Ranking the Many Genres of Outlander

From romance to time travel to war story, Outlander is the most ambitious genre mashup on television. This isnt a new development for the TV series based on Diana Gabaldons series of novels. Which genres does this time-traveling adventure do best? The musical Hey, remember that timeOutlanderbriefly and randomly changed into a musical comedy? In season 1s The Search, Claire and Murtagh join forces to find Jamie. Ad content continues below...

July 12, 2016 · 2 min · 279 words · Kurt Mahoney

Silicon Valley season 3 interview: Judge, Middleditch & Berg

Its clever, dumb, often painful and always funny. The reversals of fortune inSilicon Valleyare the most dramatic currently on TV. Like, forget aboutGame Of Thrones,The Walking Dead, any of them. Ad content continues below Mike Judge:Thats way too long, fifteen minutes! [laughs] Alec Berg:We dont generally plan it out that far ahead. We thought, oh yeah, this is going to be what the season is. MJ:That was a very happy day....

July 11, 2016 · 4 min · 659 words · Michael Rosales

Why Road House remains an action movie classic

Lets start with the core ofRoad Houses strength, Mr Patrick Swayze. No seriously I have a healthy love of my bones). The less said about the high waisted trousers though, the better. And yetRoad Houseis, arguably, a pioneering film in terms of sexual equality. And its that pause on the consequence that gives it power. Theres a death by stuffed polar bear that makes the run sideways! moment fromPrometheusseem natural and smart....

July 11, 2016 · 1 min · 84 words · Natalie Becker

Ghostbusters Review

Four of comedys top women take over for the original Ghosbusters team…but can they recapture the magic? The second idea is of course complete nonsense. Feig handles the visual effects fairly well. Ghostbustersis in theaters this Friday, July 15.

July 10, 2016 · 1 min · 39 words · John Howard

10 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Novels You Should Read (If You Haven’t Already)

Tired of rewatching Buffy for the umpteenth time? Read all the comics too? Here are a few books you might want to check out. I mean, they kept on publishing them and everything. Some of them were decent; others were very much the opposite of that. Im not going to name names or anything. Except, wait yes I am. Only the good ones though. Did I lose you already? So put on your reading spectacles and break out the tweed were about to get literate....

July 8, 2016 · 3 min · 573 words · Crystal Shah

Fantastic Planet: A Psychedelic Adult Animation Classic

They dont make them like French animated sci-fi classic, Fantastic Planet anymore. Todays animated films, while certainly enjoyable for adults, are expressly made with children in mind. the Wild Planet), and allow them to live in peace. But the Draags, feeling threatened, hatch a plan to exterminate the Oms before they can escape. The meetings provide them with the physical and spiritual energy to continue as a species.

July 8, 2016 · 1 min · 68 words · Anthony Cook

The top 25 films of Jeff Daniels

They say that when you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. It still holds true. Either way,Blood Workisnt either mans best work and thus, finds itself near this lists bottom end. She likes kinky sex too! Kooky, huh?) Playing Lewis, the blind buddy of Joseph Gordon-Levitts Chris, Daniels is eminently watchable. A touching movie that gives you twice the Jeff for your money. What more could you ask for?...

July 8, 2016 · 1 min · 149 words · Catherine Jennings

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Strange History in Comics

One of the world’s most popular superhero franchises once struggled to find itself in the comic book format. My friend was amused. So its all about her being the Pink Ranger? Yes, but its more than just that, I insisted. Havent you heard about the new comic series anyway? Theyre practically flying off the shelves like little ninja crane zords. Ad content continues below Wow, I thought. Then I paused for a moment and reflected on how we got here....

July 7, 2016 · 7 min · 1377 words · Rebecca Patterson

Revisiting Universal’s Frankenstein movies

Before all that, well go back to the beginning. Mad scientist:Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive). Considerably more sympathetic than Peter Cushings Victor, Clives Henry is a brilliant man undone by hubris. Over eighty years on, Boris Karloff remains the gold standard for his ability to humanise the inhuman. No matter how horrific he appears, or how deplorable his actions are, Karloffs Monster remains extremely pitiable. He is arguably more of a villain than either Henry or the monster....

July 7, 2016 · 6 min · 1117 words · Jennifer Mendoza

Suicide Squad: 12 big questions going into the movie

This article contains spoilers for Man Of Steel and Batman V Superman. Suicide Squadis set to reach British cinemas on Friday 5th August 2016. Here are the things we do know: David Ayer ofFurywrote and directedSuicide Squad. It will be rated PG-13 in the USA, and 15 in the UK. It features a band of villains being recruited by the US government to undertake dangerous black ops missions. Batman and The Joker are both in it, as the trailers have shown us....

July 7, 2016 · 4 min · 691 words · Patrick Myers

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ciro Nieli & Brandon Auman

We chat to the producer, director and story editor of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon cartoon series… In 2016, there are three main runningTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlescontinuities. Ive writtena lot of articlesabout the show because I think its excellent. Id argue that its the best new take on the Turtles since the 1990 live-action film. Heres how our chat went. Ad content continues below I wanted to start with how you write the show....

July 7, 2016 · 7 min · 1452 words · Samantha Smith

A Beginner’s Guide to Chinese Black Magic Movies

Cue the flamboyant special effects and abundant nudity. It made no sense at all but looked really cool. Having since watched a DVD version with English subs Id say my conclusion is much the same. Only the blood of an eagle can save them. The obligatory Battle Buddhist who turns religion into laser power pops up for a few minutes too. Black Magic With Buddha (1983) When you wish upon a braaaain… Theres something joyous about seeing some goofball scrambling around after a sticky red brain on a string screaming You!...

July 6, 2016 · 2 min · 387 words · Jamie Barrett

David Yates and David Barron interview: The Legend Of Tarzan

The director and producer of The Legend Of Tarzan talk to us about making the movie… The Legend Of Tarzanswings into UK cinemas this week. Heres how it all panned out… Lets start with something obvious: whyTarzan? And I read all these Hollywood scripts that they kept sending me, and none of them did that. Thats something that Im very curious about. Everything now is an origin story, even things that arent really origin stories....

July 6, 2016 · 5 min · 908 words · Martha Griffin