For some strange reason the first Sharknado somehow captured the public zeitgeist and became the most talked about SyFy movie to date so it is a surprise to no one that we got a sequel and no surprise it is just as bad and just as entertaining as the last one. A Ticker-Shark Parade. April (Tara…
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Sharknado (2013) – Review
Tonight the SyFy Channel is airing the much anticipated sequel to Sharknado so as a public service I’m providing a quick recap in case anyone has missed this story that truly speaks to the hearts of men and woman and answers that age old question, “What would a tornado full of sharks look like?” Of course…
Lucy (2014) – Review
A much-visited element of science fiction is the exploration of where humanity has been and where it might be headed—whether that’s the physical frontier of space travel and time travel, or the inward journey into the uncharted depths of our own biology. These stories often speculate on the next great leap forward in our species’…
Into the Storm (2014) – Review
This does seem to be another year of disaster movie mania. Earlier in the year we got Pompeii which was basically Gladiator meets Titanic on the slopes of Dante’s Peak, and then we had Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, which was about the world’s first disaster story and was kind of dreadful in its own right, but…
Afflicted (2013) – Review
Since 1999’s The Blair Witch Project found footage films have increased in quantity, if not always quality, and the fact that they can be made on the cheap, relatively speaking of course, this format will probably never die. The Paranormal Activity series has turned into a multi-million dollar franchise, even though each film has increased in budget…