Terminal Velocity: An Overlooked Action Movie

Long before Fast & Furious, Terminal Velocity - starring Charlie Sheen - was chucking cars out of planes… Imagine a large cargo plane flying through the sky over a majestic desert landscape. Imagine a vintage red Cadillac glistening in the sun. Imagine said Cadillac plummeting out of the back of said plane with Charlie Sheen behind the wheel. The plot is rote, the supporting players are archetypes and the score is over-bearing in its self-seriousness....

June 16, 2015 · 2 min · 411 words · Janet Anderson

Clangers: an argument for reviving children’s classics

Or theyll insist on introducing a new teenaged son Clanger who has a flying skateboard or something? And who speaks like a marketing hacks idea of what a teenaged boy speaks like? Or the Iron Chicken will lay exploding eggs? After annoyance, came pessimism and anxiety. They were going to screw it up. The magic ofClangerswould be lost, another childhood treasure trampled over in pure pursuit of low-hanging franchise fruit....

June 15, 2015 · 2 min · 260 words · Tammie Garrison

Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale Review: Mother’s Mercy

Quite often,Game of Throneshas been critiqued for choosing to end its seasons on muted notes. But it certainly left the sullied and unsullied alike feeling like they got kicked in the stomach. Martins published A Song of Ice and Fire books to date. At this point, there are (probably) no major surprises left to be spoiled. But like Ned Stark, his ignorance of the details or personalities around him was his doom....

June 15, 2015 · 4 min · 711 words · Paul Bryant

Nintendo E3 2015 Press Conference: What to Expect

Den of Geek takes a look at what you should expect from Nintendo’s E3 2015 press conference! But its hard to believe the company would just go radio silent on a title this anticipated. The developers were quoted as saying that the game is being retooled to include even bigger and better ideas. Id put my money on a surprise trailer at the end of the Nintendo Direct. Heck, even a 30 second clip will be enough to get ardentZeldafans frothing....

June 15, 2015 · 2 min · 216 words · Jamie Palmer

Penny Dreadful: Little Scorpion Review

Vanessa takes the wolfman for a walk. Here is our review of Penny Dreadful season 2, episode 7. Things become other things. The leopard consumes the monkey and becomes leopard and monkey. I am not becoming one of your menagerie. Or, in even other words, down boy. Sambene is a deep thinker. There is a whole spectrum of magic between black and white. He knows because hes apparently seen a lot of red....

June 15, 2015 · 2 min · 396 words · Allison Bennett

Veep Season 4: Calculating Jokes Per Minute

Sometimes to celebrate comedy, you have to kill it. Nothing defeats the purpose of humor like examining why something is funny. Funny is just funny and it wouldnt be funny if you had to explain it. Having said that: some comedies deserve to be examined. Veepis one of those comedies. Its astonishing how quickly and effortlessly the jokes come inVeep. The White House is the perfect atmosphere for Iannuccis styling and his casts talents....

June 15, 2015 · 3 min · 619 words · Gabriel Thomas

Eli Roth, Knock Knock, and his impact on horror

Eli Roth returns to the big screen with the Keanu Reeves-headlined Knock Knock. Someone with visions and ideas and imagination, Roth is certainly not short of some fascinating ideas. Its hard to forget how good a filmCabin Feveractually is. But it gives a lot of context as to where horror cinema was at the turn of the century. The defining American horror movie of the 1990s is basicallyScream. And whileScreamhas some violence in it, its not what youd call a super-violent movie....

June 12, 2015 · 2 min · 401 words · Debra Johnson

Jurassic World’s Most Horrific Scene, and Family Horror

The following contains spoilers forJurassic World. In the former, we experience the terror of a mother whose young son is kidnapped by aliens. The velociraptors stalking the terrified Hammond kids through a shiny kitchen. And heres Muldoon in his safari suit, eyes wide with fear. The movies spliced-together Indominus Rex is a creature dreamed up by a corporation chasing profits. You wanted a bigger, scarier dinosaur? Then here it is....

June 12, 2015 · 2 min · 347 words · Nicole Berry

The Top 20 Big E3 2015 Rumors

We list the 20 biggest E3 2015 rumors to watch out for. How many will prove to be true? We still expect there to be some true surprises that no one saw coming. It wouldnt be E3 otherwise. He also rocked aBattletoadst-shirt during a recent Windows 10 press conference. But weve heard over the last few months that those days might be over. Its unclear who exactly is developing the game or if Microsoft is developing in addition to publishing....

June 12, 2015 · 2 min · 282 words · Taylor Cline

25 deleted scenes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies

This article has spoilers for every film in the Marvel cinematic universe. But that wont stop us recapping for continuitys sake. Heck, its what Kevin Feige would want. It began in 2008, then, with the landmark casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The movie, directed by Jon Favreau, was strong, and a huge hit. Weve also seen multiple solo films for Iron Man, Thor and Captain America. He ends up dead....

June 11, 2015 · 5 min · 919 words · Tracy Morris

Ranking The American Ninja Movies

There were five official American Ninja films. And here’s how we think they sit, from worst to best. I wanted to BE Michael Dudikoff and Im sure Im not the only one whod admit to this. Sorry, Israel!] Although he sometimes gets blamed by fans for wrecking the franchise, Bradley is not actually bad at all. Hes got insane muscles, can act well enough for the material and fight as ably as Dudikoff....

June 11, 2015 · 3 min · 478 words · James Lang

Whatever Happened to the Original Power Rangers?

Where did the Power Rangers go go to? Let’s find out… The series continues to run with the latest version Power Rangers Dino Charge marking the 22nd instalment. Before he left he transferred his powers to Rocky DeSantos, who became the second Red Ranger. He also reprised his role as the original Red Ranger in the franchise-crossover tenth anniversary episode,Forever Red. Like many of his co-stars, when Yost left the franchise it was under something of a cloud....

June 11, 2015 · 1 min · 135 words · Courtney Foster

Christopher McQuarrie interview: The Way Of The Gun

Christopher McQuarrie is about to unleash Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Ahead of that, he’s joined us to revisit The Way Of The Gun… This piece contains spoilers for The Way Of The Gun. The Way Of The Gun. What was it that inspired you to write the story? Primarily, my inspiration was my frustration with the Hollywood system at the time. I didnt know how to play the game and, frankly, I didnt want to....

June 10, 2015 · 8 min · 1519 words · Charles Jones