And Here’s Ronan!

Not the MSNBC newscaster, who looks too young to drive, never mind host a news show. I was watching ETC, on Machinima’s Youtube channel, where they did a little explaining about who’s who in Marvel Studios’ upcoming “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” It’s actually pretty interesting, though if you’re familiar with the characters, or paid attention […]

Postmortem: The Happening (2008)

Part 1: It’s All About The Benjamins I imagine that M. Night Shyamalan, coming off the blockbuster success of 1999’s “The Sixth Sense,” thought that he literally ruled the world.  That movie, on a $40 million budget, earned almost $673 million dollars. His followup,  2000’s “Unbreakable,” cost $75 million to produce, almost doubled the cost of […]

‘Expendables 3’ Trailer

The ‘Expendables’ films are somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me in the sense that they remind me of an American muscle car, like the Corvette Stingray.  It might not be state of the art in certain ways, such as engine technology, but it’s surprising the problems that copious amounts of horsepower can solve. This film is chock […]

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Review

“”Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Easily Ranks Among The Best Marvel Studios Films.” Let me get something out of the way:  You know all those critics that say that “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was a great superhero film that’s evocative of spy thrillers like “Three Days of the Condor (both which happen to have Robert […]

‘Godzilla’ Trailer 2

I like this trailer, it’s very atmospheric.  As I have said before though, I am worried because Gareth Edwards’ last film, “Monsters” was atmospheric too, but offered little else. You even get a little bit of Godzilla-love at the end.  I hope that it brings the goods, after all we have already had a Godzilla reboot, […]

‘The Den’ Review

“”The Den,” The Debut Film From Zachary Donahue, Is A Startlingly Effective Thriller” When I first heard about Zachary Donahue‘s thriller, “The Den” I the first thing that popped into my mind was the place where an animal lives. And in sense, I was right though on the face of it the movie revolves around Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia), […]

‘Phantasm: Ravager’ Trailer

Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm series is very interesting, though not necessarily for good reasons. The original film that started it all is pretty amazing, but the more sequels that Coscarelli did, the more apparent it became that that he was running out of ideas. Which is why the latest film, “Phantasm: Ravager” is so interesting.  This time […]

Space: 1999 Vs. Space: 1999

The debate over whether the Year One or Two of Space: 1999 is one that will probably rank relatively low among the questions that plague mankind by their elusiveness. Unless you happen to be a person that prefers one or the other, in which case the answer is fairly obvious and the question somewhat pointless. Space: 1999 is the […]

‘Inkmaster’ ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Trailer

Since I am not willing to pay the ridiculously high prices charged by cable providers, I get my television by computer.  One of my favorite shows is Spike TV’s “Inkmaster,” which has a new episode every Tuesday, though it appears on Spike.com the following Saturday. And I have no problem with that, minus the occasion […]