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Review: Game of Thrones (Season 5, Episode 1)
This season of Game of Thrones opens in typical Vince Gilligan fashion with a foreshadowing flashback to Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) frolicking through a dank forest before stumbling upon a cabin. Inside the cabin is a sorceress who utters a … Continue reading
Review: Daredevil (Season 1)
While it’s supposedly set in the same Marvel universe as Iron Man and Thor, the latest incarnation of ‘Daredevil’ is more brooding and grisly than the cinematic counterparts. Markedly, the show fleetingly references “billionaire playboys” and vigilantes with “magic hammers” … Continue reading
Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Song of the Sea
2014’s Song of the Sea is a beautiful Irish animated film that appreciates both classical hand-drawn animation and Irish folklore while recognising issues such as lack of spirituality and urbanisation. The makers of Song of the Sea saw previous success with the fantastic … Continue reading
2015 1st Quarter Movie Report Card
I know it’s cliche to say that the blossoming year is the worst year for movies so far in the history of the medium. I can’t say that outright but it has been a very discouraging first few months for … Continue reading
Review: House of Cards (Season 3 Retrospective)
(SPOILERS AHEAD!) To say that the season finale was hurried and rushed would be a massive understatement. Amidst this labored season, we’ve seen incumbent Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) grapple with the vacillating responsibilities and priorities of Commander and Chief with … Continue reading
Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Joy Division (2007)
Coming out the same year as the excellent fictionalised account Control but enjoying its BBC premiere just now, the 2007 documentary Joy Division is the essential documentary that examines the beginnings, rise, and fall of Ian Curtis and Joy Division. … Continue reading
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Review: House of Cards (Season 3, Episode 1)
If Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) is nothing else, he is endlessly allegiant and loyal to someone like Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) who is as despicable and disloyal as politicians get. SPOILER ALERT! We’ve seen Frank commit murder, manipulate underlings with … Continue reading
Worth the Upgrade? Reservoir Dogs (1992)
VS. Those who fancies themselves to be cinephiles expect quality and quantity on their shelf of cinematic encyclopedia. Devout collectors of laser disc, beta max, HD DVD and blu-rays, in particular, hope to find easter eggs and other bells … Continue reading
Review: Better Call Saul (Season 1, Episode 1)
Editor’s note: Please welcome Castor Durden, the latest member of the TBR contributor crew! It would be inconceivable that this spin-off series from the universally acclaimed, justifiably brilliant Breaking Bad would be the equal or superior to its parent series … Continue reading
Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal has been on a roll lately, delivering some of his best performances in films such as End of Watch and Prisoners in recent times. Add 2014’s Nightcrawler to the list, in which he plays the creepy, sociopathic yet strangely charming Lou Bloom. He is … Continue reading
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