By Kenneth Ship At first, as I sat down and saw the first 20 minutes of Fantastic Four, I was wondering why the reviews were all bad….but by then the train had already left the station and I was in…
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True Detective finale: The Light’s Not Winning
At the end of season one Rust Cohle looks up to the stars and pronounces, “the light’s winning.” It was a sentence that crystallized Cohle’s experience and catharsis in that season, and that even though they there was still rampant…
Why Enterprise Deserves a Second Look
By James Nelson “Cause I got faith, of the heart/I’m going where my heart will take me/I’ve got faith, to believe/ I can do anything” are the words to my nightmares. The Suliban, the dominant villains of the first two…
The Wrath of Khan: A Tale of Two Ships
By Zach Nichols Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is widely regarded as the greatest of the Star Trek films and quite possibly the greatest story in the entire Trek franchise encompassing 28 television seasons, 12 movies, and hundreds…
Heroes Reborn….Don’t get excited
By Kenneth Shipp I have a hard time believing that this mini-series will be any good. And to be honest, I have more info telling me it can be bad rather than good. But let’s talk a few things out…
True Detective: You Have My Attention
So, I know I wrote a whole article on the evils of Season 2, but I now have to eat my words. Episode five was a standout and spells out the strengths of this season in a way I could…
“Amy Schumer Strikes Gold” Trainwreck Review
I’ve seen Amy Schumer’s stand up a few times and was thoroughly impressed by her talent. She has a natural ability to make you uncomfortable with multiple topics of conversation. And she will have you in tears with any one…
“It’s Not Edgar Wright, But It Will Do” Ant-Man Review
Walking into Ant Man, I knew this film would be funny. I just didn’t think it was going to be this funny. And we all knew that in order for anyone to take this property seriously, there were a limited…
What went wrong with True Detective
It’s time to come to terms with it: season two is not as good as season one. It appears that try as hard as they might, season two just can’t recapture that same magic as the first season. This is…
“Adolescent Quirkiness At It’s Best” Me & Earl & The Dying Girl Review
Quirky coming of age stories are a dime a dozen. Thankfully this one figures out how to give us a fresh take on adolescence handling life and death. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s first movie was a typical horror film misfire, but with this…