Neill Blomkamp is the Real Thing. By which I mean he’s managed to combine social commentary and action in a fashion that doesn’t alienate either audience. His first film, “District 9” while excellent, could have easily been a fluke. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time that a director sees a decline in their […]
““Silent Hill: Revelations” by relying so much on the exposition from the original film, suffers.” The first thing that you’re probably asking is: Why is he reviewing “Silent Hill: Revelations?” Didn’t that come out last year? It did, though in my defense I intended to review it when it first appeared in iTunes a few months ago, […]
Zach Snyder’s “Man Of Steel” is significantly better than I expected, though not nearly as entertaining as it could have been. That’s probably one of the most weasely summations of a film that I have ever written, but it’s fitting. Much is riding on “Man Of Steel” because if it succeeds – and early returns […]
Now this trailer I like, compared to the last one, at any rate. That being said, there are caveats: The most serious being that the Silver Samurai that appears in the trailer seems to be entirely CGI, which makes him look like a really shiny Cylon, instead of a man wearing samurai armor, which is […]
Just when you thought that those Spartans from Zach Snyder’s “300” were defeated, six years of so later comes “300: Rise of an Empire.” I assume that there’s another group of almost unconquerable warriors, once again squaring off against Xerxes (the guy in the golden underwear from the first film, who’s actually based on a […]
I haven’t watched Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” for quite awhile now, though I do recall is that it eventually evolved into its own thing, as opposed to a ‘Simpsons’ clone. Which was a good thing. The series had always flirted with bad taste, though the latest advert for the series has proven that it has […]
It should come to no surprise that Universal Pictures and Blumhouse (the production single of Jason Blum, who produced the ‘Paranormal Activity’ films as well) are preparing a sequel to “The Purge,” which has gone on scare up over $34 million at the North American box office. Foreign returns are significantly weaker, though coming in […]
“Great Concept, So-So Movie.” What is it with these movies that seem so afraid to take any sort of risk, seemingly because they might offend someone? First there was the “The Internship,” that somehow manages to forget that when most people – including Vince Vaughan, I suspect – lose jobs (and houses, and girlfriends…) they […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson probably has an awesome agent. I assume that his is the case because he’s starring in the upcoming “Kick-Ass 2,” a reboot of ‘Godzilla” and now it seems that he may be cast as ‘Quicksilver’ in the upcoming sequel to Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers.” Quicksilver is the guy to the right. Hopefully he […]
John Carpenter’s “Escape From L.A.” isn’t a great movie, mainly because on the surface it’s essentially “Escape From New York,” with a change of locale. It’s currently on Netflix, though as I watch I have come to the conclusion that it’s much better – and a tad deeper – than I remember it being (Sure, […]
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