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New York Film Academy offers various programs that gives students the all-around filmmaking experience necessary to make their own films. Students direct and edit a sync-sound narrative film of up to 15 minutes. The academy strives to create an environment that promotes personal development and learning. NYFA is one of the top film schools. Visit the website.

First Images From Cannes-Wrestling Noir ‘Our Heroes Died Tonight’

First Images From Cannes-Wrestling Noir ‘Our Heroes Died Tonight’

The first batch of images from David Perrault’s debut feature Our Heroes Died Tonight (Nos heros sont morts ce soir) has been released. The film, which is a selection of the Critic’s Week sidebar in Cannes this year, is a crime noir set in the…

Adventure Time: Playing With Fire is a Perfect Episode

Adventure Time: Playing With Fire is a Perfect Episode

“Adventure Time: Playing With Fire” Written by Danielle Corsetto Illustrated by Zack Sterling Additional Pencils by JJ Harrison Inks by Stephanie Hocutt Tones by Amanda Lafrenais Letters by Mad Rupert Published by KaBoom…

Uncanny X-Men #6 Finally Finds its Footing

Uncanny X-Men #6 Finally Finds its Footing

Uncanny X-Men #6 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Frazer Irving Lettering: VC’s Joe Caramagna Cover: Frazer Irving Publisher: Dan Buckley for Marvel Comics This week, Uncanny X-Men finally feels like its own book. Free…

Watch a new clip from Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palme d’Or contender ‘Only God Forgives’

Watch a new clip from Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palme d’Or contender ‘Only God Forgives’

  The Weinstein Co. has released yet another clip for director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palme d’Or contender Only God Forgives, which premiered at Cannes this morning and opens stateside July 19. This is the…

Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #3: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ and Our Geek Certified Summer Movie Preview

Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #3: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ and Our Geek Certified Summer Movie Preview

In episode-three of the “Hey You Geeks!!” Podcast we discuss the new JJ Abrams directed Star Trek Into Darkness with literal spoiler alerts where necessary. For the second half of the show we go…

New Bonnie & Clyde Images Featuring Holliday Grainger and Emile Hirsch as the Famous Bank Robbers

New Bonnie & Clyde Images Featuring Holliday Grainger and Emile Hirsch as the Famous Bank Robbers

The story of Bonnie & Clyde, immortalized by the 1967 Oscar-winning movie, remains popular even today, and so it was only a matter of time before someone would come along and adapt a…

RIPD City of the Damned Offers Nice Intro for the Unitiated

RIPD City of the Damned Offers Nice Intro for the Unitiated

RIPD: City of the Damned TPB Written by Jeremy Barlow Art by Tony Parker and Colourist Michelle Madsen Published by Dark Horse In light of this summer’s major motion picture with Ryan Reynolds…

The Enemy Within: Wonderful Start to Captain Marvel/Avengers Assemble Cross-over

The Enemy Within: Wonderful Start to Captain Marvel/Avengers Assemble Cross-over

Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick Drawn by Scott Hepburn Colouring by Jordie Bellaire Lettering by Joe Caramagna Published by Marvel Comics If Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel isn’t the face…

Bates Motel Podcast Episode 10: “Midnight”

Bates Motel Podcast Episode 10: “Midnight”

Over the course of the first season, Bates Motel has had its ups and downs, particularly in the structure; but the things that do work about Bates Motel have continued to work since…

Hey Montreal! Le Cinéclub / The Film Society & W.P.U.C. Present: Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’

Hey Montreal! Le Cinéclub / The Film Society & W.P.U.C. Present: Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’

with live music and very special guest, Gerald Potterton

Buster Keaton’s silent comic masterpiece never fails to get an audience laughing from the beginning and applauding by the end. To help recreate a 1920s night at the movies, the film will be…

Watch the amazing, and final trailer for ‘Man of Steel’

Watch the amazing, and final trailer for ‘Man of Steel’

Credit to those who were hired to market The Man of Steel. The marketing has been incredible thus far, and if you think they couldn’t possibly top the last trailer, you are wrong.…

