Review: Fright Night
It’s tough to be a vampire these days. Everywhere you turn, somebody has a different vision of you. You’re on TV, you’re in teen romances, […]
Articles by Derek McCaw
Comic-Con 2011: Mad Filmmakers Go Beyond Bellflower
Comic-Con can be a fantasyland where people go to indulge their dreams. So in that sense, the presence of the cast and crew of Bellflower […]
Review: 30 Minutes Or Less
Watching 30 Minutes or Less, based on an actual bank robbery attempt, has to cause a strange split in the audience. It top bills three […]
Keith Champagne’s Nameless Column: Convention Conversations
I don’t believe that the third time is the charm. I don’t believe that four leaf clovers are lucky. And I don’t believe in saving […]
Comic-Con 2011: James Gunn Is Still ‘Super’
In a year when the movies feel flooded with superheroes, one came out of the gate early, violently and yet somewhat quietly. That would be […]
The Rise Of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
It’s a nice surprise when a summer blockbuster hooks you in with a small compelling human drama. Even more of a surprise would be when […]
Review: Cowboys & Aliens
Review by Ted Kopulos The opening town sequence of Cowboys & Aliens is every Western you’ve ever seen, so the things I’m about to tell […]
Review: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Score one for truth, justice and the American Way. Yes, that’s Superman’s motto, but it’s never been more fully inhabited, more sincerely realized, than in […]
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special
This Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special film adaptation proves that sometimes, you have to make your own opportunities…
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
And now we reach childhood’s end. At least, that seems to be the consensus across the US as teenagers and young adults tweet from their […]
Alien Beach Crashers
Once again, Director Sean Becker (The Guild), Zeb Wells (Robot Chicken, many, many Marvel Comics) and Team Unicorn combine their forces for a poke at […]
First Poster For The Dark Knight Rises
The first official poster for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises popped up tonight. It’s glorious. Simply glorious. Rumor has it there will be a […]
Review: Horrible Bosses
In the 80’s, we had a popular song (and saying) “Take This Job and Shove It” that turned into a middling movie. The following decade, […]
Criswell Predicts… A New Plan 9?
Here’s a funny bit from Northern California TV personality (and convention staple) Mr. Lobo, who has a calling near and dear to my heart — […]
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
It must be a matter of expectations. When going to see a movie based on a toy line, past experiences have set the bar pretty […]
Review: Bad Teacher
In the pursuit of being clever, I’ve been torn between two ways to begin this review of Bad Teacher. Since the creative team of Gene […]
Review: Cars 2
When we first met Lightning McQueen, it was in darkness. The familiar drawl of Owen Wilson chanted “I am speed” and suddenly Cars was off […]
Review: ‘Thor’
It was always about fathers and sons. Actually, that’s what Jack Kirby wrote in his Fourth World saga for DC, but as that was an […]
Review: ‘Super’
A modern Don Quixote story, Super goes much darker than Cervantes ever did. First of all, there’s that pipe wrench…
Sucker Punched By Sucker Punch
Through much of Sucker Punch, one thought kept buzzing in the back of my head: Zack Snyder will show me amazing fight scenes in his […]
