So What’s The Best J. Cole Album So Far?

The J. Cole hype couldn’t be greater right now after the 4th major album release from J. Cole, For Your Eyez Only. Many are expecting it to be album of the year with only 2 songs released. They are also expecting it to be “another classic” [See Social Media] and it made us think. What […]

Horror Movies: How Have They Changed?

Since the early 1930s, after the release of the first talkies movie, monster movies became a major hit. Films like Dracula and Frankenstein set the president for horror films during this period.  Here’s a look back at a few of the original “monster” movies and how these supernatural creatures were portrayed during the 1930s/1940s in […]

Series Recap – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

After Mission: Impossible 3‘s straight-faced, character-driven approach made a messy attempt at returning the series to the first movie‘s cereberal roots, Ghost Protocol seems a natural companion piece to Mission: Impossible II. For one thing, Ethan’s hair has grown long again, while the movie adopts the same all bombast, all the time style which John Woo […]

Series Recap – Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)

Following the widely-derided Mission: Impossible 2, the series remained dormant for a full six years before JJ Abrams, then best known for his work on TV spy series Alias, was brought onboard to try and resurrect it. Star Tom Cruise was also in need of a vehicle to win back his place in the heart […]

Series Recap – Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

While Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible was a financial and criticial success, questions about its hard-to-follow plot were seemingly taken to heart when producers Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner sought to redirect the sequel away from the original’s atmospheric blend of summer blockbuster and old-school action thriller and into more unashamedly spectacular action territory. The […]

Series Recap – Mission: Impossible (1996)

Ahead of the release of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation this Friday, I’m going to be looking back at the four previous installments in the series to chart the evolution from one film to the next and see how well they individually hold up. The M:I movies are especially interesting in this regard because where most […]

Cartel Land Shows Why the War on Drugs May Be Unwinnable

Released last week, Matthew Heineman’s documentary Cartel Land has been roundly lauded for its harrowing, on-the-ground chronicle of the Mexican drug war. Heineman trains his lens on two vigilante groups. One is the Arizona Border Recon (ABR), a small militia-like force that patrols the Arizona/Mexico border led by veteran Tim “Nailer” Foley. The other is a […]