Watch a clip for Cannes Entry ‘Michael Kohlhaas’

Watch a clip for Cannes Entry ‘Michael Kohlhaas’

French filmmaker Arnaud des Pallières’s new film, Michael Kohlhaas is an adaptation of the Heinrich Von Kleist novella from 1811 of the same name. The film was selected to play in the main…

Watch A New Clip From Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Bling Ring’

Watch A New Clip From Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Bling Ring’

A new clip has been released from Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, which kicked off Un Certain Regard last week at Cannes. Unlike most films screening at the film festival, audiences elsewhere won’t…

Awesome Thrillema Poster Art

Awesome Thrillema Poster Art

In association with Carbon Arc Cinema, the Thrillema screenings, which are held at the Museum Of Natural History in Halifax, have brought classic sci-fi, horror, & cult movies to the big screen since…

The Televerse #90- Bored to Death with Scott Meslow/Spotlight on Mad Men

The Televerse #90- Bored to Death with Scott Meslow/Spotlight on Mad Men

It’s finalepalooza this week on the podcast, with the network TV season coming to a close. First we take a look at the comedic finales, as well as the pilot for The Goodwin…

Defiance, Ep. 1.07: “Brothers in Arms” – In No Man’s Land

Defiance, Ep. 1.07: “Brothers in Arms” – In No Man’s Land

Defiance, Season 1: Episode 7 – “Brothers in Arms” Directed by Andy Wolk Written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer Airs Monday nights at 9 of SyFy This was the episode of Defiance I was…

Bates Motel Ep 1.10 ‘Midnight’ ends the season on a low note

Bates Motel Ep 1.10 ‘Midnight’ ends the season on a low note

Campy, frustrating, intriguing, laughably ridiculous... all of these words describe the first season of Bates Motel in some form or another, whether you're talking about plot, setting, performances, or characters. Unfortunately, the only…

Watch the First Trailer for Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams’ New NBC Drama Series ‘Believe’

Watch the First Trailer for Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams’ New NBC Drama Series ‘Believe’

Last week we posted a ton of trailers for a bunch new shows that will debut this fall. Some looked terrible and a few seemed promising. This new trailer, however, should have everyone…

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‘Mud’ feels like a modern day Mark Twain tale

‘Mud’ feels like a modern day Mark Twain tale

Mud Written by Jeff Nichols Directed by Jeff Nichols USA, 2012 Mud feels like a modern day Mark Twain tale. The story is predominantly about two teenaged boys in search of adventure on the banks of the great Mississippi river, and the incredible journey that…

‘Augustine’ works well enough, but could have been far more challenging

‘Augustine’ works well enough, but could have been far more challenging

Augustine Directed by Alice Winocour Written by Winocour 2013, USA The debut feature from French director Alice Winocour, Augustine, purports to be a true story. Indeed, photographs exist of a patient named Augustine…

‘The Iceman’ boasts a solid ensemble, but a weak, rushed script

‘The Iceman’ boasts a solid ensemble, but a weak, rushed script

The Iceman exists in a strange kind of cinematic purgatory, in which reside those movies that are both too rushed and too slow. With actors like Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, and Winona Ryder…

‘Something in the Air’ an evocative, keenly felt tale of youthful rebellion and romance

‘Something in the Air’ an evocative, keenly felt tale of youthful rebellion and romance

Such a quality is ever-present in Olivier Assaysas’ new film Something in the Air (titled Apres Mai in France), set in the early 1970s and centered around some college-age rebels who try to…

‘Frances Ha’ finds Gerwig and Baumbach at their most ebullient and winning

‘Frances Ha’ finds Gerwig and Baumbach at their most ebullient and winning

The Greta Gerwig Charm Offensive continues unabated. Following her star turn in Whit Stillman's agreeably eccentric Damsels In Distress, Gerwig once again toplines a quirky, affectionate comedy, this time sharing a writing credit…

