First, this is really an Avengers movie that has Captain America’s pretty face at the forefront. If you want to see almost all your favorite heroes from the last beeeeellion Marvel movies (except Hulk and, thankfully, dull Thor) they are here, along with a couple notable introductions (Tom Holland’s teen wonder Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman’s …
So I was surprised that I found Rise of the Silver Surfer to be entertaining, in an entirely popcorn-and-Red-Vines kind of way. The film reminded me of Saturday matinee movies of childhood, or action-packed mindless after-school cartoons. Sure there are still the strained attempts at hipster jokes and clever humor, but the sequel vastly improves …
Heck, even I sat in the theater thinking, “This is really good, but not quite as good as X2 or Spider-Man 2.” By the same token, the first films in those two franchises weren’t as strong as their sequels, so perhaps The Fantastic Four Return (or whatever the more-than-certain sequel will be called) will be …
There is a lot to like about Snowpiercer, and there is a lot to forgive it for. Some initially dismissed it as “Hunger Games on a train,” or some other derivation of the latest trend towards dystopian films. But Snowpiercer is based on a French graphic novel from the early 80s. Who is ripping off …
As we all know, there has been a barrage (quite literally… SLAM! BANG! POW!) of superhero movies lately. Audiences can’t seem to get enough, even to the point of revisiting the recast characters again and again (Hello, Spidey and Hulk!). CGI has become so spectacular, that I’m not sure how films are expected to top …
Remember those ads in the back of comic books that showed a scrawny, 90-pound weakling getting sand kicked in his face by a bully? Well, that’s Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). Through the miracle of technology (think along the lines of aged Brad Pitt’s face being put on the body of a tiny old man in …
If 1980s Kim Basinger were kidnapped and locked in an attic with nothing but a broken phone to save her, she most certainly would have spent the duration of that movie skittering around the room and letting out startled screams. Like a confused chihuahua, 80s Kim would never have thought to rub those frayed wires …