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(Jennifer Broderick) 08/28/2017 3:28 PM EDT Geoffrey Chaucer is attributed with coining the phrase "All good things must come to an end" and with Black Sails, that is sadly true. Starz aired its fourth and final season- of this epic story this past season and The Complete Fourth Season is available on Blu-ray for purchase.Much aligned with Starz' penchant for airing wonderfully enj... Read More |
(Leonard Buccellato) 08/28/2017 10:08 AM EDT George A. Romero was not only the creator of the Zombie Horror genre, he was the inspiration for Kirkman's The Walking Dead series. To ignore George's impact on the horror genre at large, as well as the Zombie sub-genre, is doing him a great disservice. He may not have been a fan of this series and he even said The Walking Dead was "a soap ope... Read More |
 
(Nathan M Rose) 08/28/2017 9:00 AM EDT In Space, no one can hear you scream. But why? How did the Aliens come into being? Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and 20th Century Fox try to answer these questions with the start of a new prequel series for the Alien saga and its first film, Prometheus.Twenty-nine years before the ill fated day that the Nostromo set foot on LV-426 is the setting for the... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 08/24/2017 7:53 AM EDT DC has had a very big year with girl power and has proven that it knows what the audiences want to see from its women Superheros and as I repeatedly mention in my reviews, Warner Bros. really knows how to take a story and hit it right out of the park. Filling in a much-needed niche of female lead characters, Supergirl provides a rich superher... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 08/22/2017 4:11 PM EDT Marvel has created a stupendous franchise that is loved by all. Once again they have taken comic book characters that were little known by the children today but loved by their parents and grandparents and brought those characters to life in a most colorful and impressive way. Keeping it light with family friendly humor has become the basis of thei... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 08/22/2017 9:45 AM EDT Last time we saw Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) and his merry band they had made a "deal with the devil", escaped the influence of the Necronomicon and the Deadites and retired to Jacksonville, FL. Life was good for El Jefe (Ash Williams). That is until the Deadites returned...It appeared that all is well that ends well for Ash and company... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/22/2017 9:01 AM EDT The fallen angel who oversees hell is depicted in many forms and with many different names. There is Satan, Beelzebub, the Devil and Lucifer to name a few. The latter has become synonymous with an American police procedural television show starring Tom Ellis (Buffalo Soldiers) and Lauren German (A Walk to Remember). As the cast and crew gear up for... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/22/2017 8:48 AM EDT So much of the World's political dialogue these days centers around climate change and the various energy sources currently available. From coal and fossil fuels to solar, wind and water there are numerous debates regarding how to save our planet. However, what if those weren't the options anymore and one company came up with a plan tha... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 08/21/2017 5:02 PM EDT Some actors have a few hit movies or television shows and fade away as they get older or cannot master different genres. Luckily, the casting directors of Blacklist chose an actor that can master comedy, sarcasm, drama, and psycho-thriller genres that has propelled their show into a fourth season that will surely see many more. James Sp... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 08/21/2017 3:56 PM EDT "In Space, no one can hear you scream". That tagline became famous in 1979 when the film Alien ushered in a new genre of "space horror" that is still alive today. Its father, Ridley Scott, is back again to where he started it all with Alien: Covenant. Alien: Covenant takes place about ten years aft... Read More |