Category Archives: In Theaters

I’m glad I saw one movie this Summer that had substance triumph over style successfully. We live an era when Hollywood obsesses over selling more licensed crap instead of checking to see if the story is any good. There are … Continue reading →

Four years ago I said the big two franchises were damaged so the opportunity was ripe for another to step forth and pluck the crown from the gutter. Well Hollywood didn’t rise to the challenge as expected, it did its … Continue reading →

Next to The Lord of the Rings and Dune, Watchmen is probably the hardest story to ever bring to film. Heck, after the rumors involving Terry Gilliam directing in 1989, I lost track and figured no one would seriously try, … Continue reading →

Of all the franchise reboots Hollywood has executed, Bond is so far the best one. Batman is a far second because Batman Begins didn’t have many expectations to exceed after Burton and Schumacher’s celluloid guano. In the long run, Heath … Continue reading →

Quick disclosure for this review. Pixar’s head guy is Steve Jobs. He is also the CEO of Apple…my employer but these facts don’t influence my review. Pixar also took a huge gamble with WALL•E and I’m not talking about the “environmental” … Continue reading →

This is more like it! Years ago we saw the boring, underwhelming previous Hulk movie directed by Ang Lee. For 2008, Marvel agreed to with the Batman Begins approach: just ignore the last film, cast new actors, etc. and hope … Continue reading →

Lucas, Spielberg and Ford dust off their Eighties franchise for one last hurrah. Despite the skepticism I had for the three major participants, they pulled it off and made me sad because this looks like the final adventure for everyone’s … Continue reading →

Building a movie around an old Japanese cartoon sounds like a stupid idea. The Wachowski siblings writing/directing the film doesn’t help, their credibility went down the tubes with the last two Matrix installments. Then came the litany of cliches from … Continue reading →

The initial reports of an Iron Man movie being produced made me roll my eyes. After Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men, Marvel Comics’ B-List of superheroes is even more obscure than DC’s. Why bother? Most people are unaware of … Continue reading →

“What took so long?” was my first reaction to this movie, especially when I stumbled upon the trailer last month; I don’t have cable/satellite which is why I didn’t know earlier. One would also think that two of the biggest … Continue reading →

Tim Burton is a frustrating director. He has made movies I’ve really liked: Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Then he countered with his horrid Batman flicks, Mars Attacks!; Sleepy Hollow, Beetle Juice plus the Willy Wonka … Continue reading →

Based upon a book I’ve never heard of, this is Keira Knightley’s turn at doing something dramatic for America after being in Disney’s Pirates franchise, Domino and King Arthur. Men and WNBA stars hoping to see her naked will be … Continue reading →

Ian Curtis and Joy Division are such obscure topics, I figured Hollywood couldn’t ruin nor fabricate their brief, tumultuous tale much. Thankfully, I was right! Even though an early death has always been a smart career move (see the Doors, … Continue reading →