Immortals (2011)

Immortals (2011)

A visual masterpiece that will only pale due to the fact that we saw this style before in 300; Immortals looks like another world or dreamscape rather than a historical depiction of earth or mythology. It is a graphic novel come alive with an attractive cast of good guys and horribly scarred and ugly bad guys. If you go into Immortals with the expectation of...

Boardwalk Empire 1.03 – Broadway Limited

Boardwalk Empire 1.03 – Broadway Limited

Boardwalk Empire just keeps on getting better. This episode we are introduced to the black gangster Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams), a scarred faced, sharp dressing friend of Nucky’s (Steve Buscemi) who takes over the liquor factory. The episode begins with the survivor of Jimmy (Michael Pitt) and Al Capone’s (Stephen Graham) robbery being wheeled...

Boardwalk Empire – Premiere

Boardwalk Empire – Premiere

With the high-pitched 1920’s era tunes blaring, the dress of the day in full effect and a sea of pink faces scattered across the narrow streets of Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire blazes across the screen in a scorching premier only worthy of the HBO family of shows. Steve Buscemi (everybody’s favorite supporting actor) is the lead in this new series...

Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Review

Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Review

Bloody, sexy and insanely adult, Spartacus: Blood and Sand was an insane journey into a drama based on an historic event. It was a glorious ménage trois of 300, Caligula and Gladiator mixed together to produce 13 episodes of outstanding writing and character development. The characters, every single one were not only interesting but well acted, I found myself...

Red Cliff (2008)

Red Cliff (2008)

Director John Woo’s Red Cliff is a dramatically poetic movie based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms a historical novel written by Luo Guonzhang. If you aren’t familiar with the Three Kingdoms story – it chronicles the ambitions of three men, love and the wonderful Generals that followed their lead. The three men are Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Cao Cao....