Ernie Estrella You might raise an eyebrow while watching the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie when chunks of metal hurtle through an inter-dimensional portal and reassemble piece-by-piece over New York City to build a giant war machine called the Technodrome. At the center of it, is an evil warlord that is an over-sized talking brain, housed
A Texas preacher armed with the power of the word of God, his exceptional marksman of an ex-girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire. Just tune into AMC Sunday night at 10pm. Preacher was probably the craziest comic book of the late 90s. Created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, this creator-owned comic was
Iron Man 3 was a nice little diversion for filmmaker/screenwriter Shane Black but we’ve been denied his trademark buddy films like Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It’s been over 10 years since Kiss Kiss came out and his fans have been starving for a story that reeks of empty liquor bottles, cigarette
One shouldn’t expect much from a video game turned into a movie, but even I was curious at how a coherent narrative could come out of an endless puzzle game that captured countless first-time tablet and smart phone users several years ago and has become a merchandising and licensing boom in sales. I had my
In this gluttonous era of superhero movies, one of the valid criticisms is the lack of consequence or stakes as heroes and villains pound each other to a pulp. These super beings can do little harm to each other and outside of a band of henchmen (or nameless hordes of aliens or robots), the casualties
Adapting children’s literature with a large cast of anthropomorphic animals rife with song and dance numbers and sterilizing the dark moments are traits of Disney’s classic catalog of animated features from Snow White to Pocohantas. But this is a new Disney now and when they’re not off servicing the latest Star Wars or Marvel Cinematic
The best comedy about relationships and single living, You’re the Worst, returned to the air this week on FXX and just like the entire first season, it hit another bullseye dead center with its Season 2 premiere, “The Sweater People”. At last season’s end, Gretchen (Aya Cash) was left homeless after her faulty vibrator set
Let me begin by saying that I know nothing about how this fantastic series is going tonight. Still, with Ava Crowder on the run with the money and everyone else chasing her, everything is on the table. People will die and that could include Raylan Givens. Would you be ready for that? Could you handle
Review/Recap of FX’s Justified: Crossing The Point of No Return Episode 610 “Trust” Written by Benjamin Cavell Directed by Alan Arkin Tonight’s episode, “Trust” could have easily been called the “Grand Guignol,” (a dramatic moment of horrifying nature) because to many longtime fans, the most feared event happened. Ava Crowder (Joelle Carter) called an audible
Episode 605: “Sounding” Written by Dave Andron and Leonard Chang Directed by Jon Avnet Ava went on the offensive in “Sounding,” driving this episode with her frustrated and poor mismanagement of the stress she’s feeling from Katharine Hale (Mary Steenburgen) and Boyd (Walton Goggins) in trying to be Raylan’s (Timothy Olyphant) criminal informant. She’s pulling