Fringe S4 Preview 1/3 - 3.21 The Last Sam Weiss Review

For any who have followed my reviews of Fringe over the past year, you will know that this has been a long time coming. A hectic schedule led to a delayed write-up and had me preparing this review of Fringe's final two episodes almost a month after they had aired. Instead of releasing the reviews at a time where Fringe fans would be happily lounging by the side of a pool or crying in a darkened room, (depending on how they choose to deal with a hiatus) I figured best to wait until just before the season four premiere before unleashing them. That way I could turn it into a bit of a preview of the up and coming season as well as looking back at where we last were. The first part of my three part review/preview of Fringe S3/S4 is focused on "The Last Sam Weiss," tomorrow will focus on "The Day We Died" and then on Wednesday I will preview S4. Time to start getting excited.

In/Sight - Movie Review

Dark, grisly, tense and focused, In/Sight is a film that manages to take a tale that has been told time and time again and cleverly twist it into a new direction. It is determined to find the personal story within the thriller and use it to pull together a story which manages to grab your attention and keep a hold on you until the mystery it is hiding comes to light.

Fright Night - Movie Review

Scary, hilarious, outrageous and well aware that its audience shouldn't know whether to jump in fear or laugh out loud, Fright Night feels like a horror film from the olden days that you watch purely to have fun. Well worth viewing in a full theatre to get the atmosphere that works best, Fright Night is also undeniably not everyone's cup of tea. It is jam packed with blood, cussing and violence but beneath its wicked cover lies a film that is almost child-like at heart. It may be a Vampire film, but this is no twilight. This is Blade with a sense of humour, Dracula for the modern times.

Cowboys & Aliens - Movie Review

If there is one thing you don't need to know about this film before you go into the cinema screen it is that it is about cowboys and it is also about aliens. With a title so literal and bizarrely unusual, it emerged early on in the advertising campaign that the cinema goers weren't totally sure what they would be paying for by watching a film called Cowboys & Aliens. It sounds much more humorous than serious yet was boasting an action packed trailer that sees Daniel Craig's mystery man finding himself in the mist of an assault on a cowboy settlement in 19th Century America. Perhaps it is such uncertainty that accounts for the films shake box office figures in the USA, but that is doing the film a disservice. Cowboys & Aliens deserves more attention than it has received.

Crazy, Stupid, Love - Movie Review

As you may have deduced from the title, Crazy, Stupid, Love is a film that focuses on every aspect there is revolving around the L word. Whether it is love for family, friends, peers, colleagues or acquaintances this film wraps them all together into a story that stretches and weaves in ways that are both expected and not. What does surprise is how grounded in reality and how seriously it tackles the subject matter at times. This isn't a dumbed down romantic comedy, the type you see on weekly basis littering DVD stores and cinema screens. This is the romantic comedy that you get once or twice a year; the one which really deserves the bigger audience and the critical praise.

The Help - Movie Review

The Help is an inspirational film. Set in the early 1960s the story follows two African-American maids who raise white children for families as well as tending to every other household chore. These maids are named "The Help" and deal with many issues revolving around the racial lines caused by their skin colour. The Help focuses very much on the female perspective, told from the viewpoints of the white housewives and the maids in an interweaving story set in Jackson, Mississippi.

Super 8 - Movie Review

If ever any film maker was to write a story of their love for what influence Steven Spielberg has had on the film industry it would look something like this. Super 8 is undoubtedly a tribute from one director to another; from the up-comer to master. J.J.Abrams grew up with movies such as E.T and The Goonies and it is fitting that he seals his place alongside colleagues such as Spielberg with this film.

SpoilerTV Article - The Future of Television

Hey Guys,

Consider this my sequel to my 'Where Has TV Gone Wrong' article from February this year.

We are approaching the time of year that we all get excited for. That moment is around mid-September when the television industry launches the next wave of ‘home’ entertainment- the hope to create a brand which becomes commercially successful. However times, they are a-changin'. It is still only in the very early seeds of development but I feel it is beginning to become more visible with each passing year. This is that television is no longer just about watching.

It is an experience.

Captain America: The First Avenger - Movie Review

The Caps' first big budget outing is a real hard one to take. It has a lot going for it; the chief amongst them being the beautiful cinematography and visual effects which perfectly capture a 1940's America and Europe that feels real yet slides beautifully in the Marvel Universe which also feels slightly separate from our own world. It also has a cast that most superhero films could only dream of, with on-the-rise action star Chris Evans supporting by a cast including Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving & Stanley Tucci to name but a few. The fact therefore that Captain America really doesn't hit the mark is even more disappointing; never has a comic-book hero felt so desperately close to being great yet then falling so drastically short of the mark. Its bitter sweet for certain, but it doesn't mean its all bad, and the future for the franchise is still as bright as it always was...

Horrible Bosses - Movie Review

Kevin Spacey is undoubtedly a horrible boss. His Dave Harkin is described on promotional material as "crazy & psycho" and there's no denying that he's both those qualities in their most extreme form. If I was ever to find myself in the business of 'management-disposal' then this is the sort of boss I'd expect to find myself dealing with on a weekly basis.