Does this sound a bit nutty to anyone else? Zach Snyder, the director of 2013’s “Man Of Steel,” decided that Ben Affleck would play Batman in the upcoming sequel. Now, I am not that crazy about that decision, but what I think is worse is that Tim Nasson has set up a petition to remove […]
I was walking home yesterday via my typical route. Passing under an overpass my building is to the left, behind a chain-link fence. To the right is a sparsely wooded median, and a few feet from that, elevated on giant concrete stilts, is the highway that I just passed under. Interstate 95, I think. As […]
Interesting. I wasn’t even aware that there was a sequel planned for 2011’s “Frightnight” – itself a remake of Todd Holland’s 1985 far superior film – mainly because it met with a lukewarm box office response (Which was deserved. It wasn’t terrible, and there were some talented people involved. It’s greatest problem was simply that […]
If you were somehow able to snatch someone from Death’s irresistible grasp, would you? To free someone, perhaps a loved one, from that which is an undeniable – and inescapable – fact of life. Would you grant them a second chance? But nothing is without cost. For those you would return, they would be – […]
Imagine Spider-Man, mixed with the presentation skills of Batman, and you have Antboy (and let’s be honest, being bit by an ant and getting superpowers is just as plausible – and nonsensical – as a radioactive spider). And as critical as I tend to be of how Spider-man managed to create such an awesome costume, […]
I like ‘more’ as much as the next guy. More money, more “Pacific Rim” and more hard drives (I have always had a thing for storage space). Where ‘more’ doesn’t work so well for is when you have too many villains. After all, Sam Raimi is a pretty talented director yet his “Spider-Man 3” was […]
This trailer, called “Stranger” is from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions. It looks like a bit of viral marketing, but for what, I have no idea. It is pretty interesting, though.
I think Marvel Studios “The Avengers” is – so far – the best superhero film ever made. It takes itself seriously enough that it doesn’t come off as silly, yet remembers that this stuff is based on comic books, which were originally geared toward children (though in places like Japan – and to an extent […]
“E.B.E.” or Extraterrestrial Biological Entity, is the seventeenth episode of “The X-Files” and it probes a little bit deeper into the conspiracy that powered the series for most of its run – and before it totally went off the rails in later seasons. It begins in Iraq, when a pilot shoots down an unidentified flying […]
“Antiviral” is worth seeing, though it’s too cold, distant and clinical to be called enjoyable.” I really want to believe that that “Antiviral” had something to say about the nature of fame, and its costs. But, as the saying goes, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. The film, the first by Brandon Cronenberg (the […]
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