3.5 Hannibal 2.07 “Yakimono” Amanda Lafond April 17, 2014 Reviews, TV The result is a season that feels more cohesive and somehow even better than last year’s run.
4.5 Game of Thrones 4.02 “The Lion and the Rose” Paul Brian McCoy April 17, 2014 Reviews, TV Spoiler Alert! Westeros has a dwarf theater troupe! And they do weddings!
A Spectacular Death is Not Enough: The Problem with Hannibal’s Women Laura Akers April 17, 2014 Shot for Shot, TV Because no matter how visually and narratively striking it has been and could be, it is not enough to give female characters like Beverly Katz and Alana Bloom spectacular deaths.
EZMM Day 3: Dawn of the Dead (1978) Paul Brian McCoy April 16, 2014 Shot for Shot By emphasizing the comedy here, he manages to make palatable the idea that humanity is doomed, our institutions are hollow, and our social structures are meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
Trailer: Jim Mickle adapts Joe Lansdale’s COLD IN JULY psychodr April 16, 2014 Movies, Trailers We here at the Drive-In are huge fans of American Icon Joe Lansdale and will read anything he writes and see anything adapted from his work.
4.5 The Raid 2: Berandal Timothy Ashley April 16, 2014 Movies, Reviews Yes, I am saying right now that I do not believe any movie coming out this year will top the fight scenes from this film.
EZMM Day 2: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974) Paul Brian McCoy April 15, 2014 Shot for Shot Let Sleeping Corpses Lie suggests that perhaps a cleansing is needed.
4.5 Agents of SHIELD 1.17 “Turn, Turn, Turn” Paul Brian McCoy April 15, 2014 Reviews, TV It took a while, but Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to have finally arrived.
EZMM Day 1.2: Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972) Paul Brian McCoy April 14, 2014 Shot for Shot Anya seems to almost float away into the crowd of walking corpses while even the dead seem shocked by Alan's betrayal.
EZMM Day 1.1: Night of the Living Dead (1968) Paul Brian McCoy April 14, 2014 Shot for Shot Every single film or television show you watch with flesh-eating zombies in it is either inspired by, or responding to, Night of the Living Dead. Every single one.
Drive-In Saturday: The Big Bird Cage (1972) Paul Brian McCoy April 12, 2014 Drive-In Saturday, Movies, Reviews When Quentin Tarantino claims Jack Hill as one of his inspirations, it's not difficult to see why.
Lost in Translation 93: The Mechanic Scott Delahunt April 11, 2014 Lost in Translation, Reviews Statham’s Mechanic, however, is very much an action movie, and moves the focus from being a character study of Bishop to the mentor-student relationship between Bishop and Steve.
4.0 Hannibal 2.06 “Futamono” Amanda Lafond April 10, 2014 Reviews, TV Speaking of change, it would seem spring has sprung with all the flowers and blooming imagery.
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 5.17 “Rescue Me” Shawn Hill April 10, 2014 Reviews, TV Why do witches always have amazing power, but terrible planning skills?
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971) Jessica Sowards April 9, 2014 Muppets 101, Reviews In fact, the 1971 Muppets’ adaptation of The Frog Prince is the first appearance of Sweetums.
4.0 Game of Thrones 4.01 “Two Swords” Paul Brian McCoy April 8, 2014 Reviews, TV Give me an hour each week of a big, badass murdering bastard teaching a young girl to survive by any bloodthirsty means necessary and I'm a happy man.
4.0 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge 1.02 “Return of the Skeksis” Allison Mattern April 8, 2014 Reviews, TV Their creature is pretty much a hot mess.
No Robin Hood Is Going To Save This ‘Lady in a Cage’ Don McGregor April 7, 2014 Riding Shotgun Don't expect any deep psychobabble about what makes Caan tick; the only thing you need to know is his boundaries for violence are nonexistent.
3.5 Agents of SHIELD 1.16 “End of the Beginning” Paul Brian McCoy April 7, 2014 Reviews, TV As the final moments made abundantly clear, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a show that needs to up its game.
Drive-In Saturday: Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) Paul Brian McCoy April 5, 2014 Drive-In Saturday, Movies, Reviews It has warrior-poet William Smith, hot mutant bee ladies, and balling, balling, balling, man!
