The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. shows great respect for recreating the cool cold war spy environment that was the signature of the 60’s TV […]
Reviews
Fantastic Four
A good superhero movie is like a puzzle. Fantastic Four has all the pieces (and probably a few extra), but 20th Century Fox and director […]
Comic-Con 2015: ‘The Expanse’
The Syfy network produces an epic TV series from an epic book series. Believe it!
Comic-Con 2015: ‘The Expanse’
It took a lot of persistent prodding by a good friend to get me to read James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes.* I resisted because the […]
Review: ‘Archie’ #1
He doesn’t have superpowers. He might fight for the right, but “fighting” is really a stretch. More like he stands up for it when the […]
Marvel’s Star Wars #1
Over 1,000,000 copies is nothing to sneeze at. Something about the media blitz of Star Wars returning/relaunching at Marvel clearly got to the average consumer, […]
Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Remember being eight years old and the movie you just saw was the best movie you’d ever seen? Guardians of the Galaxy is like that, […]
Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
If the trailers made The Amazing Spider-Man 2 look ridiculous to you, chances are watching the whole thing will not change that opinion. Let’s face […]
Review: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Want to know the truth about a culture? You look to its myths and legends. For us, those myths, writ large, come in the form […]
Can You Face ‘The Resistance’?
An action movie improvised right in front of you by an ensemble of talented actors who also know how to throw their weight around the stage.
Doctor Who: ‘The Day of the Doctor’
Doctor Who anniversary specials have a narrow line to walk. The line is operatic on one side, marking out some grand story about Time Lord […]
Review: ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Long ago in the Nine Realms, the Dark Elves sought to destroy reality as we know it, barely suppressed in time by the Asgardians. And […]
Review: ‘Iron Man 3’
Tony Stark can’t sleep. Ever since New York, everything’s different. The cool exec with the heart of steel opened it up. He knows who he […]
Review: ‘Super’
In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is forged. On the mean streets of your city, violence and injustice can make a man see […]
Review: ‘The Green Hornet’
How do you update a superhero who actually predates comic books? That’s obviously hard enough, but just for laughs and awkward explanations about intellectual property, […]
Review: ‘Iron Man 2’
Steve Jobs wishes he were Tony Stark. Sure, the iPad announcement was cool, but if Jobs had actually dropped down from the sky on repulsor […]
Doctor Who: ‘Victory Of The Daleks’
Just in case you haven’t heard, the Daleks are back! Again. Steven Moffat’s decision to bring back the show’s most iconic (or most overused) villain […]
Doctor Who: ‘The Beast Below’
After fourteen years of waiting, Amy Pond finally gets her long-promised ride in the TARDIS as the Doctor’s newest companion. For us viewers, we get […]
Review: ‘Star Trek’
The first time I ever saw Star Trek was in a re-run on Channel 2 at 6 p.m. My parents had recently taken me to […]
Review: ‘Watchmen’
The times, they are a-changin’, and so must elements of Watchmen when bringing it to film. Fundamentally and occasionally slavishly, Director Zack Snyder leaves the […]