Spoiled Rotten 125: Revisiting 300
Ben and Daniel revisit 300!
Rodrigo Santoro
Westworld Episode 3.04 Review: “The Mother of All Exiles”
The latest episode of HBO's Westworld explores what happens when an android develops a messiah complex.
Westworld Episode 3.03: “The Absence of Field” Review
Like many of Westworld’s best hours, The Absence of Field mostly focuses on a crisis of identity.
Westworld Episode 3.02 Review: “The Winter Line”
The idea of "The Winter Line" is embedded into the episode’s understanding of how its characters are trying to escape from the obstacles and fortifications before them on their respective journeys.
Westworld Episode 3.01 Review: “Parce Domine”
After a brilliant first season and a muddled second season, Westworld's third outing keeps the mysteries intact, increases the thrills, and streamlines that feeling of deliberate confusion significantly.
Jimmi Simpson on the Westworld Season Finale, His Favourite Westerns, and His Dork Shelf
Westworld's Jimmi Simpson discusses the big season finale, his love of Westerns, what he’d do if he were in a real life robot cowboy theme park, and much more.
Westworld: Searching for Character at the Heart of the Maze
If HBO's Westworld wants its ambitious plot to matter it needs to give audiences better rounded characters.
Westworld Review: The Best of Two Genres
Westworld has all the action, adventure, and intrigue of the ideal Western film, but that's all a veneer for tourists, under which lies a rich maze of philosophy, science fiction, and genre criticism.
Focus Review
Focus focuses too much attention on its star instead of looking at the bigger con, but it's still fun and entertaining.
Rio 2 Review
The appeal of Rio 2 to adults will be quite minimal since it’s designed and calculated to be the best possible babysitter for undiscriminating tykes who have never seen any movies outside of the first Rio.
Interview: Carlos Saldanha
We talk to Rio 2 director Carlos Saldanha about how the sequel came together, presenting ecological messages to children, the sounds and colour of Rio, and the creation of one of the most memorable character of the year that he thinks deserves a lot more credit (and rightfully so).
CONTEST: See THE LAST STAND in 4 Cities!
Enter for a chance to win one of ten pairs of passes to an advance screening of Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to the big screen The Last Stand in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, and Winnipeg on Wednesday, January 16th at 7:00pm from Dork Shelf and Alliance Films.
