Media Decay

The Thing (2011)

Jason F — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:29:09 +0000

The Thing is a prequel/remake of John Carpenter’s classic horror film of the same name about a group of scientists trapped in Antarctica with an alien that can shapeshift into the form of other animals, including humans. In this prequel, an alien ship is discovered by a team of Norwegian scientists and American grad student [...]

The Innkeepers

Jason F — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:28:52 +0000

The Innkeepers takes place during the final weekend of operation at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, an old hotel that’s said to be haunted. The two staff members, Luke (Healy) and Claire (Paxton; Last House on the Left) alternate shifts at the front desk of the nearly empty inn while also trying to use the final [...]

The L.A. Complex

Jason F — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:13:10 +0000

The L.A. Complex is a new Canadian series about a variety of entertainers trying to make their way in Hollywood. While they try and get that big break they’re all living in poverty at The Deluxe (The Lux), a long-term motel, based on the real life Highland Gardens (which a pretty good documentary was made about [...]

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Jason F — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:15:52 +0000

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is the final film in a trilogy that has gone on for almost 20 years by Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger. Paradise Lost – The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2 – Revelations both previously took us into the case of the West Memphis 3, three teenagers (at the [...]

Alcatraz

Jason F — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:52:26 +0000

Alcatraz is a mysterious show that proposes the truth behind the closing of Alcatraz prison is that in 1963 all the prisoners and guards just vanished one night. Now in modern day San Francisco these people are re-appearing just as mysteriously, not having aged a day. Detective Rebecca Madsen (Jones; Sons of Anarchy) and Alcatraz expert [...]

The Dispatcher

Jason F — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:57 +0000

The Dispatcher is about a police dispatcher who’s young daughter is abducted from her bedroom while she sleeps. Many years later after being presumed dead, while on shift he gets a call from a girl claiming to be her. He sets off on a new investigation to find her. The Dispatcher has a pretty strong [...]

Smash – Pilot

Jason F — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:25:52 +0000

Smash is about a group of characters all converging to create a new Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. A mid-west transplant actress/waitress (McPhee), an current ensemble actress (Hilty), a pair of writing partners (Messing & Borle), an egotistical director (Davenport), and a newly divorced and trying to prove she’s still in the game producer (Huston), [...]

Young Adult

Jason F — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:16:08 +0000

Young Adult is about Mavis Gary (Theron; Monster, Aeon Flux), a ghost author of young adult books who’s life isn’t going too well. She receives a birth announcement from her high school sweetheart Buddy Slade (Wilson; Hard Candy, Watchmen) and decides to go visit her hometown for a bit to win him back as her [...]

Moneyball

Jason F — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:28:25 +0000

Moneyball is the true story of Oakland A’s manager Billy Beane (Pitt; Seven, Fight Club) who needs to improve his team if they ever hope to get into the championships and keep his job. The problem he faces in the modern age of professional sports is that his team doesn’t have a lot of money [...]

The Sitter

Jason F — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:32:35 +0000

The Sitter is about Noah (Hill; Moneyball, Superbad), a college dropout who gets wrangled into babysitting for 3 eccentric kids when he wants to go to a party with his “girlfriend” (Graynor; Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist). Being a horrible babysitter he goes to buy some cocaine for his girlfriend and this sets off a [...]