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.