The Pull List: 7/27/2016
Buzz-worthy books of the week Black Panther #4 The first arc to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ comes to a conclusion. I haven’t really gelled with this book, but there is part of me that still thinks… Continue reading
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Movie Review: ‘Jason Bourne’
Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed Story: When former CIA agent Nicky Parson’s makes contact with Jason Bourne he lands back in… Continue reading
Captain America in the Age of Anti-Heroes
Captain America is one of the oldest and most enduring superheros in fiction. He got started back during WWII when two Jewish-Americans tried to smack Adolf Hitler the best way they could: writing… Continue reading
SDCC Movie Trailer Round-Up
We get a bunch of new content and trailers to drool over during San Diego Comic-Con. And here are some of them! We’ve picked out some of the geekier ones to comment on.… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters’
Director: Paul Feig Cast: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth Plot: A theoretical physicist who used to try to prove the existence of ghosts reteams with her old colleague, an… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’
Plot: Three years into the U.S.S. Enterprise’s five-year mission, Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) finds himself at a crossroads as his 30th birthday approaches. He’s begun to question why he joined… Continue reading
Theater Review: Branagh’s Romeo and Juliet (2016)
This production was directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh at the Kenneth Branagh Theater Company as part of their Plays at the Garrick series. The play runs from May through August of this year but… Continue reading
‘The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampire’ Retro Review
In the early 1970’s the Gods of Cult Films smiled upon moviegoers the world over when; Hammer Studios, the dominant studio behind the great gothic horror films of the era, collaborated with the… Continue reading
The Pull List: 7/20/2016
Buzz-worthy books of the week Black Hammer #1 Jeff Lemire does his own subversion of superheroes about a group of former vigilantes exiled by a multiversal crisis. Deadpool and the Mercs for Money #1… Continue reading
Why We Need a Female Ghostbusters
or The Issue of Female Representation in Film I recently saw the new Ghostbusters (2016) film and I loved it. I loved seeing four different women working together for the same cause. I… Continue reading
