The over-simplified plot of Runaways goes like this: a group of privileged L.A. teens learn, by accident, that their parents are members of an evil organisation by the name of The Pride and go on the run, amassing powers – and a dinosaur! – to fight back against them. Simple enough, really. Online fan speculation suggests that the movie – scripted by BKV himself – will stick to the comic’s original eighteen issue run for its plot....
A beautifully-staged opening battle in the mountains of Kyoto sets the scene: it’s 1868, and the forces of the Meiji government have defeated the military shogunate, ending years of bloody civil war. With the samurai order disbanded and its once proud warriors roaming the Japanese countryside, a young warrior, Kenshin (Takeru Satoh), has vowed to atone for his violent history. Once a fearsome assassin nicknamed Battosai, Kenshin’s guilt at his murderous past has turned him into a committed pacifist – he even carries a special ‘back-facing’ sword, with which he can injure an opponent with a bruising blow without cutting them in two....
The latest feature from Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Read My Lips), takes its title and scenarios from a collection of short stories by Canadian writer Craig Davidson. Brawny men beat each other to a bloody pulp in brutal illegal fights, a young boy is trapped beneath thick ice, a woman is made amputee by a grisly workplace accident… Were it not for the film’s beauty, and a screen-illuminating performance from Marion Cotillard, the world of Rust and Bone would almost be unbearably bleak....
Salem season 3 episode 3 It appears that Mary studied more for her finals than The Sentinel, but he’s still giving out the final grade. The Sentinel underestimated a child’s love for his mother, or in this case, the lust, and assumed that an execution attempt warrants death. It doesn’t. Mary lives to see another day and learn another lesson. I just love the classroom that The Sentinel builds for her....
Salem season 3 episode 6 In Salem, season 3 episode 6, “Wednesday’s Child” prepares to bed and bury his mum by the Satanic equivalent of Easter. The drums on “Sympathy for the Devil” are amazing. Charlie Watts, a jazz drummer by inclination, restrains every urge to fill a single crevice. Listen to the theme Marilyn Manson slapped his pants to while recording. He must have crammed over twenty drums in there and every beat is sacred in its sacrilege....
Dodge tries many things to fill his time: he goes to work, he goes to a dinner party with friends, he drinks cough syrup, but he continues to drift through life just as he drifted through life before the asteroid apocalypse. That is, until he meets Penny (Keira Knightley), a neighbor in his building. She, like Dodge, is having a little trouble adjusting to the end of life. After their meet-cute (and a riot that drives them from their apartment building), the two find themselves wandering with a purpose....
Sharp Objects Episode 6 “Dead girls everywhere,” Jackie muses into her drink (alcoholic, of course), but nobody seems particularly bothered any more: at least, not about the idea that the right person needs to be caught and punished for those murders. In episode five the town reminded me of a prison; this time around it reminds me of some crumbling royal court from history, with everybody firmly in their place and those at the bottom suffering without voice....
Oh, and he also has to carry some crates, look for sailors, buy some milk, take care of his cat, spend time with his girlfriend, visit the arcade, collect some rare prizes from capsule machines, and, of course, talk to several dozen people with nothing of note to say. Shenmue wasn’t billed as a night of comfort and familiarity, though. It was hyped as something that the gaming world had never seen before....
Meet Bouldin High’s newest extracurricular: the as-of-yet-unnamed non-Kitten dance team! In the original Skam, the girl squad came together to form a “bus” for Russefeiring celebrations, a very Norwegian thing that does not translate to American culture. It’s something the Marlons of the world—who answer stock English class questions about what The Great Gatsby teaches us about “The American Dream” (it’s bullshit”)—have no problem with. Marlon, Shay, and Tyler are comfortable with their own group of friends....
Katie’s appearance in the last series was limited to failing to make friends with Effy, telling Naomi to leave her sister alone, and looking pretty. So, it’s pretty understandable if you’ve forgotten about her. At the start of last night’s episode, she’s bafflingly wearing an old woman costume. Hair in a bun, pearls around her neck and a dress suit. All she needs is a bus pass and a hatred of modern music and the look is complete....
This review contains spoilers. Since the beginning of Skins‘ fifth series, Nick has always been a background character – always there but never affecting much of anything. He started off as Mini’s boyfriend, the jock to her prom queen, and hasn’t progressed much since the very first time we saw him. This episode, his first solo outing, goes a long way in explaining why the character hasn’t played a more prominent role in the series so far....
Leigh approaches much of Sleeping Beauty in the same way. It’s hard to think of a recent feature where music has been so sparse, for instance. She also keeps her camera as still as possible, and holds shots as long as she requires, rather than taking an opportunity to duck out of a scene even a second too earlier. It’s a staggeringly confident piece of direction, with Leigh utterly in control of her material....
I hate to say it, but in terms of character development this season, Juice, Gemma, and Wendy are shooting for the moon. Meanwhile, Jax and Nero are basically tooling around in the dirt. Sure, Jax has turned into a low, down, dirty, dog in his unmoored quest for vengeance. But his thirst for blood is not new, nor is it surprising. I guess he got all his character growth out of the way last season, what with killing Clay and agreeing to go to prison for Tara....
Things get festive in South Park, and it’s another episode laden with social satire. This time Parker and Stone have their eye on political correctness. Normally, I think people roll out that cliché of ‘political correctness gone mad’ far too much, but here it’s dealt with in such a wry, ironic way that you can’t help but see the ridiculousness of it all. The main story thread focuses on Kyle and his obsession with Mr Hankey, a supposedly talking piece of excrement who loves all things festive....
Based on how Rob approached the task of finding someone who might be dangerous in this story, he’d last about five minutes in the real intelligence services. He also can’t take on two men who aren’t expecting a fight, which as he’s the ‘physical’ one doesn’t bode well. But wet blanket of the week goes to Rachel (Ruta Gedmintas), who wears smug like she’s marketing a perfume called ‘superiority complex’....
Paramount announced at CinemaCon that it planned to produce a fourth Star Trek film in its reboot series. The new film will follow a time travel plot, which will see Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk cross paths with his deceased father, played by a returning Chris Hemsworth, who first appeared in 2009’s Star Trek. The script comes from J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, who were both who were both uncredited writers on Star Trek: Beyond....
Incursion Part 2 Part two starts with Young delivering the promised medical supplies to their enemies, but, of course, it doesn’t go all that smoothly, and a power failure gives both sides the spooks. When Dr Rush (Robert Carlyle), Adam Brody and Lisa Park figure out what is happening with the ship, it turns from a small power failure into a race against time. Meanwhile, Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque) and Eli Wallace (David Blue) are facing a race against time of their own, running out of air in a closed off part of the ship....
2.11 Deliverance Needless to say, it has been dealt with by ten minutes into the episode, and the rest of the episode focuses on whether they can trust the Ursini, and what they can learn about the other aliens, all the while trying to fix Destiny’s FTL drive. There is one thing that’s infuriating about this whole situation, and that’s that the other two alien races still don’t have names....
Supergirl Season 2, Episode 15 Kara Danvers may be the central protagonist of Supergirl, but she is far from the only hero on this show. Tonight’s episode placed the bulk of the storyline on Alex Danvers’ more than reliable and she was more than up for the challenge. From its very first episode, this show has doubled down on its main theme of complex, brave female protagonists. But to highlight Alex’s Season 2 storyline over Kara’s Season 2 storyline is to fundamentally miss the point of Supergirland of feminist storytelling in general....
