TV Review: Powers – Episode One: Pilot

| March 10, 2015

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Powers. Powers, Powers. Powers, Powers, Powers Powers, Powers. Oh, forgive me for the repetition. After watching the pilot episode of Powers and hearing that word uttered a million times, it’s hard to get it out of my head. It’s also the only impression the show had on me. Not a great start for a show […]

Movie Review: Chappie (2015)

| March 7, 2015

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Neil Blomkamp first burst on to the sci-fi film landscape in 2009′s with District 9, after a failed attempt at directing a Halo movie with Peter Jackson, and has remained a director to watch since for his unique grungy technological aesthetic and a tendency to sneak a modicum of political commentary into what he claims […]

Movie Review: Elysium (2013)

| August 13, 2013

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Neill Blomkamp, who wrote and directed Elysium, aimed for the stars, but he missed, delivering instead a mediocre action flick that ignores character development, the urge to create a nuanced story, and logic.