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…
DVD Review: The Collection
The previous movie told the tale of Arkin, a petty thief who agreed to break in to one more house in order to help his ex-wife out of a financial scrape. The problem is that he isn’t the first intruder. The serial killer known simply as The Collector has booby trapped the house in order to have his way with the homes inhabitants. He’s called The Collector because he keeps one person from each invasion in a trunk. Guess how Arkin makes it to the sequel?
Comic Book Review – Eeek! No. 1 by Jason Paulos
by Jayden Leggett, Editor Greetings, boils and ghouls, to another spine-tingling comic book review from the cretinous creatures at ComicsOnline. Today’s terrifying tale is a book designed to make you shiver with both fear and delight. I call it… “Eeek!”…
Blu-Ray Review: The Thieves
by Jayden Leggett, Editor Slip on your catsuit and steal all you can carry with this daring heist movie. After a cool intro sequence complete with retro-inspired visual effects and spy-movie style music, the film begins with what appears to…
TV Review: Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters – “Darkmount, NV”
by Matt Sernaker When we last saw Transformers Prime, we were left with the shocking cliffhanger showing the Decepticons waging all out war on earth after finding the Autobot base and completely obliterating it. The Autobots thankfully escaped the…
Blu-Ray Review: Berserk – The Egg Of The King
by Jayden Leggett, Editor For those of you who didn’t catch my review of the original theatrical release during the Reel Anime 2012 film festival, Berserk: The Egg Of The King follows the story of a mercenary named “Guts” who’s…
Movie Review: The Croods
by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief A prehistoric world is undergoing cataclysmic change, and the titular family in The Croods must adapt and move on or perish. The Crood family is stuck in a rut, or more accurately, a cave. Classic caveman…
TV Review: The X-Files 1×6 Shadows
by Chelsea Dee, Editor-at-Large They are not wasting any time on this show. We’ve had aliens, monster of the week, government conspiracies, and now ghosts. I laugh at my question in the pilot about whether or not it would be…
Blu-Ray Review: Batman – The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
by Jayden Leggett, Editor Finally, I now hold in my hands the follow-up to the awesomeness that was Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -Part 1. In case your comic book knowledge isn’t up to scratch, The Dark Knight Returns was…
Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
by Chelsea Dee, Editor-at-Large It is impossible to really discuss this movie without spoiling, so I’m just going to put right up front there will be spoilers in this review. The things I want to talk about are too wrapped…