When God spoke to Adam after Eve and he had disobeyed his orders and took the fruit given to them by the serpent, Adam and Eve lost the ability to communicate with their father. The Devil took the language of…
Out of the Past: “Casino Royale” (2006)
“Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” This Ernest Hemingway quote from Old Man in the Sea is the conceit of the 21st entry into the James Bond franchise Casino Royale (2006). After…
Ally’s Movie Review: White Bird in a Blizzard
Kat Connors (Shailene Woodley) is being haunted by her mother, Eve (Eva Green), an enigmatic, isolated woman. Eve is being haunted by her past, seeing her youthful vibrancy and beauty in her daughter, which has bred contempt and jealousy. Then,…
Movie Review: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
This review was written much like Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was: late to the party. The sequel to Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s adaptation of Miller’s comic series Sin City arrives nine years after the original, with…
TV Review: Penny Dreadful 1×01, “Night Work”
Note: While in later reviews I will give a more detailed recap, this first episode review will talk about the production overall so as not to give anything away for those who are on the fence about watching the…
Interview: Producer Bernie Goldmann on ‘300 Rise of an Empire’
Producer Bernie Goldmann has worked in the film industry as both a producer and as a respected studio executive. He was a producer on Zack Snyder’s blockbuster “300,” starring Gerard Butler. The 2007 film earned more than $450 million at the worldwide box…
Review: 300 Rise of an Empire
‘300 Rise of an Empire’ is a sequel to… Well, wait. It’s not actually a sequel… but not even a prequel. It’s more like a… side-quel? Rise of an Empire, based on Frank Miller’s yet to be released comic ‘Xerxes,’…