I should begin by saying that I am not a huge Seth MacFarlane fan. The humor of many of his shows, like “Family Guy” and “American Dad”–I haven’t seen “The Cleveland Show” so I can’t comment upon it–is often in really bad taste. I don’t mind pushing boundaries, but it comes off more often than […]
“”That Awkward Moment” is a decent, sporadically funny dramedy about men growing up. And Zac Efron looks really good unclothed.” Which is is quite a bit, by the way. “That Awkward Moment” describes the point in a relationship where one of the partners, generally the woman, begins to expect a bit more than a lay, though […]
This turned up a week or so ago. Positive buzz is pretty high, though I am not sure why. After all, mirrors as conduits for malevolent spirits isn’t a new idea. Off the top of my head I recall “Mirrors,” its sequel as well as “The Boogey Man”– why do they call it ‘Boogeyman‘ anyway? As […]
If this movie had just zombies, I would have been satisfied. A bit underwhelmed perhaps, but satisfied. The effects work–of prime importance for any film featuring the walking dead–looks OK, though to be honest you can’t see all that much, even with the Red Band trailer, which I have posted. But when you add robots […]
When Bryan Singer premiered “X-Men,” his movie based upon Marvel’s team of mutant superheroes, in 2000, there was a lot of controversy over the costumes. Instead of following the comics verbatim, they were made of leather (which was more than a little bit inspired by “The Matrix,” which came out a year earlier). It was […]
There are only so many horror tropes to draw on: Killer aboard spaceship knocking people off; killer robot aboard spaceship knocking people off; killer robot mutant aboard spaceship knocking people off; alien aboard spaceship knocking people off; vengeful host of alien, which lives on in a now killer robot, knocking people off. Replace ‘spaceship’ with […]
I don’t know who OK’ed this over at Disney, but, as much as I hate to be the spanner in the works–”Maleficent,” the story of “Sleeping Beauty” from the evil witch’s point of view, isn’t going to work. And so that I am clear, by “isn’t going to work” I mean “lose lots of money.”
I have never been particularly fond of pirate films. Generally, there are too many things about them that are slightly out-of-whack for the time period. For instance, every character, no matter what, has really good teeth (you’d always have one guy that had virtually none in his head, but that tended to be the exception). […]
As a director, I get the feeling that Tim Story doesn’t get the credit that he deserves. The two Fantastic Four films were workable (he’s done other films, like “Barbershop” and “Taxi,” but I am more concerned with his fantastical fare. The reason why I will get to momentarily). In fact, that’s their greatest problem: […]
SyFy (which made a lot more sense when it was called ‘Sci-Fi’) feels like a network run by schizophrenics. On one hand you have Asylum features like “Sharknado” and “Atlantic Rim,” movies with bad acting, schlocky premises and very unspecial special effects. On the other you have series like the remarkable reboot of “Battlestar Galactica.” […]
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