by Sean Axmaker | Aug 3, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Confirmation (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) – It’s been 25 years since the congress held hearings over the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court when accusations of sexual harassment were raised after congressional aides contacted Professor Anita Hill, a law...
by Sean Axmaker | Nov 10, 2015 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot
Trainwreck (Universal, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) – I don’t think I laughed as hard at any movie comedy this year as I did with Amy Schumer’s big screen debut feature as writer / star. Abetted by the direction of Judd Apatow, who has been moving from male-centric...
by Jeff Michael Vice | May 21, 2014 | Editor's Picks, Reviews, What's Hot
Bryan Singer kicked off the X-Men movie franchise with a pair of high-concept action-thrillers (in 2000 and 2002) that used the beloved Marvel Comics characters and concepts as a way to confront and address xenophobia and homophobia, something the comics’...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Dec 11, 2013 | Reviews, What's Hot
When it comes to Peter Jackson, there’s probably one thing on which we can all agree: The dude loves him some J.R.R. Tolkien. The New Zealand director’s filmic adaptations of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy were either too faithful or they weren’t faithful...
by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock | Dec 11, 2013 | Reviews
Let’s get this part out of the way: If you are a hardcore Tolkien purist who wishes to see the film only if it stays 100% true to the revered author’s work, then you may find yourself displeased with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The second...
