Wow. I’ve been aware of The Accountant for quite some time as it unites Ben Affleck with director Gavin O’Connor (Miracle and Warrior), but I did not expect it to look as amazing as it does. If nothing else, this is one of…
TV Review: Daredevil Season Two Part Two
To read my coverage of the first five episodes of season two, click here. ***SPOILERS FOR SEASON TWO AHEAD*** It’s taken me a little longer to finish season two of Daredevil than its first, but my overall feelings tend to stay on the…
TV Review: Daredevil Season Two-Part One
Warning: Spoilers for episodes 1-5 ahead. If last year I referred to the Hell’s Kitchen of season one as a pervasive, yellowing, bruise of a city, something in the throes of decay, then season two is Hell’s Kitchen bleeding out…
Movie Review: ‘We Are Your Friends’
As James Reed (Wes Bentley) proclaims to aspiring DJ Cole Carter (Zac Efron) early on in We Are Your Friends, “Imitation is suicide.” Even before the film reached its conclusion, I couldn’t help but find a good amount of self-reflexive irony…
TV Review: Show Me a Hero Premiere
To I’m sure what must be the horror of television fans everywhere, this is the first David Simon series I’ve ever seen. Generation Kill, about the fruitless nature of war, was never on my radar when it aired, Treme was little…
Movie Review: Fury (2014)
War is hell. Anyone who has seen a number of war films can surmise this. It’s the basic backbone of almost every war film not starring John Wayne or Captain America, and by this point you would think that we…
Cat’s Movie Review: Grudge Match
There are few movies when you have prominent actors of that genre collaborate together. It’s always fun to see Leslie Nielsen working together with Mel Brooks or seeing any Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez combination. So who would turn down the chance…