How Television Saved My Life

i want one, get me one, NOW I've avoided being too  hyped about Star War s, though I do have some faith left in JJ Abrams who I know is a massive fan of the original three. He might have glossed up the Star Trek franchise a bit too much, and not actually been a fan of it either, which he publicly admitted (though let's not dig up that deep edged wound again), but his heart is at the right place for this one.  Ever since Disney was announced as the new owner everyone has been wary, but I've rather been giddy. I don't know why I have faith in Disney, maybe it's because they're behind my childhood. And most of the people involved with Disney probably grew up with Star Wars themselves. You see they strike me as the people who've probably been mentally making up stories, or well fan-fiction and just going 'Imagine if Luke-,' and so forth. They are  the kind of people you want to have running things.  Let's be real.  We need the nos...

same bro, SAAAME It's been a while since the latest Arrow episode made everyone gasp in horror and shock. Roy decided all of a sudden to out himself as the Arrow saving Oliver from being arrested, but inadvertently putting himself into an orange jumpsuit. Oh, the fickle youth, they must always try to be the better hero. Detective Lance despite Oliver being cleared from responsibility is still on his man-hunt, and it's clearly due to personal issues. It's always interesting to see what the Lance family does after someone kicks the bucket. I'm glad it's not a round of alcoholic beverages, but can somebody straighten him up soon? Does he need to start hallucinating Sarah or...? He's just going through the same thing his character did in season one, and though it is throwing a wrench into Team Arrow's planning in general it's kind of getting repetitive. I know what this whole season is about, and it's about Oliver taking back Oliver Queen besi...

so how many will be cosplaying him in the future to get laid? When I found out that  Daredevil was showing up on Netflix, I gave a noncommittal shrug. Not that Marvel's creations haven't been awesome, though some perhaps a bit too light-hearted and comical even for my tastes. They've been blockbuster's more or less, the type you chew popcorn throughout and admire Robert Downey Jr for. Daredevil just seemed like a bad idea in my head, another way to earn money really, especially with the sudden shiver inducing flashback of Ben Affleck as the lead. Then again, I do adore being proved wrong with a far more adult series than one would suspect. It's a gritty rough world in Hell's Kitchen where Matt Murdock ( Charlie Cox )  is concerned, and it's certainly an awesome ride from start to finish. Matt Murdock got into a car accident when he was a kid, more or less jumping in to stop an old man from being hit (oh those youthful heroes). He loses his eye sight ...

my bae in grey I heard about this film at production stage and was immediately excited.  Matthew Vaughn  is a personal favourite of mine, and that has much to do with Layer Cake, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class and Stardust. His scripts are always fun and full of references besides homages to great cult figures that influenced his childhood (consequently mine as well). The soundtracks themselves are stellar as well . He's just awesome, okay. I don't often gush over directors, but I do adore the stuff he's been churning out over the years, especially this one. I am sincerely hoping there's a franchise to be found here, as that would certainly be ironic. Vaughn is a huge Bond nerd, and this film is a tribute to that besides other classical spy films that defined the 60's. He's even got Michael Caine in it ( hello ). It's obvious from the get-go, as the film is about a young man called Gary  Eggsy Unwin ( Taron Egerton )  who soon gets roped into a spy a...

pretend i put some hipster bullshit under here I know a handful of people who mean feeling conflicted about a film tells how good the film actually is. However, this conflict isn't the typical disgust or horror that might come from a film that is brutal or any other apt reaction. It's more the 'one wonders if the director/writer thought that deeply about the subject manner they were dealing with'. Films about Artificial Intelligence are hardly a new breed, as technology is slowly turning towards that sphere whether we're picking up our fork pitches or tweeting happily about it. The director debut of  Alex Garland  who's previously written a lot of different scripts, often about the future in some twisted way or the other - 28 days later - Never let me go - Sunshine - Dredd - has an interesting first film. Caleb ( Domhnall Gleeson )  a young programmer wins a contest at his work and is suddenly flown over to the remote house of his boss Nathan ( Oscar Isaac...