Jason Stanley

TV Screened: Once Upon a Time Season 4 – Putting On Darkness

Jason StanleySep 23, 2015

As we prepare for the fifth season of Once Upon a Time, the ABC drama that retells beloved fairy tales (or Walt Disney films), we take a look back at season four. Once Upon a Time has created it?s own framework ever since the first season. Each season has been treated...

Where Hope Grows: In The Most Unlikely Of Places

Jason StanleyAug 31, 2015

Calvin Campbell (Kristoffer Polaha) is a former baseball player who is searching for a new purpose in life. After his formative career ended, a drinking problem began. This added to his struggles as a single father to his teenage daughter, Katie (McKaley Miller)....

DVD Film

T3: Finding Your Purpose (Terminator)

Jason StanleyJul 1, 2015

In the third installment of the Terminator films, we find a John Connor (Nick Stahl) who is no longer thirteen, and ?lives off the grid.? John is a young adult living on the streets, with no phone, no home, nothing. He is working in manual labor, recalling the past...

DVD Film Reviews

Project Almanac: Be Present Today

Jason StanleyJun 9, 2015

Project Almanac has the vibe of a Blair Witch Project or Cloverfield film. Most of the film is from the perspective of a handheld video camera, smart phone, or GoPro. This time, the sci-fi genre adds time travel to the mix. David (Jonny Weston) is a smart, clean-cut...

DVD Reviews

Rizzoli & Isles Season 5: It Will Be Okay

Jason StanleyJun 2, 2015

TNT's Rizzoli & Isles may not be the best drama on television, but it is a guilty pleasure. ?The main characters, the Boston detective and the medical examiner, are based on the characters in Tess Gerritsen's crime novels. The fifth season is now out on DVD....

DVD Features Reviews

Foxcatcher: Wrestling with God

Jason StanleyMay 19, 2015

Foxcatcher?is as difficult to write about as it was to watch. I have seen it three or four times now, and it does not lessen the difficulty of watching such a tense and dramatic film. Despite that, it is a great film, deserving every nomination for every film award it...