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Jonathan Rich writes for Bleeding Cool … Train to Busan has been in limited release for some weeks now, but when it comes to your local theater, streaming

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] It feels like only a few years ago that the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon's damaged wellhead was spreading across the Gulf of Mexico like an ever-expanding zombie outbreak But for all that we know about the spill and it's aftermath, the details around what happened leading up to the explosion and destruction[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] With the continued popularity of the Walking Dead, there's been no lack of zombie films and television shows over the last few years Unfortunately they're typically incredibly lackluster, with most just running variations of a handful of well-worn story themes Sometimes there's just ones that are exceptionally exciting like Train to Busan, but most[...]

I like so much about it, but squandered potential is even more frustrating for a reviewer than a straight up terrible title Seeing something reach for the stars and squander the promise of its ideas is heartbreaking and it is something I saw Variable State's debut effort do over and over. So what is Virginia? This[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Don't Breathe turns one thing that's common in the horror genre on it's head: most often films will start with a solid concept, but then they break down by the third act into a typical cat and mouse game and too often with leaps of logic to tie the ends together Breathe decides to[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The catalog of films which involves one or two intrepid but down on their luck fellows that suddenly come across a get rich quick idea is hardly a limited one They vary from the smart and clever to the funny to the ironic War Dogs is one of the cut from the headlines variety,[...]

That wasn't helped by grand fantasies from prospective players about what the title was going to be, fascilitated by the massive promise of a near infinite universe full of diverse planets. That is an impossible place to review a game from, as a lot of this would be talking about what the game isn't, which isn't[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Sausage Party is one film that I really didn't expect to like Actually even after the movie started, I thought how unbelievably crass are we going to get? Well, now I know; some things can just not be unseen Written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, it seems that they wanted[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] We've all heard about the beleaguered path to the big screen for DC's latest installment into their Extended Universe franchise of films, Suicide Squad A rushed script development, multiple edits, Deadpool appeared on the scene causing Warner Bros to second guess their approach to Suicide Squad causing reshoots and another round of edits[...]

Back in 2015, I gave Abzu Game of the Show at E3. That feels like eons ago, but at the time, what grabbed me was how the game opened up and allowed me to

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] It would be a challenge to try to pick out which franchise was more of a copy/rinse/repeat approach to it's storyline, Taken, or Jason Bourne Right now it really does feel like Bourne has pulled ahead with this latest installment After five films, you know exactly what the pattern is going to be: Jason[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] It was only a few years ago that the Zombie genre was utterly let down by the screen adaptation of World War Z Since then we've largely limped along with random indies or in-joke films Every time we get another brain-eating film coming out they have too often felt like a Walking Dead shambler[...]

Hugh Sheridan writes for Bleeding Cool... The pilot for the new Riverdale TV series premiered in Ballroom 20 at SDCC last night. I guess the potential of

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] In 2009, writer/director and general geek oracle J J Abrams performed a near miracle by rebooting the Star Trek franchise with level of success that few people – fans or detractors had suspected Jumping forward four years Abrams' Trek ran entirely off the rails with the trainwreck of a film with Into Darkness[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Let's get this right out of the way, the new Ghostbusters film has some fine leads From the four ghostbusters themselves: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones to the 2016 version of the receptionist, this time played by Chris Hemsworth – they are all solid ensemble players McKinnon has a solid career[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] There are a number of genres where the typical story arc has been done so many times, there's almost no surprises along the way Beyond the possible amount of interest the film's protagonist might have, most of the surrounding characters may as well be interchangeable from any of dozens of similar films In the[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The first Purge film with it's home-invasion theme was novel in it's being an ultra-violent commentary on social and economic classes and how little it would seem to take normal suburbia and turn it into a murder zone For those that might not have seen the earlier films, the idea is that every year[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] So, let's get the Elephant in the room out of the way to begin with – in the 21st century, nearly any film about Tarzan (and European colonialism in general) is going to be a bit rife with racial storylines that is going be awkward to explain The Legend of Tarzan does it's best[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Shark movies is another flavor of horror genre that I'm typically a very easy lay for The Shallows is a very slick production and better quality than we've gotten over the last many years from Syfy's collection of Sharknado films Most often shark films are campy fun, but every so often someone takes a[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"]   Twenty years ago writer Dean Devlin and director Rolan Emmerich ushered in the modern era disaster blockbuster with a film that's never been called by its given name – it's always been ID4 rather than Independence Day It set the set the bar for everything from the Transformers franchise to the modern summer comic[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] By this point most people who are at least of college age have committed some amount of hours, days, or weeks playing Blizzard's World of Warcraft Many of us have played it for so long, we can all but close our eyes and know the paths through Azeroth's forrests, we know which shops are[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] X-Men: Apocalypse marks the ninth installment in Fox's attempts to dial in the right combination to get a hit out of Marvel's classic team of Mutants Even going in with a strong desire to enjoy the latest installment wasn't enough to prevent coming away with the sense of bleak resignation that Fox's path just[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Nice Guys is a film that fits cleanly and snugly into writer/director Shane Black's legacy in film – and that would be he was also the fellow who brought us both the Lethal Weapon movies as well as the tragically under-appreciated Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang This time it's not a buddy cop film, but[...]

It usually spawns from an event or series of that gets everyone who reviews game talking about the merit of review scores Whether it be a star, number or grading system, controversy follows from time to time, largely due to a rating given This is almost always for reviews that are more critical of games[...]

Jonathan Rich writes for BleedingCool.com... Every year the multiplexes are filled to capacity with big budget blockbusters, dramatizations of gripping

You would be better informed about Hemmingway's entire life and works, and presumably be more entertained as the best moments and lines are salvaged in the two minute preview. You would, however, miss out on a revealing turn by Minka Kelly, but she is almost an after-thought in terms of the story on display in Papa[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Captain America: Civil War is the thirteenth entry into Marvel's Cinematic Universe As such it comes in with a great deal of on-screen canon behind it, ranging from the first Iron Man film back in 2008 to last year's Ant-Man By this time most of the characters are familiar and we know the vibe[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Green Room is an incredibly well made Punk Rock thriller that is one of those films that the cast and trailer along give the impression it'll be good, but by the time it's over and the credits roll you're leaning over to the person next to you saying, "dang that was good." The cast is[...]

Jonathan Rich writes for Bleeding Cool... The joke I made with other critics when leaving a screening of Midnight Special goes like this: “General Zod,

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Warner Bros is doing all it can to try to outdo Fox when it comes to how fast it can run their primary superhero property down the drain Where it should be geek fans having the eternal debates of who would win in a fight between superheroes, instead it's a conversation of which franchise[...]