Emotionally raw and unnerving, The Impossible is a disaster movie that is actually a family drama at its core, which makes for a thrilling a beautiful movie This month, director J.A. Bayona returns with a movie adaptation of Patrick Ness’ novel A Monster Calls. So, I thought it would be a perfect time to go back and…
Despite relying on genre cliches, a new setting and distinctly Norwegian point-of-view make The Wave an enjoyable disaster flick By the time we get to the eponymous wave in 2015’s The Wave, we are nearly halfway through the movie. Usually when that happens in a disaster movie, that time feels squandered. But not with The Wave. We…
In honor of the finale of the brilliant fifth season of The Good Wife, here is a list of what I consider to be their 10 Best Episodes. Hitting the Fan (Season 5, Episode 5): When I started writing this list I knew from the beginning that this episode would be number one. It brought together every…
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is going to be easy to predict the nominees, but the winner is going to be harder to guess I think Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is going to be one of the easier categories to predict. Only one spot is opening up with Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)…
This week on What's Next Wednesday we're taking a look at 5 films coming out this year that are based on books. I've excluded the obvious choices of The Fault in Our Stars and If I Stay since they appear on our Top 10 Most Anticipated Summer Movies of 2014. 5. Wild (Directed by Jean-Marc Valiée | Starring Reese Witherspoon |…
Hey guys, I'm Christopher Hopkins and welcome to The Scour, where I look for new music in every possible region to give you guys hidden gems that could rival the big releases this year. Today, we've got a heavily sampled album out of Argentina that is part of a recent art movement called vaporwave. I've…
Southpaw is the Jake Gyllenhaal movie you did not know you needed. It is a fantastic motivational sports movie, filled with drama and suspense. In my opinion, Southpaw is the best boxing movie since Million Dollar Baby, which Clint Eastwood starred and directed. This movie will leave you on the edge of your seat and…
In the age of movie reboots such as Poltergeist, Jurassic World, and Robocop, Terminator Genisys has relaunched the Terminator series. Terminator, directed by James Cameron and released in 1984, was an instant hit. Arnold Schwarzenegger went from a professional bodybuilder to a cyborg assassin who famously said, “I’ll be back.” The last two chapters in…
It’s a little odd yet fitting that “Aperitivo” is the fourth episode of the season. It’s odd because, in Italian dining, the aperitivo is the drink that precedes the meal; it’s meant to whet the appetite and to break the ice in social situations. It’s a precursor to not just to the main course, but…
The secondo is the heaviest course of the Italian meal; it may include different sorts of meats or fish. Here’s the most interesting part: according to Wikipedia (I do a lot of hardcore research for these reviews, you know…) either the primo or the secondo may be considered more important, depending on the locality and…
