TV Review: Game of Thrones 3×2 “Dark Wings, Dark Words”
In this episode of Game of Thrones, the show updates us on all of the characters it couldn’t get to in the first one. We see the current status of Arya, Bran, Rickon, Jaime, Brienne, and Theon. While it might not have been action packed, it was important to give everyone a base line of where the characters are and what to expect from here. Game of Thrones is on HBO Sunday nights at 9 PM EST.
TV Review: The X-Files 1×7 “Ghost In The Machine”
In this episode of X-Files, the show does a pretty horrible rip off of Space Odyssey and dates itself worse than ever before. Well, X-Files, they can’t all be winners. Between the hilarious computer problems and bad music, for the first time I could absolutely tell this was the 90s. Oh well. Better luck next time!
TV Review: Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters – “Rebellion”
by Erin Hatch, Editor-At-Large Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters continues with “Rebellion” an action packed installment that continues the momentum of the first three episodes and brings the third season’s first story arch to an exciting climax. SPOILER ALERT! Humanity is…
Movie Review: Trance
"Young Professor X" is back to scramble our minds in Danny Boyle's Trance. Simon (James McAvoy – X-Men First Class) is struck unconscious during an art auction heist. When he gets out of the hospital, the art thief gang bring him to a hypnotist (Rosario Dawson – Men in Black II, Clerks II, Sin City II) to try and discover where he hid the £27M ($41.5M) Francisco de Goya Flying Witches painting.
TV Review: Lost Girl 3×12 “Hail, Hale”
Lost Girl comes back with a vengeance with an excellent episode right before the finale. Dyson’s captured, Hale’s about to be the new Ash, Kenzi might be branded an enemy of the Fae, and Bo gets closer to finding out what Tamsin did to her. If only they had this energy the rest of the season, right? Lost Girl is on Showcase Sunday nights at 9 PM ET, and on SyFy Monday nights at 9 PM EST.
Movie Review: Jurassic Park 3-D
While 3-D still sometimes seems like a gimmick, Jurassic Park 3-D is actually made better because of it. Rather than get a standard 3-D update where the special effects get the treatment, the entire film was re-done with it. It looks fantastic. The depth of field created by the 3-D makes the dinosaur encounters much more terrifying.
TV Review: Doctor Who 7×7 “The Bells of Saint John”
Doctor Who is back! Healed from the loss of his former Companions, he is absorbed with the mystery of Clara Oswin Oswald, the woman who keeps finding him and promptly dying. This new adventure takes him to present time where the enemy is wi-fi, and the new villain for the season is mentioned again. It airs on BBC America Saturday nights at 8 PM EST.
TV Review: Game of Thrones 3×1 “Valar Dohaeris”
Join Dee and Jachelle, also known as Deechelle, as they delve into season three of Game of Thrones. We’ve been waiting frantically for a year now, and the show hasn’t disappointed. The only problem is how hard it is to wait for the next episode. What’s going on with your favorite Kings, schemers, and murderers? Read on and find out.
TV Review: Lost Girl 3×11 “Adventures In Fae-bysitting”
In which I continue to be disappointed by this season. Maybe once upon a time these one-off episodes worked well, but now they’re starting to feel like a distraction from the bigger questions. Who is Bo’s Dad? Why is Hale acting strange? What’s Tamsin’s part in this? Join me with mulling over the episode.
TV Review: The Following 1×11 “Whips and Regret”
Previously on The Following: Claire voluntarily went with the cult to get a chance to see Joey. Ryan was heartbroken because they said they loved each other right before. Emma left boyfriend Jacob and other boyfriend Paul to die. Jacob had to mercy kill Paul, so he’s sort of checked out now and becoming as creepy a guy as everyone else. Roderick, Joe’s second in command, started showing signs of not liking how power was shifting with the group. The FBI sucks at their job a lot. Oh and we just found out that Ryan’s ex Molly is one of the cult. Unsurprising. We were introed to a new follower Vince who is only important to this episode. I usually like the one-off followers we meet and their own brand of crazy, but this one fell a little flat. Plus the episode highlighted a few of the weaknesses in the show, including the FBI’s ineptitude, Ryan’s instability, and a sort of ‘where are we going with this?’ feeling. But on with the episode.
Movie Review: The Host
by Allie Jackson, Guest Reporter The Host, the latest adaptation of a Stephanie Meyer novel (writer of Twlight), is a science fiction love story about a strange love quadrangle and what it means to be human. I’m admittedly a fan…
TV Review: Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters – “Prey”
by Erin Hatch, Editor-At-Large Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters is off to an explosive start, and “Prey,” the third episode of this season picks up where the second installment left off: The Autobots are scattered, the Decepticons are desperate to find them,…
DVD Review: Digimon: The Official First Season, Vol. 2 and Digimon: The Offical Second Season Review
If you happened to be a kid in the late 90s, there was one crucal choice you had to make in order to decide your place in the schoolyard. It was rivalry between two things that would continue onwards for years down the line. One so huge it would make the Sharks and Jets conflict from West Side Story look like a nice friendly sitdown and get together. One that would make the “Batman or Superman?” look like a choice between two kids on the playground. No, this conflict was DEEP. This question would define you to everyone for the next several years of your life and once you made it, there was no going back: “Are you a fan of Pokemon or Digimon?”
Movie Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Hasbro hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to adapting their franchises to the silver screen. G.I. Joe, Transformers and Battleship have been all considered critically subpar, and nothing besides Transformers has made a dent at the box…
Comic Book Review: Hairbutt The Hippo – Private Eye No. 1
by Jayden Leggett, Editor Stop me if you’ve heard this one: An anthropomorphic and questionably named hippopotamus walks in to a bar… OK, not the most conventional opening to either a joke or a review, but it does provide some…