Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Avengers was joyous bonkers fun. Joss Whedon expertly amalgamated the disparate personalities of the team and the uneasy alliance they had to form to …
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Movie Review: Big Hero 6
Disney Animation has been on a roll since Pixar’s creator John Lasseter stepped in to run it. Wreck-It-Ralph is close to the classics in my …
Movie Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Your child’s favorite Renaissance reptiles are back, Michael Bay style. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboots the kids franchise, complete with explosions, the Shredder, April O’Neil, …
Movie Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Han Solo was Star Wars secret weapon. The wise cracking bandit treated all the wonder around him as if it was run of the mill …
Comic Book Critical Mass
Have we hit critical mass with superhero/comic book movies? Since the Dark Knight became the tentpost for all other movies based on comic books, there …
Movie Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Of all the superhero worlds to create, 20th Century Fox has it the easiest. X-Men and mutants have so many interesting parallels with the real …
Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a ho-hum comic book film masquerading as a Marvel superhero film. It has its high-flying moments and surprisingly intimate interpersonal …
Movie Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Steve Rogers WOULD inevitably butt heads with the Twitter generation. Captain America: The Winter Soldier pits Cap against enemies both abstract and tangible. Directors Anthony …
Movie Review: Thor: The Dark World
Thor doesn’t deserve a franchise: Loki does. Thor: The Dark World is a stop-gap Marvel film padding future superhero adventures with some post-credits action and …
Movie Review: Kick-Ass 2
Kick Ass was a fun take on the superhero genre. It simultaneously lampooned and embraced the tropes of a superhero film to craft something fresh …