The Iceman is a Decent Crime Film that Fails to Live up to its Premise

The Iceman is a Decent Crime Film that Fails to Live up to its Premise

The Iceman Directed by Ariel Vromen Written by Ariel Vromen and Morgan Land USA, 2013 It’s kind of baffling that it’s taken this long to make a movie about Richard Kuklinski. Quiet family…

‘Baby Doll’ – one of the sexiest films ever made

‘Baby Doll’ – one of the sexiest films ever made

Elia Kazan Month

Baby Doll Directed by Elia Kazan Written by Tennessee Williams 1956, USA Two of Tennessee Williams’ one-act plays – Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton and The Long Stay Cut Short – are the…

‘Aftershock’ a textbook serving of lowbrow entertainment

‘Aftershock’ a textbook serving of lowbrow entertainment

Slightly mimicking the plot of Hostel, Aftershock follows a group of party-goers who carouse their way through small Chilean towns until a major earthquake ravages the city and stops them dead in their…

‘Sightseers’ is Britain at its most hilariously creepy

‘Sightseers’ is Britain at its most hilariously creepy

Fans of Ben Wheatley's brutally tense thriller Kill List may be a bit surprised by his new film, Sightseers. It is a film without tension and without terror. It's just a charming little…

‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ a political thriller that avoids being complex, staying above the surface

‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ a political thriller that avoids being complex, staying above the surface

The Reluctant Fundamentalist Directed by Mira Nair Written by Mohsin Hamid, Ami Boghani, and William Wheeler USA, 2013 At this point, it’s fairly trite if accurate to acknowledge how drastically the world has…

“Sightseers” will tow you right into the dark heart of love

“Sightseers” will tow you right into the dark heart of love

Sightseers Directed by Ben Wheatley Written by Steve Oram, Alice Lowe & Ben Wheatley (with additional material from Amy Jump) 2012, UK Either Ben Wheatley is a boiling pot of pent-up rage, or…

‘At Any Price’ sure to become a favorite amongst audiences

‘At Any Price’ sure to become a favorite amongst audiences

Director Ramin Bahrani, whose previous films include Man Push Cart (2005), Chop Chop (2007) and Goodbye Solo (2008), tends to push his characters to their very limits.…

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ is somewhat underwhelming and heavily reliant on mimicry

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ is somewhat underwhelming and heavily reliant on mimicry

The closing moments of the 2009 reboot of Star Trek saw a revival of its source material’s famous slogan regarding the ongoing mission of the Enterprise:…

‘The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh’ lays bare the landscape of loss

‘The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh’ lays bare the landscape of loss

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh Directed & Written by Rodrigo Gudiño Canada, 2012 There are, broadly speaking, two types of haunted house stories: those in which some more or less innocent…

‘The Iceman’ spellbinds with chilling focus and calculated brutality

‘The Iceman’ spellbinds with chilling focus and calculated brutality

Chronicling the complicated balance between work and family that prolific real life contract killer Richard Kuklinski carried on for decades, The Iceman paralyzes the audience purely with Michael Shannon’s unrelentingly intense performance.…

Hot Docs 2013: Award Winners and More Esoteric Recommendations

Hot Docs 2013: Award Winners and More Esoteric Recommendations

Well, the festival is over and the docs are flying south (and west, and east – and maybe even north) for the summer – hopefully to a cinema near you.…

You’ll definitely want to find out ‘What Maisie Knew’

You’ll definitely want to find out ‘What Maisie Knew’

What Maisie Knew USA, 2013 Written by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel What does it mean, to “enjoy” a film like Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s What…

‘Mud’ is a smart, earnest and intense reflection on the trials of love

‘Mud’ is a smart, earnest and intense reflection on the trials of love

Mud Directed by Jeff Nichols Written by Jeff Nichols 2013, USA  With beguiling Southern charm and an exacting sense of dread, the riveting Mud is a surprisingly sweet third film from writer/director Jeff…

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Revolution, Ep. 1.18: “Clue” provides a solution to a murder mystery

Revolution, Ep. 1.18: “Clue” provides a solution to a murder mystery

Revolution, Season 1, Episode 18: “Clue” Written by Paul Grellong and Oanh Ly Directed by Helen Shaver Airs Mondays at 10 pm (ET) on NBC Off the bat, we can probably discount Nora as the Militia’s mole. Director Shaver goes a little further in depicting…

