FEAR THE WALKING DEAD [Series Premiere Review]: Pretty Ugly.

What better way to cover AMC's new spin-off series of the smash-hit The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, than a pair of reviews from...a married Los Angeles couple? Scary.     Into a world where people have not yet learned to walk into abandoned buildings shouting “Hello, anyone here?” (or, go near people you …

NIGHTCRAWLER [Review]: Don’t let this one BAMF! away.

The present day/night Los Angeles depicted in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler (2014), directly mirrors the sinister, melting plastic pot it can often seem to be: A shallow reflecting pool brimming with all flavors of ultra-violence; pressed against our faces; forcing our nostrils to run red until we taste the copper in the back of our throats. Shot …