Category Archives: Reviews

Preacher Review (Season 1, Episode 1)

Posted on May 25, 2016 by castordurden

Seth Rogen and his esteemed writing partner Evan Goldberg hardly stray from controversy and their adaptation of Garth Ennis’ graphic novel Preacher is lockstep with their meta directorial debut This Is The End and their truthfully underwhelming North Korean satire … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Underrated Gems: The Insider (1999)

Posted on May 17, 2016 by castordurden

Most people wouldn’t associate Michael Mann, the showrunner for the superficially excessive 80’s show Miami Vice, to be the most sobering and verite of filmmakers. However, in 1999, he released his most haunting film to date, The Insider, which centered … Continue reading →

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Game of Thrones Review (Season 6, Episode 1)

Posted on April 25, 2016 by castordurden

Another spring, another season of medieval torture, bloody betrayals, doomed matrimonies and dragon holocausts. Game of Thrones can always be relied on for the feel-bad experience of the year and yet, that very ill-will is why devoted viewers continue to … Continue reading →

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The Reviewinator: Criminal (2016)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rob

I’ve never understood the appeal of Kevin Costner. He’s a fine actor, but I’ve never once sought out his movies, nor have I known anyone to do so. He’s been dramatic, comedic, good, evil, a total badass, Superman’s stepdad, and … Continue reading →

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The Reviewinator: Going Clear – Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Rob

It doesn’t take much to make a religion seem insane. Some weird practices, an eyebrow-raising backstory, they all have them. But Scientology took it to measures beyond any partially-educated person’s expectations. Invented in a time when people should have known … Continue reading →

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DVD Pick of the Month: The Call of the Wild (2007)

Posted on April 5, 2016 by curtisrunstedler

Ron Lamothe’s film The Call of the Wild (2007) is an extraordinary documentary that primarily focusses on the ill-fated quest of Chris McCandless (also subject of Sean Penn’s film Into the Wild, my favourite film, and Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name), a … Continue reading →

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The Reviewinator: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Rob

The Walking Dead seemed like an impossible dream before it came true. I mean, a TV series featuring flesh-eating zombies every single episode? Come on. Never gonna happen. But clearly, somebody cared enough to get the ball rolling, and before long … Continue reading →

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Review: Daredevil (Season 2, Episodes 10-13)

Posted on March 24, 2016 by castordurden

The Man in the Box With Nobu’s return, the elixir to everlasting life is linked directly to vampire lore. I have to admit that I really like that slightly outlandish notion being wedged into this supposedly veracious environment. Now the … Continue reading →

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Review: Daredevil (Season 2, Episodes 5-9)

Posted on March 23, 2016 by castordurden

Kinbaku Studios require bankable parvenus to ensure profitability for their tentpole projects. This is the rationalization behind ‘Alias’ star Jennifer Garner’s non-ethnic version of Greek heiress Elektra Natchios in the lackluster Ben Affleck picture. Now, on the Netflix series, they … Continue reading →

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Review: Daredevil (Season 2, Episodes 1-4)

Posted on March 21, 2016 by castordurden

Last year’s debut of Netflix’s Daredevil deflated me considerably. I thought there were too many pulled punches in terms of choreography, it focused too heavily on the law firm and Daredevil was a dull central character. Between Daredevil and Jessica … Continue reading →

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