Monday Night Raw 5/20/13 – Ryback rules at Batista impersonations

Monday Night Raw 5/20/13 – Ryback rules at Batista impersonations

As suspected, Extreme Rules was greatly superior to Wrestlemania in terms of match quality, length and storytelling. How do they keep getting this show so right, and the Grandest Stage of Them All…

Defiance, Ep. 1.07: “Brothers in Arms” – In No Man’s Land

Defiance, Ep. 1.07: “Brothers in Arms” – In No Man’s Land

Defiance, Season 1: Episode 7 – “Brothers in Arms” Directed by Andy Wolk Written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer Airs Monday nights at 9 of SyFy This was the episode of Defiance I was…

Bates Motel Ep 1.10 ‘Midnight’ ends the season on a low note

Bates Motel Ep 1.10 ‘Midnight’ ends the season on a low note

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Watch the First Trailer for Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams’ New NBC Drama Series ‘Believe’

Watch the First Trailer for Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams’ New NBC Drama Series ‘Believe’

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Nikita, Ep 3.22: “Til Death Do Us Part” closes out the season with an unexpected death and a major demolition

Nikita, Ep 3.22: “Til Death Do Us Part” closes out the season with an unexpected death and a major demolition

Despite Division having more resources all season, Amanda was a looming threat on all the organisation’s major players, and remained so no matter how few allies and operations she had. Her alignment with…

Veep, Ep 2.06: “Andrew” dives into Selina Meyer’s past, while exploring the juggling act between her professional and personal life

Veep, Ep 2.06: “Andrew” dives into Selina Meyer’s past, while exploring the juggling act between her professional and personal life

One of the staples of Selina Meyer’s career as Vice-President has been her inability to properly separate her personal life from her professional one, as well as her insistence on having a memorable…

Game Of Thrones, Ep. 3.08: “Second Sons” a sterling showcase for Dinklage

Game Of Thrones, Ep. 3.08: “Second Sons” a sterling showcase for Dinklage

Game of Thrones, Season 3, Episode 8: “Second Sons” Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Directed by Michelle MacLaren Airs Sundays at 9pm ET on HBO Credit where credit’s due: in her…

Rectify Ep 1.06 ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ closes out an amazing first season with a contemplative episode

Rectify Ep 1.06 ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ closes out an amazing first season with a contemplative episode

Back in 'Plato's Cave' (which is my favorite hour of television so far this year, in case you're keeping track), Daniel and Tawney have long talks about the intersection of reality and faith…

Mad Men, Ep. 6.08, “The Crash”: “You Have to Feel It”

Mad Men, Ep. 6.08, “The Crash”: “You Have to Feel It”

There have been some excellent episodes of Mad Men this season. “The Flood,” “Man with a Plan,” and especially “For Immediate Release” have all been varying degrees of great, but “The Crash” is…

Doctor Who Ep. 7.14, “The Name of the Doctor”: Inconsistent internal logic weighs down creative, fatalistic finale

Doctor Who Ep. 7.14, “The Name of the Doctor”: Inconsistent internal logic weighs down creative, fatalistic finale

Series 7B of Doctor Who has been markedly uneven. From the delightfully stylized (though troublingly sexual assault-y) “The Crimson Horror” to the beautiful but nonsensical “The Rings of Akhaten”, almost every episode has…

Da Vinci’s Demons, Ep. 1.06: “The Devil” is a friend of Vlad the Impaler

Da Vinci’s Demons, Ep. 1.06: “The Devil” is a friend of Vlad the Impaler

Late in its recent third season, The Walking Dead aired an episode - "Clear" - that really didn't serve a purpose in the context of that season's arc. The main conflict was put…

Clone High Ep 1.04 ‘Film Fest: Tears of a Clone’ piles on the parodies in another fantastic episode

Clone High Ep 1.04 ‘Film Fest: Tears of a Clone’ piles on the parodies in another fantastic episode

