Featured Post: Why You Should Watch Rounders Again
The 1998 film Rounders explores the world of underground poker. Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is a former Rounder who gave up the game after losing his entire bankroll in a game he wasn’t ready for. He was later convinced by [...]
C2E2 2013; Or How Exhaustion and Over-Excitement Nearly Brought About My Demise
Friday The 5:15 AM wake up call to make it to the gang’s 6:00 AM departure spot should have been the first indication that C2E2 2013 would be met with a constant tiredness. As we made our way to Chicago, [...]
What Warner Brothers Should do with the DC Cinematic Universe
News has recently broken that Warner Brothers has thrown out their latest script, for Justice League, which was written by Will Beall. Yes, the same Will Beall, who recently wrote the rather disappointing Gangster Squad. Warner Brothers has also come [...]
Kevin’s 10 Worst Films of 2012
A little more than a week ago I announced my selections for the ‘Best of 2012‘. But for as many great films that came out last year, there were still many large stinkers lurking around every corner As was the [...]
Kevin’s Top 10 of 2012
As with every year, the 2012 Academy Award nominations brought a flurry of disappointment and eye-rollingly predictable choices for what are considered film’s “top” honors. So instead of dwelling on the negative like in past years, I figure this is [...]
A Retrospective: What John Carpenter’s The Thing Means to Me
As everybody with a television or internet is probably aware, The Thing is now in theatres vying for your Halloween scare dollars. While there is a lot of clamoring going on around the internet about what this film is, it [...]
Assembling The Avengers: A Day of Gawking
As everyone knows, the filming of Marvel Studio‘s mega-film The Avengersis well under way, with the cast and crew taking the action from New Mexico to Cleveland, Ohio. Not as many of you out there probably know, unless you know [...]
Kevin’s Guide to Movie Theatre Etiquette
This other weekend my friends and I went to the midnight showing of Captain America: The First Avenger, and while we all agreed that it was a good movie, we admitted that there was something that hindered our enjoyment. It [...]
“The Hangover: Part II” Review
The Wolfpack is indeed back with the release of the the sequel The Hangover: Part II . Only instead of getting into loads of trouble in a drunken/roofie rampage in Los Vegas, the boys take to their talents to Thailand. [...]
How to Break Into Comics: Marvel Style
So, back in April, my colleagues and I went to a comic convention C2E2 in Chicago. (Editor’s note: Nick and I went off to this convention last year) For those of you who are unaware of what that is, I will [...]
