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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Stephen King’s properties are again making the rounds as tentpole film events — just a few months ago we had The Dark Tower, and now we have another of his literary classics, It, taking the jump to the big screen. Originally published back in ’86 and widely celebrated at the time, this new […]

Fox’s new science fiction series The Orville has finally left drydock and it more than deserves a chance to stretch it’s legs. Fox has a fabulous track record of ruining series from the broadcast booth, and hopefully they won’t pull a Firefly. Starring Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) as the newly appointed captain of the […]

If you are a fan of special features and documentaries on your blu rays, may we suggest Alien: Covenant for your next purchase?  Sure, while the film didn’t do so hot in theaters, the blu ray sort of picks up that slack. “What we’ve tried to do here, is really really scare the shit out of […]

It’s rare enough to actually come across a good horror film these days. Get Out and It Follows being some of the recent exceptions to the generally lackluster slashers and found-footage fests that have become the norm. Even more rare is a horror sequel that’s still effective, and Annabelle: Creation, being the fourth installment in […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] To start off with, yes, I read books — I just haven’t happened to have read any of the nine Stephen King novels which make up his self-described “magnum opus”, The Dark Tower. So in this case, it’s one of those occasions without any particular background perspective beyond what I’ve seen in the […]

Fans of Stephen King have always been highly polarized on film adaptations of his novels, and The Dark Tower looks to follow in that proud tradition.  Referred to by King as his “opus”, the 8 book series was originally published in 1982, and has even been done in comic form. The film got a rough start, […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] In Atomic Blonde, we first meet Lorraine Broughton, the MI-6 agent played by Charlize Theron, as she rolls over in an ice filled bathtub covered from head to toe in wicked bruising. No fuss, no muss — she is as battle-damaged as they come, but she’s chilling down under ice and then climbs […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] The first thing that has to be said about Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets, is that for any fan of the science fiction genre – this film goes into the list of titles that are simply required viewing. Ironically at the same time it can’t be said that this is […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] World War II movies are pretty standard fare, as there’s been more than 70 years to crank them out and to fine tune their various approaches. However when one comes along that stands out, it doesn’t kind of stand out, it’s simply not in the same league as the other ones that have […]

When someone with Christopher Nolan‘s filmography has a passion project, you REALLY start to hope it gets made.  When the resulting film is a war epic like Dunkirk, you thank your lucky cinema stars and appriciate the struggle to get to the finish line. In May 1940 during WWII, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on […]