Archive for the ‘RANTS & REVIEWS’ Category

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep. 4: Eye Spy (T.V. Review)

  SPY GENRE CLICHÉ #86 — THE ROGUE AGENT.  A former spy goes rogue and battles the hero who works for the same agency that, in the rogue’s eyes, did him wrong.  Torn between loyalties, hero spy must defeat rogue spy/villain despite personal connections. Every espionage franchise eventually gets to the rogue agent trope.  Tom […]

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Arnold Teams with Sly in ESCAPE PLAN (Film Review)

  Well the ex-Governor and ex-boxer finally get full feature screen time together in their new film Escape Plan and they haven’t broken the formula yet.  Playing familiar roles, delivering pedestrian lines and punching their way through this prison story that could easily have been made for cable, the two icons create a lot of […]

Beyond the Marquee Celebrates its 2nd Anniversary

This past weekend marked the end of Beyond the Marquee’s second year on the Internet. What a year it has been. They say time flies when you’re having fun, but they never said how much faster it flies when you’re producing original web-series content and keeping your Entertainment News, Reviews and Interview website fresh with […]

ABC’s “ONCE UPON A TIME”, S3, Ep.3 (TV Review)

Previously on Once Upon a Time, Peter, oh yes that Peter, threatened to Emma that not only would she lose Henry to him, but that she would lose her parents as well. With that Emma and her band of mythical fairytale allies set off to rescue Henry; however as the episode starts off they are […]

Downtown Cinema (with Malone) Reviews ASTRONAUT: THE LAST PUSH (DVD Review)

With “Gravity” pulling everybody into theaters over the last few weeks, it looks like space movies are making a comeback.  I mean, what better setting for a high-tension drama than an infinite void that could suffocate or crush you at a moment’s notice.  Space is one bad motha and since we don’t know all that […]

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The Snow Queen a Child’s Story of Bravery (Film Review)

  Animation has really improved in the independently made films over the years and especially for children.  The characters in the G and PG adventure films have become more likeable and in some cases a bit sillier providing the perfect combination to keep your child entertained for an hour or so.  Even the sinister characters […]

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep. 3: The Asset (T.V. Review)

As season one progresses, Marvel Studios’ first foray into live-action T.V. is beginning to show its strengths and weaknesses, both of which are on display in last night’s episode.  The plot rotates around a kidnapped S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist whose contribution to the Periodic Table of Elements is a theoretical particle that controls gravity fields and is […]

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