Monthly Archives: July 2012

‘The Watch’ Review: There goes the neighborhood

July 27 Featured, Film, Nathan's Reviews, Reviews no comments

The aliens are among us in Akiva Skaffer’s The Watch, a new sci-fi comedy that doesn’t have nearly enough of either.  A low brow ditty about four suburban dolts battling alien invasion in Ohio, The Watch  is a mutant mas...

‘Cloud Atlas’ jumps to top of must-see list with new trail...

July 26 Featured, Film, news 1 comment

Well, hello there Cloud Atlas! Where have you been? I’ve read David Mitchell’s fascinating and daunting science fiction novel Cloud Atlas, but I never would’ve assumed it would be filmable. I’m al...

‘Black Pond’ Review: Guess whos dying at dinner?

July 26 Film, Films, Nathan's Reviews, Reviews 3 comments

Over the past few years Britain has been prolific in turning out some exceptional dark thrillers, from Ben Wheatley’s superb Kill List to gritty urban fare like Tyrannosaur and 44 Inch Chest. Into this landscape of...

Want to see ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ as a Sci-Fi Thriller?

July 25 Featured, Film, Films, Video no comments

Thanks to www.filmschoolrejects.com for this awesome mashup trailer! Check it out after the break!

‘The Tall Man’ Review: Biel vs the Boogeyman

July 25 Featured, Film, Nathan's Reviews, Reviews 9 comments

Someone, or something, is stealing the children of Cold Rock. A defunct mining town nestled in the misty forests of Washington state, this little community has come under attack by a force no one can explain or identify....

‘The Hobbit’ moves ever, ever on to becoming a trilogy

July 25 news 6 comments

Warner Bros. took him out on a high note, but for the moment, they have lost Batman. Last summer saw the end of Harry Potter. With the exception of The Hangover, they don’t have a lot of tried-and-true franchises s...

Christopher Nolan bids a written farewell to Batman

July 25 news no comments

The trilogy has completed, the fullness of Nolan’s take on the Caped Crusader has been revealed, and the Batman has temporarily faded back into the shadows of Gotham. As a keepsake, we all have the best comic book ...

Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ trailer promises fantastic im...

July 25 Featured, Uncategorized 1 comment

20th Century Fox has been a long time making the cinematic version of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi.  Over the last eight years or so, everyone from M Night Shyamalan to Jean Pierre Jeunet to Tarsem Singh has courted th...

Blu-Ray Review: The Artist (2011)

July 24 Film Reviews, Nathan's Reviews no comments

There’s much talk about The Artist being a silent, black-and-white film that happens to have been made in 2011. This is technically true, but to describe it as such is to suggest that it’s an artifact or an antique. It i...

Alphas 2.1: ‘Wake-Up Call’ Review

July 24 Featured, Reviews 4 comments

When SyFy’s Alphas showed up last summer, it went from feeling like one more sedate attempt at superhero drama—joining The Cape and No Ordinary Family in the BestBuy discount bin—to a show with real potential and promise...

Sleepy Hollow is headed to the small screen for Fox

July 23 news 1 comment

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci don’t seem to be able to keep their hands out of genre stuff, especially on the small screen. Looks like the duo, responsible for writing duties on Fringe and the first two Transforme...

‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ Review: The last days of LCD S...

July 23 Featured, Film Reviews, Nathan's Reviews, Reviews no comments

In the world of musical documentaries, ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ is as affectionate and exuberant as they come. Chronicling the dissolution of New York’s punk proclaimers, LCD Soundsystem, Shut Up employs a unique, fou...

Schwarzenegger’s ‘The Last Stand’ gets a cool new po...

July 23 news 2 comments

This is a nice change of pace from the usual floating heads Photoshop quickie. With Schwarzenegger stepping back into his action shoes this summer in The Expendables 2, it’s good to see some pre-emptive promotional...

‘Dinosaurs Vs Aliens! Sonnenfeld and Morrison unveil new motion ...

July 23 Featured, news 1 comment

First there were Ninjas vs Aliens, then Cowboys vs Aliens and now Barry Sonnenfeld and artist Grant Morrison take the plunge into the most ridiculously silly concept yet; Dinosaurs vs. Aliens.

‘Man of Steel’ Teaser is here!

July 21 Film, Films, news, Video 11 comments

I’ll be the first to say that I’m not a huge Superman fan, nor the biggest Zak Snyder fan (though i really love his version of Dawn of the Dead and i may be the only fan of Watchmen), but I’m interested...