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The F*cking Black Sheep: The Conjuring (2013)

Posted 13 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP 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 LOATH. We're hoping this column will...

Review: Inside Llewyn Davis

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: In 1961 New York, a down-on-his-luck folksinger attempts to revive his dwindling career while saddled with a stray cat and the news he might be the father of his friend’s wife. REVIEW: Folksinger with a cat. Oscar Isaac‘s Llewyn...

Review: Delivery Man

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: An affable loser prone to donating generously at the sperm bank discovers that he’s fathered hundreds of children – who know want to get to know him. REVIEW: Going into DELIVERY MAN, I was prepared for another sardonic Vince...

Review: Dear Mr. Watterson

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: It’s been 18 years since Calvin and Hobbes left newspapers, but the comic strip’s fervent fan following is only growing. Filmmaker Joel Schroeder goes exploring to see what makes this world so magical for so many. REVIEW: There are...

Review: Nebraska

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A son takes his old father on a trip to claim what the latter believes will be a million dollar fortune – but the son knows is just a scam. REVIEW: Alexander Payne does this better than anyone. The...

TV Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 7 / November 12, 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

Alex NOTE: Join us every WEDNESDAY as we review the latest episode… EPISODE 7: "The Hub" SYNOPSIS: Dangerous secrets are being kept from Coulson’s team and he works the system to save Ward and Fitz when they are sent on...

Review: Charlie Countryman

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: An aimless American travels on an impulse to Bucharest, Romania, and strikes up a romance with a young woman whose ex-boyfriend happens to be a dangerous gangster. REVIEW: CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN would like to fancy itself this generation’s TRUE ROMANCE:...

TV Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 6 / November 5, 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

Alex NOTE: Join us every WEDNESDAY as we review the latest episode… EPISODE 6: "FZZT" SYNOPSIS: The team investigates an electrostatic disease that may claim members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. team. Coulson also confronts his own mortality. BREAKDOWN: (The following column...

The Last Days on Mars (Movie Review)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: An international team of explorers on Mars find their lives in danger when an alien virus causes them to perish… and then come back to life . REVIEW: What an interesting, frustrating case THE LAST DAYS ON MARS is:...