The Development Slate Episode 32 – Metroid
This week James and Yaw take on the Nintendo mega-franchise Metroid.
Charlize Theron
Kubo and the Two Strings Review
Stop motion studio LAIKA continues to merge art and entertainment with Kubo and the Two Strings, an increasingly rare kind of cinema that needs to be supported by audiences if we're to get any more of it.
The Development Slate Episode 19 – Hancock
James and Yaw pitch the superhero action-comedy Hancock.
Gilles Paquet-Brenner on adapting Dark Places
French writer/director Gilles Paquet-Brenner talks to us about adapting Gillian Flynn's Dark Places while also learning to adapt to Hollywood.
Geek Hard Podcast: Episode 259
On this episode we review Mad Max: Fury Road and talk with writer Sam Maggs about her new book The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks.
Mad Max: Fury Road Review
All the Terminators, Jurassic Parks, Impossible Missions and superhero adaptations, sequels and reboots might as well just stay home, the king of the 2015 summer blockbusters has entered the building.
Mad Max: Fury Road Video Interview
We sat down with Mad Max: Fury Road mastermind George Miller and co-star Nicholas Hoult to discuss insane car stunts and the film's long journey to the big screen.
A Million Ways To Die In The West Review
Say what you want about Seth MacFarlane, that man can write a “guy pooping into a hat” joke that’ll really make you think. But unfortunately, too much of A Million Ways To Die In The West is oddly serious and laugh-free.
The New Old: Love & Darkness
This week's archival home entertainment column takes a look at some real heavy hitters with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love, Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire, the campy Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, and director's cuts of both Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors and the Al Pacino ham-fest The Devil's Advocate.
This Week in DVD: 10/16/12
This week we look at the heavily anticipated DVD and Blu-ray releases of Moonrise Kingdom and Prometheus, which lead off a crowded week where we also look at the Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy, and four partially Canadian productions: the complete series of The Firm, Red Lights, Surviving Progress, and Crooked Arrows
Contest: Win PROMETHEUS on Blu-ray!
Enter to win a copy of Ridley Scott's Prometheus on Blu-ray from Dork Shelf and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Prometheus Review
A forced attempt to resurrect the Alien franchise, Prometheus disappoints with a jarring combination of stunning visuals and a terribly half-baked script.
Snow White and The Huntsman Review
A solid, straight-up fairy tale epic, Snow White and The Huntsman is the rare example of big budget epic filmmaking coming from a place of genuine entertainment.
Summer Movie Preview: June Part Two
Wrapping up our look at the cinematic offerings for the month of June, we take a look at some real heavy hitters with Brave, Moonrise Kingdom, Prometheus, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Snow White and the Huntsman, Rock of Ages, and Piranha 3DD, which will undoubtedly win the box office crown for the month.
Young Adult Review
Sometimes movies take themselves far too seriously for their own good. Writers will come up with ridiculous premises that directors play a bit too straight in hopes that the film ends up saying something meaningful about the human condition. Young Adult is one such film.