For all of its wacky animation and pop culture references, Clone High is a very thought-out show, one which uses every single line of dialogue and inch of screen to maximum effect. A…

The Vampire Diaries, Ep. 4.23, “Graduation”: Mixed finale caps disappointing season

The Vampire Diaries, Ep. 4.23, “Graduation”: Mixed finale caps disappointing season

The Vampire Diaries, Season 4, Episode 23: “Graduation” Written by Caroline Dries and Julie Plec Directed by Chris Grismer Airs Thursdays at 8pm (ET) on the CW This week, on The Vampire Diaries:…

Elementary Ep.1.23/24: “The Woman”/”Heroine” – truths revealed as Holmes goes against Moriarty

Elementary Ep.1.23/24: “The Woman”/”Heroine” – truths revealed as Holmes goes against Moriarty

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 23: “The Woman” Directed by Seith Mann Written by Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny Elementary, Season 1, Episode 24: “Heroine” Directed by John Polson Written by Robert Doherty and…

Hannibal, Ep.1.08: “Fromage” inches the series closer to becoming a small-screen masterpiece

Hannibal, Ep.1.08: “Fromage” inches the series closer to becoming a small-screen masterpiece

Breaking Bad; Boardwalk Empire; Mad Men, Justified; Sons Of Anarchy; Louie; Girls; Shameless, The Americans; Game of Thrones; The number of new quality TV series keeps growing and we can now add Hannibal…

Watch the Trailer for the New Must See FX Series ‘The Bridge,’ Directed by Gerardo Naranjo

Watch the Trailer for the New Must See FX Series ‘The Bridge,’ Directed by Gerardo Naranjo

If you watch a FX on a regular basis, I’m pretty sure you’ve seen promo clips for a summer series called The Bridge. A while back we posted some mysterious 10-second snippets for…

Roundup of New CBS Shows for Fall 2013-2014

Roundup of New CBS Shows for Fall 2013-2014

CBS has released promotional videos for six of its eight new series premiering next season. The network opted to post behind-the-scenes videos rather than traditional trailers. Included is The Millers with Will Arnett,…

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Tribeca 2013: ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’ Harmoniously Makes You Laugh and Cry

Tribeca 2013: ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’ Harmoniously Makes You Laugh and Cry

The Broken Circle Breakdown Netherlands, 2012 Directed by: Felix van Groeningen Bjorn Eriksson’s original score of electrifying bluegrass melodies performed throughout Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown, resonant from the most upbeat country foot-stomping fun, to the bellows of somber sorrowed hymns. The Belgian…

Fantasia Announces the Selected Projects of the 2nd Edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market

Fantasia Announces the Selected Projects of the 2nd Edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market

For the unfamiliar, Montreal is a city which hosts at least one film festival each and every month of the year. Of the dozens of fests, Fantasia Film Festival is without a doubt…

Hot Docs 2013: Award Winners and More Esoteric Recommendations

Hot Docs 2013: Award Winners and More Esoteric Recommendations

Well, the festival is over and the docs are flying south (and west, and east – and maybe even north) for the summer – hopefully to a cinema near you.…

Best of Tribeca Film Festival 2013

Best of Tribeca Film Festival 2013

1. Northwest Directed By: Michael Noer Denmark, 2013 Power and money are the vital forces in this high octane crime thriller. When organized crime grabs hold of the way of life for desperate…

Hot Docs 2013: ‘Teenage’ strikes a blow for demography

Hot Docs 2013: ‘Teenage’ strikes a blow for demography

Teenage Directed by Matt Wolf Written by Matt Wolf & John Savage USA, 2013 Adolescence was the greatest demographic discovery and invention of the mid-20th century. Armed with adult-sized interests and freed by a…

Hot Docs 2013: ‘The Last Black Sea Pirates’ drops anchor in the uncharted waters between hope and despair

Hot Docs 2013: ‘The Last Black Sea Pirates’ drops anchor in the uncharted waters between hope and despair

