As far as I am aware, it was Lord Dark Helmet who said: “…now you see why evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.” That’s oddly the sentiment that most accurately encompasses my feelings about Michael J. Bassett’s “Solomon Kane.” The movie begins with Kane and his men invading a fortress – who’s defenders look vaguely […]
“Shapes” is the 19th episode of the first season, and one of my favorites because it accepts the legends that undergird it at face value, as opposed to finding another (generally lesser) reason for whatever weirdness Mulder and Scully happened to be investigating. Of the top of my head, I recall this happening with with […]
Pete Travis’ Dredd is currently on Netflix, and after watching it again – I originally saw it in the theater – I can see why it did significantly better via rentals, DVD and Blue ray. It did so much better that it has resulted in a petition for a sequel, which is pretty impressive considering […]
If you like your thrills laced with a little bit of the red stuff, or just like a movie that goes in directions that you might not expect, see “You’re Next” I went into Adam Wingard’s “You’re Next” expecting little more than some gore and cheap thrills. Imagine my surprise to learn that this film was […]
I don’t know much about “Divergent,” though I think that it’s based upon a series of young adult novels (what isn’t these days). I wouldn’t condemn it solely based upon that fact, after all, “The Hunger Games” novels seem to be working out alright as movies. On the other hand, there are the ‘Twilight’ films…
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, […]
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