![[Review] August: Osage County (2013)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/august-osage-county-f.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Review] August: Osage County (2013)")
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY began life as a play written by Tracy Letts, Tracy in fact won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with this piece. Inevitable it seems that this piece would become a feature film, and nicely on a screenplay that Tracy wrote. With director John Wells (THE COMPANT MEN) at the helm and … Continue reading
“Dracula” (NBC television series) Episode 8: “Come To Die” (air-date 10/1/2014) Director: Brian Kelly Writer: Harley Peyton Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Kathie McGrath, Victoria Smurfit, Alec Newman, Nonso Anozie and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. Wow, talk about trouble in Paradise. “Come To Die” is certainly an apt title considering how much is … Continue reading
![[Book Review] Extreme Evil – Taking Crime to the Next Level](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/extremeevil-f.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Book Review] Extreme Evil – Taking Crime to the Next Level")
Extreme Evil – Taking Crime to the Next Level Author: Phil Clarke, Tom Briggs, Kate Briggs Year: 2011 Publisher: Futura As a heavy reader of true crime books, I am always on the look out for anything new to further my knowledge. With a title like Extreme Evil, I really had to pick it up, … Continue reading
![[Review] Captain Phillips (2013)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/captphill-01.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Review] Captain Phillips (2013)")
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is a rather extraordinary film, dealing with a subject matter that has been very news worthy for several years, taking a true account and not only respecting all those involved but keeping the film very grounded and extremely well made. This is a very impressive effort from director Paul Greengrass, who uses his … Continue reading
![[Review] Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jack-ryan-03.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Review] Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)")
Jack Ryan is a character that action film fans are no doubt familiar with, having four previous films under his belt. SHADOW RECRUIT acts as a bit of a reboot for the series and a prequel, giving us a very young Jack Ryan and his recruitment into the CIA. The character itself has always been … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Book Reviews] Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (2009)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pirate-ls-f.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Book Reviews] Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (2009)")
Pirate Latitudes Author: Michael Crichton Year: [2009] By the shivering timbers of Davy Jones, this book is a blast! Posthumously released after the unfortunate departure of Michael Crichton, this swashbuckler is loaded to the gunwhale with adventure, intrigue, memorable characters and thrills of almost every description you can conceive of when you think anything pirate- sea … Continue reading
“Dracula” (NBC television series) Episode 7: “Servant To Two Masters” (air-date 3/1/2014) Director: Brian Kelly Writer: Rebecca Kirsch Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Kathie McGrath, Victoria Smurfit, Alec Newman, Nonso Anozie and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. After nearly a month of tube hiatus, this episode more or less proves itself as a tease … Continue reading
![[Review] Frozen (2013)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frozen-f.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Review] Frozen (2013)")
Disney is back with another animated feature with Princesses, but this latest offering FROZEN is rather different than the usual fare. With TANGLED, we got something we weren’t entire used to, it wasn’t a film reliant on the Princess needing a man to get herself out of trouble. It is great to see the old … Continue reading
![[Book Review] Bite: A Vampire Handbook by Kevin Jackson](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bite-f.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Book Review] Bite: A Vampire Handbook by Kevin Jackson")
Bite: A Vampire Handbook Author: Kevin Jackson Year: 2009 Publisher: Portobello Books Author’s Note: Before I start with this review, I’d like to send a big thank you to Bea Harper (one of our lovely site contributors) for gifting me this book. Vampires are and have been for a long time a source of fear, … Continue reading
![[DVD Review] My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Volume 1 [G]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/screenshot_4_19231.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[DVD Review] My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Volume 1 [G]")
After a fantastic run with Season 1, MLP: Friendship Is Magic comes in with a bang for Season 2. This wonderful show has not lost any of its amazing wit and charm, and it in fact has now found its feet and it’s easy to jump right back into knowing all the characters now. With … Continue reading
“Dracula” (NBC television series) Episode 6: “Of Monsters And Men” (air-date 6/12/2013) Director: Nick Murphy Writer: Katie Lovejoy Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Kathie McGrath, Victoria Smurfit, Alec Newman, Nonso Anozie and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. SO! After one of the most butt-clenchingly awkward engagement parties ever, you’d think tensions between Grayson, Mina, … Continue reading
“Dracula” (NBC television series) Episode 5: “The Devil’s Waltz” (air-date 29/11/2013) Director: Nick Murphy Writer: Nicole Taylor Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Kathie McGrath, Victoria Smurfit, Alec Newman, Nonso Anozie and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. After a week hiatus to honor the anniversary of JFK’s untimely assassination, “Dracula” returned for a fifth episode … Continue reading
![[Review] American Hustle (2013)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/american-hustle-01.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Review] American Hustle (2013)")
David O. Russell has been having a great run of it lately, with the excellent THE FIGHTER and the very good SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, his films have been awarded with critical praise as well as awards. The film-maker is back with another classic in AMERICAN HUSTLE, and this one is bound to get similar praise … Continue reading
![[Review Rewind] Christmas Classics: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sndn-02.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Review Rewind] Christmas Classics: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)")
I love this time of year, and as someone who does celebrate the wonderful commercialism of Christmas, I always grab the Holiday/Christmas movies and watch them during December. So why not talk about some ‘Christmas Classics‘? Now I may have discovered SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT during a past 31 Days Of Horror, however since then … Continue reading
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