Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career that he will use to find you and kill entertain you. Ok, I may have been paraphrasing Taken there, but so has almost every other…
TV Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Season 1
This entire weekend has been all about Kimmy. Who is Kimmy? She is unbreakable, as the show will constantly remind. But more than that, she is the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey’s newest show, and it deserves all of your attention.…
Jon’s Movie Review: “What We Do in the Shadows” Deserves the Spotlight
Mockumentaries are a dime a dozen. They have to tow the fine line between informative and parody without being over the top and just turning into a compilation of cheesy lines and dead-panning into the camera. The topic has to…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Focus” is More of a Distraction
In Chicago, there are grifters and thieves aplenty. I am reminded of one man who I see semi-regularly on the train conning people with his shell game. The shell game is where he has three identical cups and he hides…
Giveaway – Model Undercover: Paris
Yesterday, I had the privilege of reviewing Model Undercover: Paris. Today, I get to give away one copy to a lucky reader! Here is the description: A Crime of Fashion… Nancy Drew meets The Devil Wears Prada in the debut…
TV Review: The Strain Premiere 1×1 “Night Zero”
Let’s get this out of the way: Corey Stoll’s wig is slightly ridiculous, and we need to get beyond that to enjoy the murderously intricate toy box that is Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain. I’ll try not to bring it up…
The Film Canon: Transformers The Movie (1986)
The arrival of the fourth movie in Michael Bay’s Transformers series, subtitled Age of Extinction, brings attention to the fact that the last three decades (September 17 of this year will be the 30th anniversary of when the very first…