Author Nick Hanover , Paul Brian McCoy

August 10, 2012 0 34

Never get between a man and his cats. Or his meth.

Alphas 2.03 “Alpha Dogs”

August 9, 2012 0 20

To be honest, it kind of freaks me out, too.

Alphas 2.02 “The Quick and the Dead”

August 2, 2012 0 6

It looks like things are about to start getting very interesting with our heroes working secretly to stop Parish right under the nose of the NSA.

Breaking Bad 5.03 “Hazard Pay”

August 1, 2012 0 33

If God watched Breaking Bad, God would have a crush on Mike.

Breaking Bad 5.02 “Madrigal”

July 26, 2012 0 16

If you want to set up your super villain as the lesser of two evils, it can't hurt to throw a bunch of rich Germans at him.

Alphas 2.01 “Wake Up Call”

July 25, 2012 0 7

Putting the show in the 10 PM slot will hopefully allow more mature and risky storytelling over the course of the season.

Get the Gringo (2012) Blu-ray Review

Kelvin Green, Paul Brian McCoy

DVD/Blu-ray

July 24, 2012 0 7

What do you do with a Post-Sugar-Tits Mel Gibson?

The Hollow Crown – Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2

July 22, 2012 0 33

Loathe as I am to criticise Shakespeare, I'm not sure this play is really all that well-balanced, although I'm not familiar with the text, so I'm not sure how much of it was adaptation.

Breaking Bad 5.01 “Live Free or Die”

July 22, 2012 0 40

Magnets, bitch!

Building the Bat: The Dark Knight (2008)

Shot for Shot

July 21, 2012 0 6

Unlike earlier incarnations, this Batman isn't intended to keep going and going.

Building the Bat: Batman Begins (2005)

Kelvin Green, Paul Brian McCoy

Shot for Shot

July 20, 2012 0 56

There's a lot of fire and huge explosions, as well as quite a few nightmarish hallucinations as the citizens of Gotham are exposed to the Scarecrow's Fear Gas. And along the way, Batman even rescues a young Joffrey Baratheon.

The Hollow Crown – Shakespeare’s Richard II

July 7, 2012 0 29

I have to admit, as a comics geek, when I first discovered that some of Shakespeare's plays had actual continuity, I got a bit excited!

Prometheus (2012)

June 12, 2012 0 26

Alien is in the DNA of this film, for sure, but this is Ridley Scott coming at science fiction from a completely different direction.

Safe House (2012) Blu-ray Review

June 3, 2012 0 20

This film is review-proof.

John Carter (2012) Blu-ray Review

DVD/Blu-ray

June 3, 2012 0 18

Someday, James Purefoy is going to be a superstar.

Supernatural 7.23 “Survival of the Fittest”

May 20, 2012 0 10

Um, yeah. So that happened.

Assembling the Avengers: The Avengers (2012)

May 5, 2012 2 47

This isn't just a team-up; it serves to move everyone forward to a new dramatic place from which to launch the next round of Marvel Studios films, as well as providing a launching point for the starts of new franchises.

Assembling the Avengers: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

May 3, 2012 1 30

Jon Favreau approached Avi Arad with the intention of making it a comedy, but luckily opted to make Iron Man instead. Then, Incredible Hulk director, Louis Leterrier, was shown concept art and offered his services, but Marvel turned him down.

Assembling the Avengers: Thor (2011)

May 2, 2012 1 48

That score was markedly lower amongst White Supremacists, who objected to Idris Elba's casting as a black Norse god and attempted to organize a boycott of the film.It had no effect.

Assembling the Avengers: Iron Man 2 (2010)