After this weekend’s US premiere of “Doctor Who” on BBC America, I must say that I am fully on board with Matt Smith’s eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan’s companion character, Amy Pond. If you still have not watched the season [...]
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Book Review: Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie
Paperback: 173 pages Publisher: Titan Books; 1 edition (February 23, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1848564090 ISBN-13: 978-1848564091 You would not believe how hefty and beautifully done this book is. Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie from Titan Books weighs in at 173 glossy, full-bleed [...]
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Retro Movie Review: Clash of the Titans (1981)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy Director: Desmond Davis Writer: Beverley Cross Cast: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Jack Gwillim, Susan Fleetwood, Pat Roach, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith MPAA Rating: PG Summary: By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, [...]
Read moreReview: Alice In Wonderland
Genre: Adventure/ Family/ Fantasy Director: Tim Burton Writer: Linda Woolverton (screenplay), Lewis Carroll (books: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” & “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There”) Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover MPAA Rating: PG (for [...]
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Review: Avatar
Genre: Action/ Adventure/ Sci-Fi / Thriller Director: James Cameron Writer: James Cameron Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language) Summary: In [...]
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Book Review: Under the Amoral Bridge By Gary A. Ballard
Paperback: 170 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Language: English ISBN-10: 1449509673 ISBN-13: 978-1449509675 Artemis Bridge is the know-who, go-to guy, the amoral fixer in 2028 Los Angeles with the connection for any illicit desire no matter how depraved. You need it, he can get it without questions [...]
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REVIEW: NINJA ASSASSIN
Genre: Action/ Crime/ Drama/ Triller Director: James McTeigue Writers: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris, Sho Kosugi, Sung Kang, Ben Miles MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language) Summary. Trained since childhood to be a lethal killer, [...]
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Art of the Film, By Mark Cotta Vaz
Hardcover: 162 pages Publisher: Titan Books; Film tie-in edition edition (November 17, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1848566204 ISBN-13: 978-1848566200 To coincide with the release of J.J. Abrams STAR TREK on DVD and Blu-Ray, Titan Books has published "Star Trek: The Art of the Film", a [...]
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Review: Hansel And Gretel
Genre: Drama/ Fantasy/ Horror/ Mystery Director: Pil-Sung Yim Writers: Min-sook Kim (story), Pil-Sung Yim (screenplay) Cast: Jeong-myeong Cheon, Shim Eun-kyung, Yeong-Nam Jang, Ji-jee Jin, Kyeong-ik Kim, Hee-soon Park, and Eun Won-jae. MPAA Rating: Not rated by MPAA Summary: A stranded motorist is led to an [...]
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Review: Zombieland
Genre: Horror/Comedy Director: Ruben Fleischer Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin MPAA Rating: R (for horror, violence/ gore, and language) Summary: Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun [...]
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Book Review: Don’t Panic – Douglas Adams & The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2009 Revised Ed.) By Neil Gaiman
Paperback: 275 pages Publisher: Titan Books; 5 Rev Upd edition (September 15, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1848564961 ISBN-13: 978-1848564961 "It's all devastatingly true - except the bits that are lies" - Douglas Adams I recently received a preview copy of the book Don’t Panic - Douglas [...]
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Review: 9
Genre: Sci-Fi/Animated Director: Shane Acker Writers: Pamela Pettler (screenplay)/Shane Acker (story) Cast: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, Fred Tatasciore, Elijah Wood MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence and scary images) Summary: A war between man and the destructive power of [...]
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