If you’ve seen the theater trailers for Edge of Tomorrow you might have said, Groundhog Day and Source Code meets Starship Troopers, maybe a little Looker, Oblivion and War of the Worlds, and you’d be partially right. And if you saw the TV spot with
It always amuses me when fan/superfans of comics decry the “changes” made when translating comics to the screen. You’d think they remade The Ten Commandments and when Moses comes down from the mountain, instead of carrying stone tablets he’s carrying
In 1953, nuclear testing unleashed a prehistoric monster to wreak havoc on the modern world—in movie theatres, anyway. That monster was called The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, inspired by Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Fog Horn,” about a dinosaur that
Back in the day, the difference between DCU (that’s “DC Universe”—Superman, Barman, Wonder Woman) superheroes and superheroes in the Marvelverse (those are the ones you see everywhere nowadays) is that in the DCU you vanquished the villain and went b
Transcendence is transparent. Lots of really good concepts but it was flat.
The woman carried the movie instead of Johnny Depp. Plus they spent to much time explaining stuff. Halfway throiugh it I didnt care how it ended. What's your opinion of Transc
Read more…The trailer for the original RoboCop (1987) was the Worst. Trailer. Ever. But after seeing the movie, the trailer made perfect sense: it was a deadpan presentation of a movie that was slightly twisted but highly entertaining. In the quarter century s
It’s odd to think you’d only expect a modest return on a $100 million investment, but that’s just what Marvel Studios was banking on with Thor (2011). The real grabber was supposed to be Captain America: The First Avenger; Cap did as expected but Tho
Fess up, when you think of being a space explorer, you’re thinking Starfleet, or Rebel Fleet or Colonial Fleet, not NASA. You want to wear a spiffy uniform; serving (or commanding) sleek ship powered by unimaginable energies that can warp you from on
The first thing you notice about Elysium is that it looks fan-freaking-tastic. It has just the right blend of gloss and gross, a smooth sleek tomorrow with just enough scuffs and scrapes to look as if people actually live there, not just pass through
Am I the only person on this planet who thought X-Men Origins: Wolverine didn't suck? Well, not entirely. I mean, it wasn't as good as either of the first two X-Men movies, but it was better than either of the Fantastic Four films. And they did try t
Monster movies have never been about the monster; they’ve always been about our anxieties about… us. I know this notion may be upsetting to those who only go to movies to be “entertained,” not to “think,” but it’s true. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Where’s the outrage, the concern, that another staple of a so-called “minority group” has been taken over by the “mainstream?” First it was jazz, then rock and roll, then rap, and now, the zombie has been appropriated.
Back in the day, zombies were de
Read more…Fun Fact 1: Superman, who in the course of his 75-year career, has often been compared to Jesus, was created by two Jewish guys.
Fun Fact 2: The new movie Man of Steel has so much religious imagery you half expect the ushers to take up a collection li
Read more…It all starts with the script. No matter how good the actor’s performances, how beautiful the cinematography and costumes, how dazzling the sound, how stirring the score… If the script sucks, so will the movie.
As much as I liked the first Star Trek r
Read more…They say there are only seven original stories (14, if you count their opposites) and every other story is just a retelling of one of the originals. With that in mind, Iron Man 3 is basically the opposite of The Dark Knight Rises.
We’ve talked before
Read more…When I saw the trailer for Oblivion and Morgan Freeman says to Tom Cruise, “The people you work for lied to you, I immediately tried to find out which Phillip K. Dick story this movie was based upon. It turns out the source material is "an original u
Film historians consider 1939 the greatest year in motion history; to date, there has never been a year when so many notable films were released: Stagecoach, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Dark Victory, Of Mice and Men, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington—and that’s j
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Read more…James Bond shares a few things with that other British import, Dr. Who: they both are characters who routinely save the word (or the universe/existence itself in Who’s case) using incredible gadgets, accompanied by attractive, plucky women who help t
