High Octane and Horsepower in “Need for Speed”

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e73J71RZRn8] Need For Speed Release Date: March 14, 2014 Cast: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Kid Cudi Scott Mescudi, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton Director: Scott Waugh Studio: Touchstone Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, EA, Bandito Brothers Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Genre(s): Action Based On Need for Speed (Video Game) Rating: ★★½☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium IMDB | Rotten […]

Wes Anderson Excels with “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fg5iWmQjwk] The Grand Budapest Hotel Release Date: March 7, 2014 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Tony Revolori, Jude Law, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody Director: Wes Anderson Studio: American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Babelsberg Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Genre(s): Comedy, Drama Based On writings of Stefan Zweig Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low […]

The Walking Dead: Alone Recap

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzR9Fxq_k7w] The Walking Dead: Alone (4×13) Synopsis: Bob is hellbent on keeping anyone from being alone, while Daryl and Beth continue thinking they’re the only ones left. Rating: ????? No such luck for a “Beth vomits all that moonshine up” opener. Instead, we get a flashback to Bob’s lonely wanderings before Daryl […]

The Walking Dead: Still Recap

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zFwdzBfVg] The Walking Dead: Still (4×12) Synopsis: A Beth and Daryl-centric episode that looks into Daryl’s mysterious past. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Let me just preface this episode with the acknowledgement that I hated it. No disrespect to Emily Kinney, but I just don’t like Beth. Her voiceovers are jarring, she’s like Lori 2.0 […]

The Walking Dead: Claimed Recap

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwl4XlfUYs0] The Walking Dead: Claimed (4×11) Synopsis: A tense episode that peeks into Michonne’s past and Rick’s will to survive. Meanwhile, Glenn’s fate and the fate of the world may become intertwined. Rating: ★★★★☆ In the back of a military vehicle, Tara is writing the names of roads down on her hand […]

‘Burn Out’ Sadly Does Just That

Burn Out Author: Kristi Helvig Series: Untitled #1 Release Date: April 8, 2014 Publisher: EgmontUSA Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): YA Science Fiction Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers:  Low GoodReads | Amazon We can’t all like every book we read and, sadly, Burn Out was not a book that really spoke to me. I was disappointed, too, because I really […]

Hannibal: Sakizuke Recap [NSFW]

DISCLAIMER: This is ‘Not Safe For Work’ due to images of the bodies in the silo which you probably don’t want to have pop up on your screen while at work. Or while parents are around. Just saying. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXRtObyItUU] Hannibal: Sakizuke (2×02) Synopsis: Most of what we saw in the preview […]