Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) is mourning her mother when she heads off to the deserted beach on the Gulf of Mexico where her mother once surfed while pregnant with her. While a few locals also participate in catching a few choice waves, Adams’ chief companions are a seagull she nicknames Steve (Steve Seagull, get it?)…
Crisp evenings.? Bonfires.? Pumpkin spice euphoria. And horror. These are the caveats that perfect Autumns are made of.? And the good news for Stephen King fans is that they won?t have to wait until Halloween to get their fill of fall fright.? In fact, the season sees not one, not two, but a trifecta of…
On their wedding day, a couple gets disturbing news: a gang is headed in on the noon train to avenge an old debt, and the groom is the target. He is the ex-marshal Will Kane, played by Academy Award-winning Gary Cooper in a strong performance in the waning twilight of his career. Thanks to Olive…
No films have divided the ScreenFish staff more than the combination of?Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?and?Captain America: Civil War, which released mere weeks apart. Ranting about the importance of “Martha!” or a short clip of archived video has become a commonplace thing in our staff discussions, even as others move on to the…
The Reagans are back – and better than ever. While some procedural shows seem to stall out (or worse, use the same storylines over and over again), the beauty of this show about a family on one side of the law is that it continues to make us care about the struggle. The law may…
So, there are these four teenage brothers who fight crime, but they happen to be … turtles. Who knew that these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would be so popular thirty-two years after they first appeared in the comics? Of course, thanks to the production of Michael Bay, the second in this cinematic iteration has more…
Let’s get this out of the way early: there aren’t many returning shows that actually have me?excited?about the return of television shows and streaming episodes. Sure, I’ll be watching the fourteenth season of?NCIS?and the third season of?Scorpion?because they’re like a good pair of old slippers: I know just what I’m getting. Absolutely, I’ll dive back…
The Iron Giant?is an old-school animated adventure that highlights the unearthed prowess of director Brad Bird. While this was his animated debut away from Disney, Bird is best known for his work on?The Incredibles?and?Ratatoille, as well as live-action films like?Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol?and?Tomorrowland. It’s obvious that the man knows how to blow things up beautifully…
Here’s my annual preview of my most anticipated films for the fall. The beauty of a list like this is that that everyone will agree – especially my cohorts here at ScreenFish! So check out my list, and consider what I’ve missed – and let us know. In the disaster film category, there are two…
In Disney’s live-action adaptation of?The Jungle Book, veteran action director Jon Favreau pushes young Neel Sethi through the paces as Mowgli, with the help of a few voices you’ve heard before. Yes, the story is primarily the same to the original 1967 animated classic about the boy raised by wolves. But in the end, families…