The Last Black Sea Pirates Directed by Svetoslav Stoyanov Written by Vanya Rainova Bulgaria, 2013 The sea has always provided the last refuge (or final resting place) for those who can see no future…

Hot Docs 2013: ‘Blackfish’ plunges into the abyss of marine mammal exploitation

Hot Docs 2013: ‘Blackfish’ plunges into the abyss of marine mammal exploitation

Blackfish Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite USA, 2013 Forty-nine years ago, agents of the Vancouver Aquarium harpooned a 15-foot long orca (later dubbed “Moby Doll”) and dragged the suffering animal back to a public…

Sundance London Film Festival 2013: ‘Upstream Color’ is a phenomenal film concerned with phenomena

Sundance London Film Festival 2013: ‘Upstream Color’ is a phenomenal film concerned with phenomena

In William Gibson’s 2003 novel Pattern Recognition a mysteriously binary filmmaker slowly and anonymously drip feeds footage of his homebrew masterpiece to an eagerly seduced audience of intellectually curious, avant-garde aligned internet film…

Hot Docs 2013: ‘The Punk Singer’ presents an intimate and insightful take on Kathleen Hanna

Hot Docs 2013: ‘The Punk Singer’ presents an intimate and insightful take on Kathleen Hanna

The Punk Singer Directed by Sini Anderson USA, 2013 One of the most energetic and iconoclastic aesthetic/political movements in the history of popular expression, 1970s punk nevertheless left many long-entrenched attitudes virtually undisturbed…

Tribeca 2013: ‘The Rocket’ and ‘Bridegroom’ Win Heineken Audience Award

Tribeca 2013: ‘The Rocket’ and ‘Bridegroom’ Win Heineken Audience Award

Tribeca’s 12th annual festival, running from April 17-28, wrapped up the festival by announcing The Rocket and Bridegroom winners of the  Heineken Audience Award. Read below for the official press release. 2013 TRIBECA FILM…

Ebertfest 2013 Roundtable

Ebertfest 2013 Roundtable

Ebertfest was a blast this year, with a memorable and moving program of 12 films, 2 short films, several panels, and many surprises spread out over 5 days at the Virginia Theatre (and…

Tribeca 2013: ‘A Birder’s Guide to Everything’ offers poignant insights on the value of community

Tribeca 2013: ‘A Birder’s Guide to Everything’ offers poignant insights on the value of community

A Birder’s Guide to Everything USA, 2013 Directed by Rob Meyer Written by Rob Meyer and Luke Matheny A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a fairly standard coming of age story, but it…

Tribeca 2013: ‘Stand Clear of the Closing Doors’ is a major debut with minor flaws

Tribeca 2013: ‘Stand Clear of the Closing Doors’ is a major debut with minor flaws

Barry Levinson’s Rain Man is a decent film, but it did commit at least one serious mistake: it gave audiences almost no reasonable idea of what autism actually is. Being the first-ever movie…

Sundance London 2013 – Friday Report

Sundance London 2013 – Friday Report

'Sleepwalk With Me',' 'Mud' and 'Touchy Feely'

Day 2 and romance was in the air. Co-written with Ira Glass of This American Life fame Sleepwalk With Me is yet another off-kilter romantic comedy, translated from the drawled musings of stand-up…

Sundance London 2013 – Part Six: ‘In Fear’ is half the horror it strives to be

Sundance London 2013 – Part Six: ‘In Fear’ is half the horror it strives to be

  Secluded country roads are objectively terrifying, especially at night. If you think you know, you probably don’t; few horror films do justice to the dread of reaching a crossroads bordered in stick…

Hot Docs 2013: ‘The Ghosts in Our Machine’ uses the power of the camera to put the horse before Descartes

Hot Docs 2013: ‘The Ghosts in Our Machine’ uses the power of the camera to put the horse before Descartes

Modern Western philosophical patriarch René Descartes is probably best known for his pithy dictum: cogito ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am") - a formulation which led him step by step to a…

Hot Docs 2013: ‘Future My Love’ puts a brave face on life on the precipice of a new world

Hot Docs 2013: ‘Future My Love’ puts a brave face on life on the precipice of a new world

