Film + TV

Colin Farrell continues to act in movies, what with his new revenge drama Dead Man Down. A low-level gangster with a secret, Farrell is on a one-man mission of vengeance when his plans get disrupted by an emotionally and physically scared neighbour (Noomi Rapace) with plans of her own. Terrance Howard also shows up, utterly […]

Sam Raimi remakes Army of Darkness in Oz The Great and Powerful, which is far from the worst thing in the world. James Franco is no Bruce Campbell, but does his darnedest as the womanizing carnival cad whose hot air balloon gets swept away to a far off kingdom easily impressed by prestidigitation. Prophecies foretell […]

Fiery youths scat and screw across the country, as the Beat generation finally gets the Hollywood movie they’ve been waiting for in On the Road. Gestating for decades as a film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s legendary novel, Brazilian director Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) has dealt with financial collapse, budget cuts and Francis Ford Coppola […]

Just in time for spring break comes 21 and Over, essentially The Hangover but set in college. Which is exactly as appealing/obnoxious as that sounds (depending on your tastes). With one last semester before they all graduate to the real world, two high school friends come back together to take longtime buddy Jeff Chang out […]

The continually ending end of exorcisms continue in the unfortunately amusing scary movie, The Last Exorcism: Part 2. Ditching the found-footage aesthetic of its predecessor, this sequel finds teenage demonic vessel Ashley Bell alone, amnesiac and put into a hazy New Orleans’ home for wayward girls. She makes some friends, flirts with boys and everything […]

The latest in high-fantasy action retellings of folk fairytales, Jack the Giant Slayer thankfully kicks away any notion of maturity in favour of a big ole’ romp with giants. Notable franchise star Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class, Warm Bodies) stars as farm boy Jack, who’s unwitting plantation of magical beans bridges the chasm between the […]

Everyone on all sides of the drug war is a big, giant jerk except for The Rock in the engaging little drama, Snitch. After his son is illogically given 30 years jail time for accepting a parcel of pills, hard-working divorced dad The Rock agrees to work with federal prosecutors in a mindbogglingly stupid attempt […]

Life exists elsewhere in the universe, and it’s a big fan of the Paranormal Activity movies, in the new alien abduction horror flick Dark Skies. A modern family of Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton and a couple of bratty kids already has enough financial and familial stresses to handle before sensing a disturbing presence pranking their […]

While some CGI animated features are good for all ages, Escape from Planet Earth is better left for those stuck chaperoning a more junior audience. On an alien planet, popular astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) sets out on a dangerous mission to Earth, AKA the “Dark Planet,” against his nerdy brother Gary’s (Rob Corddry) wishes. […]