TV / Movies
My Thoughts on the Arrowverse
Being the residential DC guy within the Digital Crack crew, I have a strong opinion on the goings-on in the DC universe. Let’s start off with this opinion on the recent events in the Arrowverse, DC’s television universe: DC and WB you done messed up! Warning, there will be SPOILERS ahead! I understand that you want to keep the TV and Extended Universes separate, but you are putting on a strain on ...[Read More]
The Old Transformers Animated Movie Is Being Remastered for Blu-Ray
Transformers: The Movie, the quality animated film from 1986 not to be confused with anything Michael Bay has stamped his name on, celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the movie is being remastered for release on Blu-ray.Transformers: The Movie - 30th Anniversary Edition is due out on September 13, Shout Factory announced today. It's being remastered and transferred ...[Read More]
When an Apocalypse Is Really Just a Bad Day
** MILD SPOILERS** My Digital Crack podcast-mate, Punisher, gifted me a rare opportunity: a chance to see a movie I was afraid to spend my money on. On the Wednesday before its official release, Punisher and I went to our local movie theater to catch an advance screening of X-Men: Apocalypse. It’s a movie that I dreaded seeing, because of both my love of the original source material – I love the X...[Read More]
Atari Working On Getting Centipede, Missile Command to Big Screen
Say what you want about Atari – and I have done so on a couple of occasions – but they are nothing if not insistent. The publisher, far removed from its origins and now owned by Vivendi, has been attempting to shill its gaming properties for years, with uninspired remake after uninspired remake flooding the gaming space. Well, now you can add feature films to their to-do list. Atari is partnering ...[Read More]
Warcraft Theatrical Trailer Remade Shot-for-Shot Using WoW Assets
The latest trailer for Blizzard’s Warcraft movie isn’t too exciting in my opinion, but I stay hopefully optimistic. In the meantime, I love looking at projects like this, a shot-for-shot redo of the movie trailer using the World of Warcraft graphics engine. Seeing this, I get the sudden urge to renew my subscription to the game.
X-Men: Apocalypse “Franchise-Killing Disaster”, According to Forbes
The early reviews for Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse are pretty, well, apocalyptic. The latest film in the X-Men mutant universe is sporting a 55% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer as of this writing, and garnering quite a bit of negativity. Among the most scathing negativity is a review by Forbes reviewer Scott Mendelson, who labels the film a “franchise-killing disaster” right on the title. Scot...[Read More]
Captain America: Civil War was exactly what we wanted and more
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book) Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Daniel Brühl, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp Synopsis: Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes a ri...[Read More]
Still I Weep At His Guitar…
It took one video to remind me how much I underestimated and dismissed him when I was younger. After watching the video, now I miss him more. I almost weep for his guitar. Cousin Jose started this melancholy trip. It began with a simple question on Google Hangouts: “hey what was that vid where prince was in and he fuckin killed it in the guitar solo?” “remember the name?” I instantly knew what vid...[Read More]
The Warcraft movie scores a new trailer
Warcraft is heading to cinemas on June 10, and for fans of the franchise, it can’t come soon enough. The anticipation surrounding this particular film is unusually high considering the normal standard of movie-game crossovers, so here’s hoping it doesn’t disappoint. Today a second movie spot has landed for the fantasy flick, and you can see it in all its glory below.
Daredevil: Season 2, Episode Seven Review
In the seventh episode of Daredevil: Season 2, Elektra complicates matters in huge ways.
Daredevil: Season 2, Episode Three Review
The third episode of Daredevil: Season 2 is intense, provocative, and contains an action sequence that may top the Season 1 hallway fight.
Daredevil: Season 2, Episode Two Review
Matt works to recover from his encounter with The Punisher while Foggy and Karen fight for their new client's rights.