Posts by James Roberts

Coming off the heels of the widespread leak that followed the special Suicide Squad Warner Bros. and DC released last weekend and Comic Con, the studio has decided to just embrace the press and release and full HD version of the trailer for all to enjoy. So here it is, folks. Your first look at […]

[rating=9.00] “Down Will Come” Whoa, True Detective. You need to calm down. It was an episode that should silence this season’s detractors (though it probably won’t) filled as it was with tautness and gut churning action. Characters were explored on deeper levels (even Woodrugh finally got a little interesting) as the sheer sprawl of the mystery […]

Why do studios even bother, at this point? Every year they try to give Comic Con attendees exclusive first looks at trailers without releasing them online, and every year someone sneaks their out their phone and records it to leak it online. Wouldn’t it be easier to, I don’t know, just make the trailer available? […]

Haters and naysayers are cordially invited to sit down and shut up. A new trailer for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice dropped today at Comic Con, and it looks positively mind-blowing. We’re still about 8 months away from the Man of Steel sequel’s March 25 release date, but anticipation should skyrocket after viewing this […]

One of the more exciting bits of news to come out of San Diego Comic Con this evening was the premiere of the official trailer for the latest Starz series, Ash vs. The Evil Dead, and it’s absolutely glorious. Perfect isn’t a word I like to just throw around, but I’ll use it now. This […]

[rating=8.00] I never hopped onto the Amy Winehouse train. To my cynical mind she was merely the singer who they tried to tell to go to rehab, to which she said no with devastating effects. I never gave her a second thought, never lingered on her artistry. In fact, up until I saw Amy, I […]

[rating=1.00] Congratulations are in order for horror producer Jason Blum, of Blumhouse—the people who brought you Paranormal Activity and Insidious, as every ad campaign of every movie they release is quick to remind you—as well as the writing and directing duo of Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing and everyone involved with the making of The […]

The new season of Doctor Who is looking like it’s going to be pretty epic, if the new trailer, which debuted at San Diego Comic Con, is any indication. It’s the second season with Peter Capaldi’s iteration of the classic character, and while not a lot has been revealed about the arc so far, it […]

Packed as it is with big names and movie stars, HBO’s True Detective isn’t really a platform for the breakout star. It would be hard, after all, to compete with the likes of Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, and Vince Vaughn. And yet, throughout this season of the noir anthology, one name has consistently been on […]

Though we’re still months away from the premiere of Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens, news about other happenings from a galaxy far, far away continue to trickle in. This time, there’ve been some exciting developments regarding the second film in the parallel Star Wars Anthology series, currently slated for release on May 25, […]

[rating=7.00] “Maybe Tomorrow” Well, well, well…if it isn’t my old friends, Bait and Switch. Good to see you, old chums, and I see you’ve brought some good news with you. As it turns out, Velcoro was not murdered at the end of “Night Finds You.” Rather, buckshot he was hit only with some anti-riot, rubber bullet […]

After 19 years, the world finally got another taste of Failure yesterday when The Heart is a Monster was unleashed upon the populace. Despite the two decade intermission between their latest album and their previous, the alt-rock touchstone Fantastic Planet, the band sounds as strong as ever. It’s not always easy to achieve greatness on […]

[rating=5.00] I am of two entirely disparate, irreconcilable minds when it comes to Terminator Genisys. It’s pointless and it’s necessary. It’s dumb and it’s amazing. It’s contrived and it’s original. It’s spineless and it has balls of steel. I’m left only to conclude that the fate of Genisys lies strictly in the choices of its […]

[rating=9.00] It’s been nearly two decades since the world was blessed with new Failure. Fantastic Planet was a monumental achievement in the world of post-grunge alt rock, with its spaced out vibe and trippy soundscape propelling it out of this world. Despite the band’s initial success with the record, tensions from within and without eventually […]

[rating=7.00] “Night Finds You” While it may be lacking the intrigue of the esoteric musings of season one, this season of True Detective has proven that, if nothing else, the stakes are a bit higher and the costs a bit heavier than they ever were for Rust and Marty. Nic Pizzolatto is still playing things a […]

[rating=7.00] I’ve never really been a big fan of the mumblecore movement. Granted, I’ve not necessarily been a detractor, per se, as occasionally mumblecore has achieved some interesting moments in modern movie making. But for the most part, I’ve found the entire movement to be cloying and chock full of hipster pseudo-intellectualism masquerading as highbrow […]

[rating=10.00] In the midst of the summer movie blockbuster extravaganza, it can be easy to forget what it is that makes movies so special. Between all the slow motion explosions, the epic hero shots, and the damsels in distress, no one would blame you if a sense of jaded ambivalence settled into your brain and […]

[rating=8.00] The purity of rock and roll is up for debate these days, with the dilutive qualities of all the competing genres and crossovers wreaking havoc upon the merits of good ol’ fashioned rockin’. Everything is post-something or proto-whatever; nothing exists simply for the rock. It’s a predictable conclusion for a world obsessed dichotomously with […]

[rating=8.00] “The Western Book of the Dead” It’s difficult for me to fathom what, exactly, it is that people are expecting out of True Detective. The amount of hype and the level of expectation for this season has been through the roof, and while many seem disappointed in what they’ve been given with this season’s opener, […]

[rating=6.00] There’s a great movie somewhere in Dope—Rick Famuyiwa’s latest exploration of African-American life in the United States and critical darling of this year’s Sundance Film Festival—and as much as I want to judge it as the great film it nearly is, I’m forced to look only at what I’ve been given. Unfortunately, what I’ve […]