The Nevers ratings mark the best original series debut on HBO Max

Posted 5 years ago

The Nevers is already off to a solid start for HBO. While we're not talking Game of Thrones numbers, the series debut is definitely promising for the new show moving forward. Sunday night’s premiere of the science fiction drama series...

BBC’s The War of the Worlds mini-series goes to AMC Premiere

Posted 6 years ago

BBC One recently aired a three-part mini-series adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds, and for a change this adaptation actually kept the setting of the novel, which took place around the same time it was...

Trailer released for BBC One’s period piece War of the Worlds

Posted 7 years ago

This is the adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds that I've always wanted to see. While the story has been brought to the screen multiple times, the people behind the adaptations always made the decision to...

Review: Colette

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Colette tells the story of a French novelist and her complicated romance with the famed writer “Willy.” REVIEW: The story of French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is a bold and fascinating one, especially considering the time period in which she lived....

Keira Knightley kicks off a literary & sexual revolution in Colette trailer

Posted 8 years ago

I know, another Keira Knightley period piece. We certainly haven't seen that before, but to be fair, Knightley is particularly good in these types of movies. COLETTE finds the actress starring as the real-life Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a country girl who...

Production is underway on the BBC’s War of the Worlds adaptation

Posted 8 years ago

There have been multiple cinematic and television adaptations of H.G. Wells' 1897 story The War of the Worlds over the decades (not to mention an infamous 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles), including a 1953 film directed by Byron Haskin...

The UnPopular Opinion: Jack the Giant Slayer

Posted 12 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

Review: Jack the Giant Slayer

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Jack (Nicholas Hoult), a naive young farmer, ends up with some magical beans- that soon sprout into a beanstalk that leads to a land populated by giants with a taste for human flesh. When his kingdom’s princess, Isabelle (Eleanor...

New rockin’ trailer for Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer arrives

Posted 13 years ago

A new trailer for Bryan Singer’s JACK THE GIANT SLAYER has arrived and it’s probably the best one yet.  For me, that’s not saying much, as I haven’t really been impressed until now.  Taking a more “rockin” approach in it’s...

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