Category: Sci-Fi

The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 04 – Nurse 3D (2013) and More!

The second Cinefessions Podcast is delivered right on time in the month of February! Join co-hosts Branden Chowen, Ashe Collins, and Chris Ranson as they review a whopping five films, including Nurse 3D (2013), Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D (2012), Truth or Die (2012), +1 (2013), and Haunter (2013). The trio also discusses their most anticipated film of 2014, John Carpenter, the Guardians of the…


Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Riddick (2013)

Title: Riddick (2013) Director: David Twohy Runtime: 119 minutes — I expected quite a bit from Riddick. I loved Pitch Black (2000) and the animated movie – The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004) – that served as a bridge between the first and second film, but I thought Chronicles of Riddick (2004) was just…


The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 02 – Oblivion (2013) and The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

Welcome back to another episode of The Cinefessions Podcast. Today, Ashe, Chris, and Branden get together to review two of the biggest home video releases from August 6th: Oblivion and The Place Beyond the Pines. There is also some talk about Mud, My Amityville Horror, Dracula (1931), and Meet the Fokkens. Better yet, there is…


Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Pacific Rim (2013)

This review was written by Ashe Collins, a video game critic at DieHard GameFAN. You can follow him on twitter @DHGFAshe, or check out his other reviews by clicking here. Title: Pacific Rim (2013) Runtime: 131 minutes Director: Guillermo del Toro — One part Evangelion, one part Godzilla, all awesome.  Pacific Rim is the kind of mash-up I love to see.  Sure…


Movie Review – Ashe Collins on The Wolverine (2013)

This review was written by Ashe Collins, a video game critic at DieHard GameFAN. You can follow him on twitter @DHGFAshe, or check out his other reviews by clicking here. Title: The Wolverine (2013) Runtime: 126 minutes Director: James Mangold — The latest in the X-Men film franchise and the second solo outing for Wolverine, the sequel…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: Star Trek Into Darkness Runtime: 132 minutes Director: J.J. Abrams — Star Trek Into Darkness has done everything it could to make me think it was going to be terrible, from the cheesy title, to the pretty-but-boring ten-minute IMAX…


Movie Review – Videodrome (1983)

This review is part of the Around the World in May-ty Days challenge that Cinefessions is taking part in throughout the month of May. The challenge originated on Letterboxd thanks to a user named Berken. Find out more, including how to follow along, via this list on Letterboxd. Title: Videodrome (1983) Runtime: 89 minutes Director:…