Saturday, January 18, 2025
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr “Unfriended” is rather successful in telling a new age ghost story for a generation of cyber gurus. On the other hand, the film is weighed down by a plot that remains passive and boring. As a horror film, it devotes a lot of time and […]
Photo courtesy of Kim Erlandsen, Flickr Tidal is the rebranded streaming service for music that offers high definition audio and private content to those who are subscribed. The service has actually been around since 2009 under the name WiMP. In March 2014, WiMP was bought by rapper Jay Z for […]
Photo courtesy of Tim Evans, Flickr Creative Commons “Furious 7” is not the last of the “Fast & Furious” franchise, but somehow feels like it is the series’ final goodbye. The film consists of several homages and flashbacks to the 15-year history of the series. The set-pieces create new standards, being […]
Little known to most people, New York City has a lot of interesting and different activities to partake in on Easter that are a lot more exciting than watching younger family members search for plastic eggs filled with jelly beans and pennies. If one is uninterested in the religious aspects […]
Photo courtesy of Nick Step, Flickr Creative Commons New franchise director Robert Schwentke of the “Divergent” series, which is inspired by the books of the same name by Veronica Roth, was unable to meet the standards of “Divergent” director Neil Burger in “Insurgent,” the second film of the series. Schwentke’s efforts did not seem […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons “Unfinished Business” has a woefully familiar comedic plot that features an hour and a half of overused sexual gags, drug-fueled parties in slow motion, car high jinks involving one smart-mouthed, German-speaking GPS, unimportant and unlikable female characters and an overtold childlike lesson about […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons The concept of the “Lazarus Effect” is nothing new, but in the case of this movie, it is effectively presented. The film takes an overdone thriller/horror movie postulate and turns it into something new and creepy in the first half of the film. […]
Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia “Better Call Saul” debuted on AMC Feb. 8 with high hopes and expectations from viewers worldwide. The new series is the highly anticipated spinoff of the very successful Emmy award winning series “Breaking Bad” which aired from 2008 until late 2013. “Breaking Bad” is […]
Photo courtesy of Rodrigo Ferrari, Wikimedia Kanye West is known as a music icon, branded for his headline-making stunts and arrogant behavior. The rapper often calls himself a “creative genius” and has made outlandish claims that his music can cure cancer. He has even gone as far as to say that […]
Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons “Jupiter Ascending” is utterly ridiculous; the story is very elaborate but felt like a rip-off of several other sci-fi films. Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) is a poor Chicagoan maid who lives with her extended Russian family and spends the majority of her […]
