• May 20, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has stood the test of time for many reasons. Not only is it widely agreed to be the best of the big-screen...

• May 2, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

Chronicling, as the title makes clear, the “origins” of Logan/Wolverine and his long-standing love/hate relationship with his increasingly ferocious brother, Victor “Sabretooth” Creed (Liev Schreiber), the film covers all...

• April 24, 2009
• Adventure, Animation, At Home

Superman has gone through so many pop-culture incarnations, from the campy television shows with George Reeves in ill-fitting tights, to the super-sleek (and still tight) costume of the most...

• April 10, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

I give Robert Downey, Jr. full credit for being the reason that I found Iron Man to be enjoyable. What is essentially an origin story for the latest Marvel...

• April 1, 2009
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Like many little fans of The Muppet Show, I could not wait to see The Dark Crystal when it came out… and then I did. And it messed me...

• March 24, 2009
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

For some reason, a feature length Wonder Woman movie has floundered for decades. As Batman, Superman, and other super (and not so super) heroes got their big-screen treatment, the...

• December 28, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Now, why is it there there are no excellent Viking movies out there? I mean, people love warriors, battles, raping, and pillaging when it comes to movie mayhem. Movies...

• November 15, 2008
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas should have just left Indiana Jones literally riding off into the sunset in The Last Crusade… after all, isn’t how all the best adventures...

• October 23, 2008
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

One of my favorite things about classic Rankin Bass specials is that they’re as quirky as they are endearing. They don’t just give you traditional holiday tales, they throw...

• October 12, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Based on the book by Jeanne Duprau, the story is set in a post-apocalyptic (?) future (?), where humanity (?) has been forced to live in a man-made underground...

• August 29, 2008
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

Three-dimensional films, as a gimmick, still seem to be in the relative stages of infancy after all these years of the medium being touted as “the next big thing”....

• July 15, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama

Is it possible that I’ve never seen a Martin Lawrence movie before College Road Trip? I went through my mental rolodex, then double-checked the IMDB. Bad Boys? No. Big...