If there is one thing human beings have mastered, it's thinking about the future. Theologians, affianced lovers, political theorists, social revolutionaries, TV franchise creators, actuaries and bankers all have that fundamental activity in…

Sundance London 2013 – Part Five: ‘Sleepwalk with Me’ is sleeper gem of the festival

Sundance London 2013 – Part Five: ‘Sleepwalk with Me’ is sleeper gem of the festival

Some of this year’s Sundance comedy-dramas have had their narratives plucked from the wellspring of their director’s personal experience, though that should never excuse any shortcomings. Yesterday, I wrote a negative review of…

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Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #3: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ and Our Geek Certified Summer Movie Preview

Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #3: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ and Our Geek Certified Summer Movie Preview

In episode-three of the “Hey You Geeks!!” Podcast we discuss the new JJ Abrams directed Star Trek Into Darkness with literal spoiler alerts where necessary. For the second half of the show we go over our six picks for this Summer film seasons most intriguing coming…

Bates Motel Podcast Episode 10: “Midnight”

Bates Motel Podcast Episode 10: “Midnight”

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The Televerse #90- Bored to Death with Scott Meslow/Spotlight on Mad Men

The Televerse #90- Bored to Death with Scott Meslow/Spotlight on Mad Men

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Game of Thrones Podcast #18: “Second Sons” with guest Alyssa Boehm

Game of Thrones Podcast #18: “Second Sons” with guest Alyssa Boehm

Directed by Breaking Bad vet Michelle MacLaren (back for her second consecutive episode), “Second Sons” focuses mainly on three stories: Dany over in Yunkai, Gendry’s arrival at Dragonstone, and Tyrion’s marriage to Sansa. Guest…

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Sound on Sight Podcast # 356

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Sound on Sight Podcast # 356

All hail JJ Abrams, Emperor of the Nerds. Having taken over both the Star Trek and Wars franchises, he continues his blockbuster offensive with Star Trek Into Darkness, an already-contentious addition to Trek lore that engages with the series’ past,…

The Televerse #90- Bored to Death with Scott Meslow/Spotlight on Mad Men

The Televerse #90- Bored to Death with Scott Meslow/Spotlight on Mad Men

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Sketchy Episode 67 – ‘Scooby-Doo’

Sketchy Episode 67 – ‘Scooby-Doo’

Scooby-Doo, where are you? Sketchy podcast, that’s where. Newcomb and Ryan cover a listener request this week with 1998′s Direct-to-video “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.” They also touch on the various incarnations of the…

Doctor Who Podcast Episode 46: ‘Nightmare in Silver’

Doctor Who Podcast Episode 46: ‘Nightmare in Silver’

  After his first and much beloved 2011 episode, “The Doctor’s Wife”, writer Neil Gaiman’s return to Doctor Who has been much anticipated. Inspired by challenge from Steven Moffat himself to make the…

Bates Motel Podcast Episode 9: “Underwater”

Bates Motel Podcast Episode 9: “Underwater”

On this week’s episode of the Bates Motel Podcast, Editor in Chief Ricky D and SOS contributor Randy of Processed Media sit down with SOS Staff Editor Deepayan Sengupta  to discuss the ninth episode of…

The Televerse #89- The Prisoner with Zack Handlen/Spotlight on Hannibal

The Televerse #89- The Prisoner with Zack Handlen/Spotlight on Hannibal

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Game of Thrones Podcast #17: “The Bear and the Maiden Fair” with guest Ryan McGee

Game of Thrones Podcast #17: “The Bear and the Maiden Fair” with guest Ryan McGee

Ryan McGee from the AV Club, Boobtubedude.com, and Talking TV with Ryan and Ryan (among other things,  joins Kate and Ricky to discuss the seventh episode of the third season of Game of…

The Televerse #89- The Prisoner with Zack Handlen/Spotlight on Hannibal

The Televerse #89- The Prisoner with Zack Handlen/Spotlight on Hannibal

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Sketchy Episode 66 – ‘Paprika (パプリカ)’

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