When I was four years old, I saw the original King Kong. It broke my brain. A giant ape gets captured, taken to New York and climbs the Empire State Building.I heard Peter Jackson was going to remake the movie as a follow-up to his Lord of the Rings trilogy. I was skeptical. How many version of Kong have I seen?There were the bad Japanese versions of the 1960s (though I liked the mechanical Kong in King Kong vs. - Read More
Coraline is a young girl whose parents always seem to be too busy for her. To make matters worse, she is stuck living in an old house with strange neighbours in the adjoined suites. Having just moved in, her mother suggests that she passes the time unpacking; her father absently suggests that she explore the new house, counting all the windows and doors. She decides to do the latter which leads to the discovery of a strange, locked door in the front room. When she unlocks it, she finds only a brick wall on the other side.
Later, however, the door opens to quite a different place, a place that is familiar and yet, better. - Read More
The ancient feud between Werewolves (aka Lycans) and Vampires had a beginning. The first two Underworld movies were set in modern day as Vampires and Lycans blasted away at each other with machine guns and high-tech toys. In the modern day, Viktor (Bill Nighy) meets his end, there comes a hybrid of the Lycans and Vampires. Centuries earlier, Viktor was a king-- he held sway over lesser Vampires as well as the lords of the nearby human lands. He and his undead held court. - Read More
Imagine having the ability to imprint not only skills and knowledge but detailed personality traits into apparently willing humans. This is the basis of the Dollhouse, a shadowy organization that rents out its Dolls (called "actives" when they are imprinted) to wealthy, discrete clients. Sometimes things go well, but since this is an action/thriller show, they usually don't. The central Doll is Echo, played by Eliza Dushku who, over the course of the season, shows fairly impressive range.
Each Doll also has a dedicated Handler, sort of a bodyguard who can pull them off the job with key phrases (much like a hypnotist snapping his fingers). - Read More
