Seldon's Blog

"DEFIANCE" (2008) Review

After watching Edward Zwick’s 2008 World War II film, "DEFIANCE", I finally began to realize that it does not pay to make assumptions about a movie, based upon a theater trailer. I had made this mistake several times throughout my life and it irks me that I am still capable of making it. I certainly made this mistake when I saw the trailer for "DEFIANCE", a World War II drama that told the story of the war experiences of four Polish-Jewish brothers who ended up forming a partisan resistance group against the occupying Nazis between 1941 and 1942. ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my top favorite television series in the science-fiction/fantasy genre . . . so far: ( Read more... )

Below are images from TNT's 2013 miniseries called "MOB CITY". Inspired by John Buntin's book, "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City", the miniseries was created by Frank Darabont and stars Jon Bernthal, Milo Ventimiglia, Neal McDonough and Alexa Davalos: ( Read more... )