of You

PG-13
9 out of 10

A Case of You is a 2013 American romantic comedy film that was featured at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The film was directed by Kat Coiro and produced by Justin Long, who wrote the script with his brother Christian and Keir O'Donnell. Starring Justin Long, Keir O-Donnell, Evan Rachael Wood, and Peter Dinklage.

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Expelled from Paradise

NR 2014
10 out of 10

Expelled from Paradise is a Japanese animated science fiction film. The film is directed by Seiji Mizushima, with a screenplay written by Gen Urobuchi, produced by Toei Animation and animated by Graphinica. The film had its first public showing in Europe at the Swedish anime-convention ConFusion on December 11, 2014. Seiji Mizushima attended the event himself, partaking in a stage-show, Q&A and other activities. The movie was also imported to the United States by Aniplex USA and on show in 15 theaters across the country on December 13, 2014. The English version stars the voices of Wendee Lee, Steve Blum, and Johnny Yong Bosch.

Friday, July 31, 2015

eXistenZ

PG
8 out of 10


Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 Canadian science fiction body horror film written, produced, and directed by Canadian director David Cronenberg. It stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellarCallum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, and Willem Dafoe.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy

PG-13
10 out of 10

Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth Marvel Cinematic Universe installment. The film was directed byJames Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris PrattZoe Saldana, Dave BautistaVin DieselBradley Cooper, Lee PaceMichael RookerKaren Gillan, Djimon HounsouJohn C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Wentworth

Unrated 2013-
10 out of 10

Wentworth is an Australian television drama series. It was first broadcast on the Australian SoHo network on 1 May 2013. The series serves as a contemporary re-imagining of Prisoner, which was on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986. Lara Radulovich and David Hannam developed Wentworth from Reg Watson's original concept, set in the modern day. The series stars Danielle Cormack, Nicole da Silva, Shareena Clanton, Leeanna Walsman, Celia Ireland, Kate Atkinson, Robbie Magasiva, Aaron Jeffery, Catherine McClements, Katrina Milosevic, and Pamela Rabe.

Wentworth is filmed on a purpose-built set in the suburb of Clayton, Victoria. It has received a mostly positive reception from critics, and the first episode became the most watched Australian drama series premiere in Foxtel history. The series was picked up by several countries, including New Zealand and the UK, where it has been retitled Wentworth Prison. The third season began on 7 April 2015, with a fourth season commissioned on February 26, 2015. Available on Netflix or Amazon.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Big Hero 6

PG
10 out of 10


Big Hero 6 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures—the first Disney superhero film, inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name and directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. Big Hero 6 is the first Disney animated film to feature Marvel Comics characters, whose parent company was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2009. Walt Disney Animation Studios created new software technology to produce the film's animated visuals. The film features the voices of Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, T. J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans, Jr., Génesis Rodríguez, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, and Maya Rudolph.

The Saint

PG-13
10 out of 10


The Saint is a 1997 espionage thriller film, starring Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija, directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick. he film was a financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous DVD sales. It is loosely based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint", which ran until 1983. The Saint character has also featured in a series of Hollywood movies made between 1938 and 1954, a 1940s radio series, a popular British television series of the 1960s which starred Roger Moore, and a 1970s series starring Ian Ogilvy.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Supernova

PG-13
8 out of 10


Supernova is a 2000 science fiction horror film, from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill (credited as "Thomas Lee"). Originally developed by director William Malone in 1988 as "Dead Star" with paintings by H. R. Giger and a plot that had been called "Hellraiser in outer space." The film shares several plot similarities with the film Event Horizon released in 1997 and Alien Cargo released in 1999. The cast featured James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, and Wilson Cruz. This film was shot by cinematographer Lloyd Ahern and scored by composers David C. Williams and Burkhard Dallwitz.

The Italian Job

PG-13
10 out of 10


The Italian Job is a 2003 heist film directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Wayne and Donna Powers and produced by Donald DeLine. It is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name, but despite the shared title, the plot and characters of this film differ from those of its source material; Gray described the film as "an homage to the original." The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def and Donald Sutherland.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Ascension

2014-
10 out of 10


Ascension is a Canadian/American television miniseries on CBC in Canada and Syfy in USA. Created by Philip Levens and Adrian A. Cruz, it is an original science fiction mystery drama that takes place aboard a generation ship. It was produced by Philip Levens and stars Tricia Helfer, Gil Bellows, Brian Van Holt, Andrea Roth, Brandon P. Bell, Jacqueline Byers, Tiffany Lonsdale, and P.J. Boudousqué.

The miniseries was originally scheduled to premiere in November of 2014, it was moved to January of 2015 on CBC. In America, Syfy delayed its debut from November 2014 to December 2014 which aired two episodes a night each night for three consecutive nights.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Orange is the New Black

2013-
10 out of 10


Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan, creator of the Weeds, and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. First released on Netflix on July 11, 2013, the series has received critical acclaim and earned 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for its first season.

The series stars Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Michael J. Harney, Michelle Hurst, Kate Mulgrew, Jason Biggs, Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne, Taryn Manning, Selenis Leyva, Adrienne C. Moore, Dascha Polanco, Nick Sandow, Yael Stone, and Samira Wily. Available on Netflix or Amazon.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Iron Sky

R
10 out of 10


Iron Sky is a 2012 Finnish-Australian-German comic science fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It stars Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul, and Udo Kier.

Iron Sky comes from the creators of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning and was produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions, co-produced by New Holland Pictures and 27 Films, and co-financed by numerous individual supporters. It was theatrically released throughout Europe in April 2012. A director's cut of the film with 20 additional minutes was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 11 March 2014. A second movie is slated to come out in 2016.

Spaceballs

PG
9 out of 10


Spaceballs is a 1987 American parody film co-written and directed by Mel Brooks. The film stars Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, John Candy and Rick Moranis. It also features Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, and the voice of Joan Rivers. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 24, 1987, and was met with a mixed reception. It later became a cult classic and one of Brooks's most popular films. Its plot and characters parody the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as other sci-fi franchises including Star Trek, Alien, and the Planet of the Apes films.

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Divergent

PG-13
10 out of 10


Divergent is a 2014 American science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment in The Divergent Series and was produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick, with the screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Kate Winslet.