Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort is as strong as his first, Gone Baby Gone, and is a very good crime/bank robbery movie that is tough to complain about. The film follows Doug MacRay, a bank robber, and his team as they run through a series of jobs which events lead to Doug wanting to finally […]
Read more "Review: The Town"We have hit bottom. At least I really, really hope we have. But in hitting Don Draper’s rock bottom, we were given the best episode of Mad Men yet.
Read more "TV Review: Mad Men 4.7: The Suitcase"Oh, Mr. Draper. How far you have fallen and when we thought the hole could get no deeper you make it ever so.
Read more "TV Review: Mad Men 4.6: Waldorf Stories"A team of three is beginning to become very plainly clear to be the real heart and minds behind SCDP and one of those three doesn’t even have their name on the sign.
Read more "TV Review: Mad Men 4.5: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"Longing was the word of the night in the world of Mad Men, except if your name was Pete Campbell. From Don longing to get off the phone with Lucky Strike in the opening scene, Allison looking through that two way mirror, or Peggy’s entire arc for the episode that simplest of human emotions was […]
Read more "TV Review: Mad Men 4.4: The Rejected"I think a better title for this episode would have been, “Don and Lane’s Excellent New Years Adventure.” That segment last night was hands down the funniest seven minutes or so of Mad Men in this viewer’s opinion and was a brilliant addition to an already terrific season of Mad Men.
Read more "TV Review: Mad Men 4.3: The Good News"Its Christmas time at SCDP and the office party keeps getting smaller. Having added no new accounts in the last month, the penny pinching is getting tighter as Lane has reduced the party to “a bottle of gin and a log of Velveeta.” Don is also not enjoying his first Christmas apart from the family […]
Read more "TV Review: Mad Men 4.2: Christmas Comes But Once a Year"Mad Men 3.12 “Shut the Door, Have a Seat” If you didn’t watch Mad Men’s third season or haven’t jumped on the show yet, you are missing out on some of the best television of the decade. (Spoilers Throughout) This season of Mad Men has been described as slow, boring, character driven and even mediocre […]
Read more "Review: Mad Men – “Shut the Door, Have a Seat”"The third season of Mad Men began last night and the results were just what we want from a series premiere in the middle of the shows run. (Spoilers here in for the episode) I will say I find it rather interesting that the show reset some of the characters back their more original selves […]
Read more "Review: Mad Men 3.1"Keanu Reeves stars in this remake of the lauded cautionary tale original, putting a relevant green spin on things; the effect is a solid sci-fi thriller that operates with reserve instead of going way over the top. Helen Benson (Jenifer Connelly) is a scientist that deals with studying bacteria and elements on outer space bodies […]
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