By: debbie lynn elias In true geekified graphic novel/comic book loving fashion, SOLOMON KANE is an E-ticket ride of fantasy and thrills that starts with a mesmerizing and striking visual palette carefully punctuated saturization of color, and then tosses in the hunky and hot James Purefoy as SOLOMON KANE himself.
By: debbie lynn elias Who doesn’t love a good mystery or a good thriller? Even better, who doesn’t love to watch and wonder about what’s going on in the house next door or down the street in your quiet suburban neighborhood? Is that lovely couple with 6 kids running around
By: debbie lynn elias Doesn’t September and the return of students to the classroom, buses clogging the roadways, the smell of pencils and paper in the school supply aisles at Target, the advertising push for every electronic gadget known to mankind and the incessant dorm room decor ads, bring back
By: debbie lynn elias Hopefully, you haven’t tired of Channing Tatum yet because he’s back, heading up his fifth film of the year. Just shy of racking up $500 million in box office receipts since January, this time Tatum joins forces with the “It Girl” of the moment Ari Graynor,
By: debbie lynn elias I admit it. I was “dredding” this reimagination of DREDD. Not too impressed with the 1995 Sylvester Stallone version, Judge Dredd, it seemed impossible to breathe life, let alone new life, into this dystopian fiction and infuse it with appealing elements. Boy was I wrong. DREDD
By: debbie lynn elias I love THE WORDS. I love the look. I love the feel. I love the intrigue of the narrative construction and plot. I love that, much like a novel itself, it allows you to imagine, interpret and draw your own conclusions. Written and directed by my
By: debbie lynn elias During the recent press day for LAWLESS, together with only a handful of other vetted print and online journalists, I sat down with Shia LaBeouf to talk about LAWLESS. Striding into the room with a confident but casual, albeit somewhat odiferous, air, LaBeouf was virtually unrecognizable
By: debbie lynn elias Adding some horror to the mix this Labor Day weekend is THE POSSESSION. Based upon the “mythical” Jewish Dybbuk, while the possession of young Emily “Em” Brenek by a Dybbuk is the urban legend basis of the story, it is the father-daughter relationship and a father’s
By: debbie lynn elias With John Hillcoat’s LAWLESS, the Oscar race gets a bit hotter with a too-die-for performance by Guy Pearce and a script adaptation by Nick Cave that completely captures the imagery, emotion and history of Matt Bondurant’s novel The Wettest County in the World. A fact meets
By: debbie lynn elias Leslye Headland is a kick in the ass. Forthright, brash, honest and enthusiastic about her work, a woman who speaks her mind, she is as real a person as they come and, quite honestly, someone I could easily see myself hanging out with at a bar
