Based on R.L. Stine’s eponymous best-selling novel, Eye Candy stars Victoria Justice, Harvey Guillen, Casey Jon Deidrick, Kiersey Clemons, John Garet Stoker, Marcus Callender & Ryan Cooper. Premise: Lindy is a 21-year-old hacker with a gift for seeing clues and connections in the digital world that others can’t. Persuaded by her roommate to try online dating, … Continue reading Eye Candy (S1) | Season Review
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Killer Elite | Movie Review
Based on the book The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Killer Elite is an action thriller film directed by Gary McKendry starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, & Robert De Niro. Premise: When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of … Continue reading Killer Elite | Movie Review
Kill the Messenger | Movie Review
Kill The Messenger bears Nick Schou’s book title, from which it draws inspiration, but is also based on Gary Webb’s book Dark Alliance. The film was directed by Homeland & Elementary executive producer Michael Cuesta and stars Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie Dewitt, Robert Patrick & Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Premise: Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb, Kill The … Continue reading Kill the Messenger | Movie Review
The Descendants | Movie Review
Based on Kaui Hart Hemmings debut novel of the same name, The Descendants was adapted by Jim Rash (Community), Nat Faxon (Reno 911) and director Alexander Payne (Nebraska). The movie stars George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, & Amara Miller. Premise: A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a … Continue reading The Descendants | Movie Review
The 100 | Season 2 Review
Based on The 100 by Kass Morgan and brought to television by Jason Rothenberg. The series stars Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Paige Turco, Isaiah Washington, & Marie Avgeropoulos. Premise: Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization when a spaceship housing humanity’s lone survivors send 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly … Continue reading The 100 | Season 2 Review
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The Theory of Everything | Movie Review
Based on Jane W. Hawking’s memoir Traveling To Infinity: My Life With Stephen, The Theory of Everything stars Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones and was directed by James Marsh. Premise: The relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. Review: I expected this movie to be an overly romanticized sugar-coated version of Jane and Stephen Hawking That’s … Continue reading The Theory of Everything | Movie Review
Paddington (2014) | Movie Review
.Created by Michael Bond and brought to the silver screen by Paul King, Paddington stars Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, Sally Hawkins, and Nicole Kidman. Premise: A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins … Continue reading Paddington (2014) | Movie Review
Jumper | Movie Review
Inspired by Steven Gould’s 1992 book of the same name, Jumper was brought to the silver screen by David S. Goyer, Simon Kinberg, Jim Uhls and Doug Liman. The movie stars Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Max Thierot & AnnaSophia Robb. Premise: A teenager with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle … Continue reading Jumper | Movie Review
Worn Out Spines 