If there’s one word that can be used to describe this season’s new TV series, it’s risky. Just as a start, we have a remake of a ’70s series reimagined as the story of a woman unsure of her place in the world [Bionic Woman], a musical mystery series [Viva Laughlin] and a series about […]
Resident Evil: Extinction: The Best of the Lot – Not That That’s Saying Much!
In the annals of movies adapted from video games, there are far worse examples to be found. Anyone remember Super Mario Brothers? Street fighter? DOOM? How about Bloodrayne? At least the Resident Evil movies attempt to integrate some plot and acting into the mix – and, let’s face it, none of the other movies have […]
Eastern Promises: Cronenberg Strikes Again!
David Cronenberg has a habit of approaching things from oblique angles. Whether it’s in a horror movie, like Videodrome, or an adaptaion of a graphic novel, like A History of Violence, he never quite delivers what we expect. In his latest film, Eastern Promises, he takes Steven Knight’s story of a nurse, a baby and […]
Sydney White Disappoints. Michelle Alexandria’s Review
While watching this film I couldn’t help but be pissed at the misleading advertising – what little that I’ve seen. Based on the trailer I thought this film would be sort of a modern day retailing of the Snow White story. I’m an absolute sucker for the teeny bopper fish out of water story. I […]
Resident Evil: Extinction Is Not Bad. Michelle Alexandria’s Review!
I’m a gamer and have covered the game industry for as long as I covered the film industry and just like the film industry I have a tendency to go my own way and be contrarian. When the Resident Evil series first launched and everyone raved about the game, I was the lone voice that […]
Hey, Whaaaa???? This isn’t EclipseMagazine!
Well, we finally got everything migrated off of Drupal, we broke a few eggs to do it. Namely, I accidentally deleted our Television Category, but TV coverage is such a time sensitive thing, that I’m not going to lose any sleep over the fact that we don’t have a review of the premiere of Battlestar […]
The Brave One: Foster, Howard Sizzle While Film Flounders!
It seems like it was just last week we were discussing revenge flicks… largely because it was! In a week’s time, we’ve moved from Death Sentence – which, in its lowbrow, exploitation, B-movie way said more about actions and consequences than anyone could have expected – to The Brave One, in which Neil Jordan takes […]
Site Changes – By Michelle Alexandria
Please ignore the mess, I’m finally switching EM over to a new system this weekend and am playing with a couple of different new looks. Michelle
Highlander: The Source – Sterile Highlander Movie Should End Series!
For some reason, the Highlander franchise has survived all manner of obstacles. The last two movies were – to say the least – atrocious. The anime´ was very average. One of the key figures in successfully transferring the movie concept to television, William S. Panzer, died. You’d think that would be enough. But, no! The […]
Dragon Dynasty Kicks: D.O.A.: Dead Or Alive; The City of Violence: Two-Disc Ultimate Edition; Hard Boiled: Two-Disc Ultimate Edition
Dragon Dynasty is onto something good: Asian action movies with and without martial arts – and even non-Asian martial arts movies. D.O.A.: Dead Or alive is an unlikely hybrid of Charlie’s Angels and Enter The Dragon; The City of Violence is the latest action movie from Korea’s Ryoo Seung-wan, whose work is being compared to […]
3:10 to Yuma: A Re-Make That Equals and in Some Respects Betters The Original!
The fall movie season is upon us, with its promise of Oscar®-worthy releases and more thought provoking fare in general. In 3:10 to Yuma, the season has its first big contender for a mess of acting awards. At least four of the cast members will likely get more than a passing interest from the Academy […]