Tag: the asylum

April in The Asylum – Chris Ranson on Mercenaries (2014)

For the entire month of April, Cinefessions will once again be locked inside The Asylum, reviewing tons of releases by the famed studio. Every weekday throughout April you will get another Asylum review. April’s podcast will also be devoted to films from The Asylum. Title: Mercenaries (2014) Inspired By: Expendables 3 (2014) Director: Christopher Ray…


April in The Asylum – Chris Ranson on Bermuda Tentacles (2014)

For the entire month of April, Cinefessions will once again be locked inside The Asylum, reviewing tons of releases by the famed studio. Every weekday throughout April you will get another Asylum review. April’s podcast will also be devoted to films from The Asylum.   Title: Bermuda Tentacles (2014) Director: Nick Lyon Runtime: 89 minutes…


April in The Asylum – Branden Chowen on Killers (1997)

For the entire month of April, Cinefessions will once again be locked inside The Asylum, reviewing tons of releases by the famed studio. Every weekday throughout April you will get another Asylum review. April’s podcast will also be devoted to films from The Asylum. Title: Killers (1997) Director: David Michael Latt Runtime: 83 minutes — Before The Asylum realized how…


Cinefessions Presents…April in The Asylum 2015

Welcome to the sequel. Longtime readers of Cinefessions may remember last April when we introduced April in The Asylum, a look at some of the best and worst the famed low-budget, independent movie studio has to offer. Last year, we looked at an Asylum release three times a week – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Well…


TV Review – Branden Chowen on Z Nation: Full Metal Zombie (S1.E4)

Series: Z Nation Episode: Full Metal Zombie (S1.E4) Director: Michael Robison Original Air Date: October 3, 2014 — Z Nation is interesting in that it keeps getting better and better every episode. We are only four episodes in, but they’ve built these excellent characters that I truly care about. That is proven in this episode when one of…


TV Review – Branden Chowen on Z Nation: Philly Feast (S1.E3)

Series: Z Nation Episode: Philly Feast (S1.E3) Director: Luis Prieto Original Air Date: September 26, 2014 — The third episode of Z Nation brings the group of survivors to Philadelphia. There are, as expected, a ton of zombies to dismember, but there are also some more survivors. Unfortunately for Cassandra, the stranger the group picked up in…


TV Review – Branden Chowen on Z Nation: Fracking Zombies (S1.E2)

Series: Z Nation Episode: Fracking Zombies (S1.E2) Director: John Hyams Original Air Date: September 19, 2014 — The Z Nation crew is in New Jersey, on their way to deliver the “package”, Murphy, to the nearest safe point. As is probably always happening in the zombie apocalypse, the group runs out of gas in one of their…