I have written on women superheroes in movies in the past, and thought that it was a topic worth revisiting, especially since some have decided that Marvel Studios somehow has a duty to make a feature with a female lead. Which is nonsense, but don’t get me wrong, inclusiveness is a great thing. All of us […]
Let’s be clear. The likelihood is that there is no “Amityville Horror.” Or UFO’s. Or ghosts, for that matter. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t fervently wish that there were more out there than us–which is, frankly more than a little depressing–but until I see some evidence myself, I am not buying it. The universe […]
When The Game Stands Tall Is An Enjoyable Movie, Despite Its Manipulativeness Have you ever watched something, be it a movie or TV show, and knew you were being manipulated? And I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way. All media—including news, much to my dismay—is designed to elicit a reaction from the persons […]
I am not a huge video game player, and in fact I tend to enjoy watching other people playing more than doing so myself. I buy games every once in awhile, particularly if I like the concept behind them, play for a few minutes, then lose interest. Most of it has to do with my […]
Unlike this trailer, I am not sure that I would ever call the character from the Leprechaun movies ‘iconic.’ Sure, there were there were a few films based him, but he was never in the league of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. Anyway, this version looks a bit more serious (and significantly less campy) than […]
First off, let me begin by saying that Paul Rudd is one of my favorite actors. He reminds me a lot of Chris Pratt, minus the occasional athleticism and seemingly boundless optimism. I mention him because recently a bunch of sites–such as Deadline: Hollywood, though I am sure there’re others–have featured pictures of Rudd from Marvel […]
Guillermo del Toro, coming off the success of How To Train Your Dragon 2 (it’s earned over $535 million worldwide) has also produced the upcoming The Book of Life. Judging from the trailer it looks like it could be fun but I have a few caveats: First, it’s a cartoon that revolves around the Mexican Day of the […]
For the one or two of you that have seen James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, this is the scene at the end (not the ‘button,’ or ‘stinger,’ only a tool would spoil that), and part of the reason why this is, so far, quite the most innovative Marvel movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). […]
This is why I avoid “historical” movies. First off, however Moses and Ramses looked, they weren’t white. This is because white people (as in: people that look like Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton) aren’t native to that region. Now there were conquests made by Europeans, primarily Alexander the Great, but that was significantly after Moses would had been […]
Typically when horror-maestro Guillermo Del Toro creates something I am one of the first to acknowledge the sheer awesomeness of his work because few directors, in my experience, have such an eye for the small details that make a movie, be it science fiction, horror, or whatever, particularly memorable. His most recent project, a videogame that […]
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