Peppa Pig, Shaun The Sheep, and making cinema special

Shaun The Sheep: a full length movie feature. Peppa Pig: 15 minutes of new material, and some old episodes. Lets start with some history. The first episode ofPeppa Pigscreened back in 2004. Yet ask any parent of a child under 10, and theyll likely know lots about the show. Not least how wonderfully useless Daddy Pig seems to be. In truth, I really likePeppa Pig. Plus, it makes me laugh....

February 4, 2015 · 2 min · 345 words · Christopher Horn

The Abyss: The Ultimate James Cameron Movie?

The Abyss may not be the only James Cameron water-based movie movie. Yet his expensive thriller has plenty going for it… Warning this article is spoiler heavy… He worked on the special effects and directed it for a couple of weeks before being replaced. Before that, he had busied himself handling model-making and special effects on Roger Corman features. The Terminator(1984), which he scripted and directed, is the first true James Cameron movie....

February 4, 2015 · 5 min · 1025 words · Christian Young

Questions raised by Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

Will her performance stop therecurring nightmares about Halle Berrys attempt? How will this film even work without the Joker? Which version of Selina Kyle do we meet inThe Dark Knight Rises? Hmm, were out. The answer to who is this Catwoman? Plus his costume isnt moulded rubber, but army-issue Kevlar spray-painted black to merge into the shadows. To go with the realism, every villain is made-under to fit in. The real question here is probably why does she look so much like the 1960s TV show Catwoman?...

February 3, 2015 · 2 min · 262 words · Angel Wright

Why Tim’s Vermeer is the Ultimate Geek Documentary

Tim’s Vermeer sees an inventor give a shot to recreate a famous 17th century painting. So why is it a great geek documentary? In a San Antonio warehouse, Tim Jenison slaves over his canvas. Its about invention and the nature of genius. Its about testing preconceived ideas and celebrating human ingenuity. But the documentarys really about Jenison, an inventor fascinated by a tantalising mystery. Urgently told,Tims Vermeeris illuminated by Jenisons intelligence and sheer range of skills....

February 3, 2015 · 2 min · 237 words · James Williams

Bill Murray’s Continued Rejection of Ghostbusters 3

It’s almost like Groundhog Day. Bill Murray has been asked about Ghostbusters 3 for about 20 years. What Murray Did Instead:Kingpin,Larger Than Life,Space Jam Was It The Right Move? Say what you will aboutSpace Jam, but Murray almost steals the show from actual cartoons. The film is still constantly referenced and helped introduce Bill Murray to a whole new generation of fans. It states that Aykroyd then intended to write the cameo out of the script....

February 2, 2015 · 4 min · 704 words · Michael Stevens

Star Wars Rebels: Why You Should Be Watching It

Theyre not messing around here, people. Pay attention, there may well be a test later on. Lets just say that self-reflection is not, it would seem, his thing. Still, if I had that spinning lightsaber and badass costume, Id back myself too. Talk about a crowd pleaser. Rebelsoffers us the tantalizing prospect of seeing exactly what it takes to become a Jedi from the ground up. Combine a powerful apprentice with a less-than-confident master, and you have a recipe for trouble....

February 2, 2015 · 1 min · 102 words · Brandon Cooper

The 6 Best Classic Football Video Games

Variety isnt merely the spice of life, its the rare thing that gives us control. Suddenly, we have options and choices. Thats not to imply that theMaddenfranchise hasnt made any advances in the post Hit Stick era. Maddenis a consistently lush and well-crafted experience, but is it the best that it could be? Did I mention Bo Jackson? The guy with the controller is surgical with that shit. Look how he toys with the defense....

January 31, 2015 · 3 min · 430 words · Vanessa Bass

Netflix’s New Original Series and Movies for 2015

Jessica Jones Marvels second Netflix-based series comes in the form of lesser-known character Jessica Jones. Only time will tell. The rest of the cast featuresThe West Wings Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston fromThe Newsroomfame. Release date: May 8 2015 And The Rest Thats not all.

January 30, 2015 · 1 min · 45 words · Barbara Miller

Scandal: Run Review

Shonda Rhimes turns Scandal into a psychological thriller in its winter premiere. Here is our review for last night’s episode. Ive never seen aScandalepisode so incredibly done! The start of the episode was where we left off in the winter finale. We now are briefly shown that someone came in, grabbed Olivia and pulled her from the room. We get to see Jake sprinting from the apartment downstairs only to run after the getaway car....

January 30, 2015 · 2 min · 294 words · Elizabeth Martin

How Saw was ahead of the Marvel cinematic universe

They are cheap, nasty, grimy, and completely unpleasant films. But I love them dearly. And Im far from the only one. It would not be an entirely unfair assessment, but it would also be quite reductive. The current state of blockbuster filmmaking is an extremely interesting one. Marvel has proved that there is a large audience for films that rely heavily on internal continuity and interconnections. As a voracious television watcher, I love films like this....

January 29, 2015 · 2 min · 379 words · Belinda Wright

Project Almanac Review

Project Almanac combines found footage with time travel. So why does the end result feel like a Bonnaroo commercial? If you discovered your dads time travel machine while in high school what would you use it for? And when operating on that win the girl mentality, this harmless fantasy has its charms. And rest assured,Project Almanacis definitely the golden god dropout of time travel narratives. And during the films early sequences of their initial experiments, it borders on infectious....

January 29, 2015 · 1 min · 98 words · Anthony Craig

The Americans: Season 3 Premiere Review

The Americans kicks off season three with a murder, some brownies and peak levels of Frank Langella. This review contains Americans spoilers… The best is over. Tony Soprano in the late 90s was giving voice to something most of us were feeling. We were coming in at the end of something… but just what exactly? But he wasnt a magician; he was a statistician. Hes a statistician that knows were never far away from another end…ofsomething....

January 29, 2015 · 3 min · 530 words · Jacob Norton

The Strange History of The Blob movies

After a few days of pitching ideas back and forth, Yeaworth apparently rang Harris with an idea. This mineral, Yeaworth suggested, if you get involved with it, can absorb your flesh. It simply wants to consume whether its drunken old men or cinema-going teenagers until theres nothing left. The red oozes desire for consumption has led to a fair amount of speculation about the films possible subtexts. Some have an anti-consumerist theme into it, while others see the Blob as a literal Red Menace....

January 29, 2015 · 2 min · 354 words · Regina Mckay MD