
Final outing will be just six episodes long
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-16-2013 - No Comments
Recent test screening of Platinum Dunes' remake raises concerns
Platinum Dunes' remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" had a test screening last week in El Segundo, Calif., and one attendee submitted their lukewarm reaction to Ain't it Cool News. First, it's only one opinion, yet it does present an early opportunity to address several concerns. But we must kee ...
Read MoreThe stresses of concussions and lost bodies
By Melissa Girimonte This review may contain spoilers. Dexters sleep deprivation has become even more of a problem when he falls asleep at the wheel and crashes his vehicle. He wakes up to find emergency workers extracting him from the wreckage, then remembers that he was on his way to dispose ...
Read MoreAll Hallows Eve is even scarier with real monsters lurking in the darkness
This article may contain spoilers. With ample foreshadowing in a series that has already killed off several key characters, it was not totally unexpected that another one bit the dust. And Halloween was Vickis night. Newly born into her new vampire life, Vicki (Kayla Ewell) was but a babe in the ...
Read MoreThe Apocalypse takes a back seat to card playing witches this week
By Dan Compora Filler. Really, there is little else to say about this episode in which nothing happened to advance the overall season story arc involving the Apocalypse. The episode lacked originality, action and suspense. Even the villains were more likable than evil. Sam (Jared Padelecki) an ...
Hoping when all hope is gone and praying for one last miracle
This article may contain spoilers. In the aftermath of the devastating attacks on the Sanctuaries around the globe, in Eulogy the team set about rebuilding, cleaning-up and redistributing the abnormals to more secure facilities, while grieving the deaths of Ashley (Emilie Ullerup) and Clara (Chri ...
Read MoreJigsaws sixth go-round breathes new life into the seemingly never-ending series
By Robert Yaniz Jr. Back in October 2004, a little horror movie called Saw was released in theaters. Costing a little more than $1 million, the film went on to rein in more than $55 million at the U.S. box office and took horror in a grisly new direction. Since then, Saw has become the signature ...
Read MoreFatherhood can be a deadly distraction
By Melissa Girimonte This review may contain spoilers. Dexter Morgans life has changed dramatically since becoming a husband and father.   At the end of last season, Dexter married pregnant girlfriend Rita. Theyre now settled into an idyllic suburban neighborhood with Ritas child ...
Read MoreZombie movies always seem to provide ample amounts of food for thought
By Dan Compora Zombies are all the rage right now. Zombieland being a hit at the box office is just the most recent example of how the cannibalistic undead have infiltrated our popular culture. On the literary front, Seth Grahame-Smith brought us the odd yet entertaining Pride and Prejudice a ...
When in a standoff with your enemy do you allow yourself the luxury of scorched-earth tactics?
This article may contain spoilers. After walking into a trap at the Cabal headquarters, and losing Ashley (Emilie Ullerup) in the process in Part 1, this weeks episode was a constant adrenaline rush of fear, uncertainty and nail-biting conflict. Perhaps wishing to toy with her prey, in a mock- ...
Read MoreBe careful what you wish for
This article may contain spoilers. Not wasting one second of this lush and bursting at the seams episode, the show opened just where it left off the week before, with Elenas (Nina Dobrev) harsh demand, What are you? ringing in our ears. Stefan (Paul Wesley) tried to delay the inevitable by obl ...
Read MoreIf the children are our future, then who is our past?
By Dan Compora It took the better part of five seasons, but Supernatural finally aired an episode with its worst title to date. While I admire Whitney Houston's glorious singing ability, I simply have grown to hate this phrase. Despite this dubious moniker, this was yet another fine episode in wh ...
The new big-bad is part of the 'Sanctuary' family
This review may contain spoilers. The Sanctuary is back for its second season, but its missing one pivotal member. Ashley (Emilie Ullerup) is still being held captive by the Kabal, and off running covert operations for them. Shes being turned into a killing machine, not unlike one of the dolls in ...
Read MoreFacing Demons and Scary Truths
This article may contain spoilers. Damon (Ian Somerhalder) weak, dying and locked in the basement was perhaps even scarier than having him roaming loose in the world. With just a whisper, he was able to summon Caroline (Candice Accola) and she released the vengeful and hungry beast out of his cag ...
Read MoreGandhi, Abe Lincoln, and Paris Hilton, oh my!
By Dan Compora After years of fighting various monsters, demons and even angels, the Winchester boys faced their most bizarre villains to date: James Deans car, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi and Paris Hilton. With an impending apocalypse and the specter of Lucifer hauntingly close, laughs may be tough ...
Film fails to live up to the hype of its guerrilla marketing campaign
By Robert Yaniz Jr. Ten years ago, The Blair Witch Project became a phenomenon, earning more than $140 million nationwide with its faux-documentary style and shaky handheld camerawork. Now, Paranormal Activity applies the same technique to the story of a young couple living in what may very well ...
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