Four years ago, two films gave the superhero genre a much-needed kick in the pants: Iron Man and The Dark Knight. They were on opposite ends of the spectrum–the former bright and funny, the latter dark and gloomy–but both felt honest, and honesty’s something the genre needed in order to mature. This summer sees the release [...]
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‘The Avengers’ Review: Marvel Six-in-One
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged action, batman & robin, batman begins, black widow, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, captain america, catwoman, chitauri, chris evans, chris hemsworth, christopher nolan, comic books, comics, elektra, fantasy, film, firefly, graphic novels, hawkeye, hulk, iron man, iron man 2, jeremy renner, joss whedon, loki, mark ruffalo, marvel, marvel comics, movies, nick fury, robert downey jr, samuel l jackson, scarlett johansson, sci-fi, science fiction, spider-man 2, superhero, superheroes, the avengers, the dark knight, the dark knight rises, thor, tom hiddleston on May 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’ Review: A Few Chuckles on the High Seas
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged aardman, aardman animations, animation, ashley jensen, brendan gleeson, charles darwin, chicken run, david tennant, dreamworks, extras, film, gideon defoe, hugh grant, imelda staunton, jeff newitt, martin freeman, monty python, movies, peter lord, pixar, queen victoria, ricky gervais, the office, the pirates band of misfits, the pirates in an adventure with scientists, wallace & gromit on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I like pirates. I enjoy inherently silly things. I’m an admirer of Aardman Animations, having greatly enjoyed Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run. I guffawed at the trailer for The Pirates! Band of Misfits enough times that I ventured out to see a children’s movie on a Sunday afternoon all by my lonesome, then felt super awkward [...]
‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Review: Scary Movie
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged amy acker, angel, anna hutchison, bradley whitford, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, cabin in the woods, chris hemsworth, cloverfield, dollhouse, drew goddard, evil dead, film, firefly, fran kranz, halloween, horror, jesse williams, joss whedon, kristen connolly, lost, metro goldwyn mayer, mgm, movies, mutant enemy, richard jenkins, saw, scary movie, texas chainsaw massacre, the cabin in the woods, the evil dead, the texas chainsaw massacre, thor, tom lenk on April 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Saying this upfront: NO SPOILERS. Paul and I have also discussed the film on the show. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A bunch of kids pack into an RV for a weekend of fun, sex, and sexy fun. That they encounter the extremely creepy owner of an ancient gas station on the [...]
Jonah Hill Will Make You Jump, Jump: 21 Jump Street Review
Posted in Movie Reviews, Uncategorized, tagged 21 Jump Street, Brie Larson, Channing Tatum, Chris Miller, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Dave Franco, Eliza Coupe, fox, Johnny Simmons, jonah hill, Michael Bacall, Phil Lord, scott pilgrim vs the world, scrubs, Young Neil on March 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Though I wouldn’t have predicted this in a thousand years, and I’ve been skeptical of others who have claimed this before me, I’m here now to tell you 21 Jump Street…is actually good. Obviously an “homage” (read: send up, parody, reimagining, whatever) of the late-80s teen police procedural of the same name that ran [...]
‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ Review: Mc9/11
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged 9/11, a separation, academy awards, alexandre desplat, community, date movie, eric roth, extremely loud & incredibly close, film, hugo, ingmar bergman, jeopardy, joel courtney, john goodman, little man, martin scorsese, max von sydow, movies, oliver stone, oscar, oscars, paul greengrass, robert mitchum, sandra bullock, sarina farhadi, space mutiny, stephen daldry, steven spielberg, super 8, the blind side, the night of the hunter, the reader, the ultimate gift, thomas horn, tom hanks, twin towers, united 93, william friedkin, woody allen, world trade center on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Ultimate Gift is the worst movie I’ve ever seen. You probably haven’t heard of it. Good for you. I don’t want to imply that it’s well-made, because it’s not, but there are certainly worse-made movies out there. Little Man, Date Movie, Space Mutiny, etc. But The Ultimate Gift is a special brand of awful because it takes a [...]
Review: Chronicle
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged akira, alex russell, chronicle, dane dehaan, found footage, josh trank, kaneda, max landis, michael b jordan, movie, seattle, shaky cam, superheroes, telekinesis, tetsuo on February 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Superhero origin stories are de rigueur, as are attempts to translate those stories to the “real world.” Chronicle, from newcomers Josh Trank (director) and Max “son of John” Landis (screenplay) pulls it off surprisingly well, featuring three teenage protagonists that behave in completely believable ways when gifted with burgeoning telekinetic powers. The first half of [...]
AJ’s ‘Thor’ Review: Almost Thunderous
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged anthony hopkins, captain america, captain america the first avenger, chris hemsworth, clark gregg, dutch angles, film, guillermo del toro, hawkeye, hulk, idris elba, iron man, iron man 2, jeremy renner, joss whedon, kenneth branagh, loki, marvel, marvel comics, movies, natalie portman, new mexico, norse mythology, odin, peter jackson, shield, spider-man, superhero, superheroes, the avengers, the incredible hulk, thor, tom hiddleston, x-men on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve long thought that Marvel’s overarching plan for its homegrown superhero movies was absolutely insane–and pretty ingenious, too. Spider-Man, the X-Men, and some other notable players are tied up at other film companies, but Marvel wisely held onto the rights to each member of the Avengers and ever since Iron Man in 2008, they’ve been working [...]
Paul’s ‘Thor’ Review: Mjol-Near Perfect
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged anthony hopkins, avengers, captain america, chris hemsworth, clark gregg, dutch angle, film, first avenger, heimdall, idris elba, iron man, jaimie alexander, loki, marvel, marvel comics, movie, natalie portman, odin, robert downey jr, stellan skarsgard, thor, tom hiddleston, tony stark on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, that settles it. Kenneth Branagh is a geek. How else to explain the brilliant blending of Shakespearean pomp and circumstance with the Lee/Kirby pseudo-sci-fi goofiness? Thor the comic was always just a tad inconsistent in the way it imported ancient Nordic mythology into the modern superhero landscape. The two writers that, in my opinion, [...]
‘Kill the Irishman’ Review: Bomb City U.S.A., Once Upon a Time
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged 1960s, 1970's, christopher walken, cleveland, crime, cuyahoga falls, danny greene, film, fionnula flanagan, gangster, goodfellas, guy ritchie, jonathan hensleigh, kill the irishman, laura ramsey, law & order, linda cardellini, lost, mafia, martin scorsese, mob, movies, ohio, quentin tarantino, ray stevenson, shondor birns, steve schirripa, the sopranos, val kilmer, vincent d'onofrio, youngstown on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the summer of 1976, 36 bombs went off in Cleveland. I’d heard this statistic somewhere before; it’s sort of hard not to when you’ve lived within driving distance of the city your whole life. But seeing that statistic placed in context is still pretty startling. As far as I know, Kill the Irishman is [...]
‘Super’ Review: A Schizophrenic Film About a Psychopath
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged batman, bibleman, comic books, comics, ellen page, film, green arrow, hobo with a shotgun, james gunn, kick-ass, liv tyler, movies, nathan fillion, rainn wilson, super, superhero, superheroes, the office on April 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Super, written and directed by the cult-equipped James Gunn, reminds me of two recent movies. The first, and most obvious, is Kick-Ass. Like that film, and the comic book upon which it was based, Super takes the last decade of our nation’s obsession with anything and everything involving people in brightly colored underpants fighting crime to [...]
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