Hidden

I hate to pass up a cheap rental on iTunes so I took a chance with Hidden and I was pleasantly surprised with this film. The film focuses on a family trapped in a bunker hiding from the Breathers, who lurk above ground and are hunting them.  Skarsgård (Ray),  does an …

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The Strain: S3 E6

Season 3 / Episode 6 / The Battle of Central Park:  This week brought another weak episode of The Strain that falls flat. With 3 main storylines running throughout the episode not one of them stood out as interesting or compelling. It may be that the audience has fallen out …

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The Strain: Madness

Season 3 / Episode 5 / Madness: OK, looks like we are still going on and on about this damn book. Setrakian finds new information in the Lumen which leads him on a new journey to do some more boring stuff with some more boring people regarding a boring book. …

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The Strain: S3 E4

Season 3 / Episode 4 / Gone But Not Forgotten: OK, not quite as interesting this week but still a strong showing. Things have certainly changed for our characters now that the master is assumed to be dead. Fet is ready to celebrate while Eph is still concerned that something …

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Fear The Walking Dead: S2 E12

Season 2 / Episode 12 / Pilar Of Salt: This episode was incredibly weak. Granted, it had a few powerful moments, but they were quick to fade away into boring side stories and overly dramatic scenes about nothing. The rogue family that has run off from Nick’s colony sparks a …

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Hemlock Grove: Season 3

Upon the release of Hemlock Grove Season 3 I was sad to discover that this is the final season of the series. After the sadness sank in I was able to appreciate the last season for what it is and I can tell you that it is outstanding. Season 3 …

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Hemlock Grove: Season 2

Hemlock Grove Season 1 left quite an impression. While season 1 was great, season 2 was quite awful in several ways.  It starts off strong but after the 3rd episode things begins to fall apart. The graphics were horrendous with the overuse of CGI rather than special effects makeup and …

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Devil’s Pass

A group of 5 student researchers travel to Russia to investigate the mysterious murder of nine Russian hikers in 1959 in the Ural Mountain which are also known as the Devil’s Pass. The students immediately encounter issues with the Russian authorities when asking about the Dyatlov Pass incident. Devil’s Pass …

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Hemlock Grove: Season 1

Hemlock Grove is a Netflix original series directed in part by Eli Roth and is based on a novel written by Brian Mcgreevy. Hemlock Grove starts with the brutal murder of a high school student who seems to have been attacked by something that is not human. But when local …

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Fear The Walking Dead: s2e11

Season 2 / Episode 11 / Pablo & Jessica It’s unfortunate that Fear The Walking Dead was unable to build on the momentum built from last week. As I speculated last week, Nick’s story is much less interesting. I like his character, but his story is not compelling as a …

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