Violence doesn’t necessarily solve problems in movies, but it can make things awfully interesting. Despite this, “Come Out And Play” is a bit of a bore. “Come Out and Play,” currently streaming on Netflix, is a Spanish horror film directed by Makinov, about children doing what children do, which is to slaughter any adult that […]
Despite some initial unevenness, “The Conjuring” manages to be an effective ghost story. “The Conjuring” is a film based supposedly based upon a true haunting (for that matter, so was “The Amityville Horror”) that happened in Rhode Island in the 1970’s. No matter what one thinks about such things Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and […]
Warner Bros. has revealed that they are going ahead with a Superman & Batman feature, though my question is: How could anybody be surprised by this? At this point DC has only two “viable” characters – as in, almost guaranteed to make a profit – and that’s Superman (as “Man of Steel” has shown”) and […]
This trailer was shown at the most recent Comic-con and it’s really irritating. That being said, I don’t feel that way because it’s bad – it’s awesome and pretty violent – but I am bothered because it gives away all sorts of things that I would have like to have seen first in the theater. […]
As I wrote in my review last week, I enjoyed Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” quite a bit. It was a serious film, that at moments didn’t take itself quite too seriously. If you have seen either of Del Toro’s ‘Hellboy’ films (as well as the last – and only, that I am aware – […]
The original “Robocop,” directed by Paul Verhoeven, was a science fiction film that was not only a satire of corporate culture and consumerism but was ideally representative of the 1980’s, a period of time when ‘Greed was good,’ and blatant excess was the order of the day. Coupled with Verhoeven’s own filmic excesses (Why shoot […]
First, take a great title like “All You Need Is Kill,” and change it to something as vague, as soapy-sounding as, I don’t know, “Edge Of Tomorrow.” Which reminds me of a Lady Gaga song, or “The Edge Of Night.” Then you add Tom Cruise – who’s box office powers has been somewhat uncertain as […]
I finished watching, in perhaps my greatest bit of binge-viewing yet, the first season of Jenji Kohan’s “Orange Is The New Black” (think that the title refers to the orange jumpsuits that the women wear as well as a commentary on the prison culture that exists in the United States) a week or so ago. […]
“Guillermo Del Toro approaches giant robots and monsters with a genuine love for the subject matter, and it shows on the screen.” I saw Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” yesterday evening, and enjoyed myself immensely. He seems to understand that, if it’s just about the robots, you might as well make a ‘Transformers’ sequel and […]
I don’t mean to sound like a douche (which, if anyone says, pretty much means that they are going to do exactly that) but doesn’t Jeff Bridges lately seem a little less discriminating in terms of the projects he chooses? He’s got “R.I.P.D” coming up, which looks like “Men In Black,” replacing some awesome practical […]
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