Revolution, Season 1, Episode 3: “No Quarter” Written by Monica Owusu-Breen Directed by Sanford Bookstaver Airs Mondays at 10 pm (ET) on NBC Revolution is a show that began life with a lot of expectations. Built on a premise that was highly intriguing, yet could turn faulty very quickly, it had the added weight of …
Revolution, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot” Written by Eric Kripke Directed by Jon Favreau Airs Mondays at 10pm ET on NBC (starting 9/17) Revolution’s first episode is a must-see introduction to a well-crafted post-apocalyptic world. Many critics and San Diego ComicCon attendees have ranked it as one of the best of this year’s television crop …
Alcatraz 2012, USA, imdb Created by Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt and Elizabeth Sarnoff Episode 1.01 “Pilot” Directed by Danny Cannon Written by Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt and Elizabeth Sarnoff Episode 1.02 “Ernest Cobb” Directed by Jack Bender Written by Alison Balian ***** Alcatraz is a procedural built on the unstable grounds of a conspiracy. The …
Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in New York, you had the opportunity to see around 600 new features come and go; the rest of us didn’t get that many fewer. That means that anyone who’s been put in …
Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in New York, you had the opportunity to see around 600 new features come and go; the rest of us didn’t get that many fewer. That means that anyone who’s been put in a …
While most blogs/sites post their “best of the year so far” lists in June, I like to wait until August – with good reason. You see, we here at Sound On Sight cover various film festivals across the globe. Five of the biggest fests (Sundance, SXSW, Cannes, Tribeca and Fantasia) all take place before August, …
Super 8 Directed by J.J.Abrams Written by J.J. Abrams 2011, USA J.J. Abrams’s secretive and highly anticipated third feature Super 8 arrived in cinemas earlier this week, and while it’s received fairly positive reviews, I was a bit shocked to learn how so many of my close friends absolutely hated the film. They say when …
Super 8 Written by J. J. Abrams Directed by J.J. Abrams USA, 2011 Depending on who you ask, Steven Spielberg is either Hollywood’s longest-running hack or its most dependable artist. On one point, however, his detractors and defenders must surely agree: Spielberg is, or at least was, an innovator. His run of blockbusters starting in …
J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 opens next week, and Paramount has released a ton of new images for the film to whet your appetite. Don’t forget to tune into episode 276 of the Sound On Sight podcast when we will review the film along with some classic Spielberg Sc-Fi movies. Here’s the synopsis: In the summer …
Until the release of the all-new, re-branded, back-to-the-beginning Star Trek in 2009 (dir. J. J. Abrams) commentators all over the world, from hardened Trekkies to critics landed with the job of reviewing the next Trek movie, were unanimously agreed on one thing: even-numbered Trek movies were better than the odd-numbered ones. This could vary from …