The Walking Dead recap: The cult of no personality

Last we left The Walking Dead, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the group were left surrounded by a new group of survivors who are a more obnoxious camp than the Saviors, Kingdom, Alexandria, and the Hilltop combined — but they are armed and have numbers. They dwell in what appears to be a vast landfill and

Movie review: Logan presents the definitive Wolverine on the big screen

The success of the Rated-R smash-hit Deadpool caused concern about the future state superhero movies. Already facing the hurdles of fatigue and saturation of superhero franchises, the kind of money that Deadpool made is the kind that makes the copycat industry of Hollywood latch on to the wrong things and leads short-sighted producers to believing

The Walking Dead recap: Rick recruiting trip goes awry on Rock in the Road

The Walking Dead Season 7 mid-season premiere, Rock in the Road, aired last night picking from where the first half left off as it was clear that Rick Grimes’ (Andrew Lincoln) group would be trying to bond the Hilltop and Kingdom communities with Alexandria in a unified effort to topple Negan and get out from

Review: The Lego Batman Movie is a superhero film for the true fan

Lego animation television shows, video games, films, and of course, toys, whether they were based on licensed entities (Star Wars, DC/Marvel Superheroes, you name it) or their own homemade properties (Ninjago or Chima) have been a success. The empire has no doubt infiltrated most homes in one way, shape or form wherever youth or the

Michael Hirst on why Jonathan Rhys Meyers is perfect for Vikings

Are you ready for this week’s Season 4 finale of History’s Vikings? In last week’s penultimate episode, The Great Army (or known by the Saxons of the time as “The Great Heathen Army”) made it to Wessex and made things awfully difficult for Prince Aethelwulf and the Saxons on the battlefield. Tonight’s finale, titled The

Vikings Creator Michael Hirst on the rise and 30-foot fall of Ragnar Lothbrok

Have you come down from the last big arc in History Channel’s Vikings yet? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, don’t read on until you’re current with this latest season. Then turn your longboat around and come back to this space because I wouldn’t want to spoil anything for you. For those of

Exclusive Vikings postmortem with Alyssa Sutherland

SPOILERS! Don’t read if you have not seen the latest episode of Vikings M&C spoke to Alyssa Sutherland about her character Queen Aslaug, who has been a powerful force on Vikings and has provoked strong emotions amongst fans. It’s never easy being the other woman, and even when history books say that the main character of History’s

Vikings creator Michael Hirst on the saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, his legacy and Season 4B

History Channel’s Vikings started out being about legendary Scandinavian leader Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his meteoric rise to fame, but has been about so much more after his ascension reached its apex as a near god-like status. Ragnar has since become humbled with life’s failures and reminded of regretful decisions. It’s also about the

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Arrival review: A very rare kind of alien movie

The mark of a good alien film starts in the construction of the scene when you meet them. The moment in Arrival is so good that it ends with a main character vomiting. World-renowned linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is plucked by the U.S. Army to head a group of experts, including mathematician Ian Donnelly

Review: Suicide Squad

For those familiar with the DC Comics universe, it may come as a surprise to some that the Suicide Squad get a feature film before more notable and recognizable characters like Wonder Woman (Coming in 2018), the Flash (also coming in 2018) or even Hawkman. But given all of Warner Bros. failings to deliver a