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The World’s End – New Trailer
“20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their
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Deathstar Destroys U.S.S. Enterprise – Special Edition
An awesome video posted on IGN Originals showing the U.S.S. Enterprise in an Empire occupied San Francisco, and what would happen if the Deathstar were to fire upon it. There's some really fun stuff in this short film. The Enterprise is poaching humpback whales ...read more...
Jesse Goes to Comiccon – Day 3 Sunday
Day 3 Sunday the final day of Ottawa Comiccon 2013, was the shortest day and will also be my shortest post. Gillian Anderson was the only Q&A I attended which was at 10:15, just 15 minutes after the con opened. Not only did I get in right away, but just like all the other Q&As
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Jesse Goes to Comiccon – Day 1
Ottawa Comiccon Day 1 Friday May 10 I arrived at the Ernst & Young Centre at 11:45am and got in at 11:47am with my deluxe pass. Then watched the intro to the con in Hall 4 and then in to the dealer room at 12:00pm, a full 2 hours before regular ticket holders, making the
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Grabbers – Review
Irish director Jon Wright brings us a genre film that is both fun and very well made. I’ve been following a lot of the recent flics from the UK lately and have found that there’s a healthy surge in the sci-fi/horror genre. Grabbers is an excellent example, bringing monsters, gore and a few laughs along
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Oblivion – Review
Joseph Kosinski follows up his directorial debut (Tron: Legacy) with another science fiction flic that is impressive, visually stunning and fun. Oblivion is a tight film that sets the bar high for the Will Smith/Shyamalan sci-fi flic After Earth being released at the end of May. One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to
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Doctor Who: Series 7 Part 2 – Update
Fans rejoice! Doctor Who is returning to BBC March 30th, 2013 with the final 8 episodes of season 7. Being the 50th anniversary this year, we’re in for lots of Doctor Who goodness. Ed Stradling conducted an interview with showrunner Steven Moffat a couple of weeks ago for the Gallifrey Convention in Los Angeles February
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Upside Down – Review
Juan Diego Solanas directs what appears to be his first English feature film, written by himself, filmed entirely in Montreal Quebec. Upside Down is a fictional love story set in a fantastical world that defies the science of gravity. Adam is an ordinary boy who lives on one of two planets, joined by opposite gravities.
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Pacific Rim – Trailer
From director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy), Pacific Rim brings us into the popular Japanese franchise of giant robots and city crushing monsters. Pacific Rim employs a modest cast with the most notable actor being Ron Perlman(Hellboy). Add Charlie Day, who is probably in there for some kind of comic relief, and Idris Elba, who I
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R’ha – Short
R’ha is a sci-fi short by Kaleb Lechowski, a young man of 22 studying film at Berlin’s Mediadesign Hochschule. Although not quite as young, directors like Neill Blomkamp (District 9 and the coming Elysium) found his start this way, through the release of a short film that eventually evolved into the critically acclaimed District 9.
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Looper – Review
Rian Johnson brings us this futuristic action drama about men hired by a future mob to conduct assassinations in the past. Looper is refreshingly new, and although a little predictable at times, it’s premise is cool… and once it hits the third act, it doesn’t let go! In the year 2072 time travel is forbidden.
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Dredd 3D – Review
Pete Travis, best known for the 2008 film Vantage Point, brings the newest incarnation of the long running British comic book series Judge Dredd to the big screen in a violent tour de force that leaves you wanting more. The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to
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Total Recall (2012) – Review
From the man who brought us the Underworld franchise, Len Wiseman tackles the remake of the 90s Schwarzenegger cult classic Total Recall. Apparently more faithful to the source material “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick, Wiseman pumps up the action and packs the screen with sharp, visually stunning eye candy.
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Men In Black III – Review
Barry Sonnenfeld returns for the third and probably last installment to the popular Men in Black franchise. Men in Black III takes a comfortable stroll through a familiar park where everything feels just right. Sonnenfeld, and of course the writers, don’t take any risks with the characters or the very formulaic structure of the series.
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