Nazi Killin’ Fun

Sometimes a movie will just be a huge surprise, like Iron Man, and manage to be impressive in every way and exceeding any expectations anyone has for the film.  Much like Iron Man before it, Captain America: the First Avenger is that kind of movie.  Clever, charming, if a little simple, Captain America is probably [...]

Balancing the Budget

This is going to be a short one, since it’s late and I want to go back to reading the Dresden Files.  I’ve got to give thanks to my friend John for setting me up with tonight’s idea, by the way, since most of these concepts are his.  We sat down and I grilled him [...]

A Fitting End: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Review

After eight movies in a row, it’s good to see a franchise end with a bang.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 gives a satisfying ending to the lengthy, complex and sometimes questionable Harry Potter series by being tightly focused, well written and, frankly, pretty awesome.  While the movie highlights the issues with [...]

5 ways to make Spiderman Cool at the Movies Again

I’m still not sure about the Amazing Spiderman coming out soon, and the fact that it’s supposed to reboot a series that just had a movie come out less than five years ago.  However, it has had a couple of production stills come out and they look pretty amazing. Yeah, looks pretty awesome.  However, like [...]

A Waste of Potential: Tron Legacy review

About 2/3 through Tron: Legacy, I came to the realization that this would be a much better movie if it wasn’t Tron.  Instead of utilizing the gorgeous audio/visual spectacle to tell an entertaining story, the filmmakers decided it was more important to give the audience yet another 80′s nostalgia throwback.    A beautiful mishmash of dark [...]

A damn fine film: a “Social Network” review

Mark Zuckerberg isn’t a villain. It’s even hard to call him an asshole. Kind of a douche, maybe, but I think that’s about as far as we could go, at least within the context of “the Social Network,” which depicts Facebook’s meteoric rise to the world’s largest online social network site. Easily a contender for [...]

Not much under the (red) hood

Batman: Under the Red Hood is a textbook example of what not to do when faced with making a film about Batman, make him tedious, boring and uninteresting.  Under the Red Hood is a wandering, directionless film that manages to miss all of the potential emotional cues and falls flat on the action hooks. Under [...]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World review

Scott Pilgrim kicks ass. Not the guy, he’s kind of a whiny, hipster loser, but his movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, is easily the summer’s top action movie. Combing frenetic action, a whole lot of heart and video game craziness makes this the ultimate summer flick. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World opens in “far [...]

Wonder Woman

Sorry.  I forgot to update this past couple of weeks.  I was barely awake for a lot of it, so yeah. Anyway, last week, DC unveiled their new design for Wonder Woman, along with a new origin story, for the new run by J. Michael Straczynski.  It’s been really controversial over the past week, and [...]

Toy Story 3 Review

Simply put, Toy Story 3 is Pixar’s crown jewel.  It is a wonderful film that gives closure to some of the most human and soulful characters in cinema in the past two decades. Toy Story 3 opens several years after the first one, with the toy’s owner Andy, now 17, getting ready for college.  Woody [...]