Windtalkers Doesn’t Blow Smoke
Yes, though uneven, Windtalkers doesn’t blow smoke in its depiction of war. That wartime romance and racism, though, feels a little cliche.
Movies
Scooby Doo Review!
In this Scooby Doo review, you’ll learn to love the cowardly great dane, too! If not, you can just shoo! I’m out of rhymes.
Insomnia Offers Smart Thrills
Insomnia offers smart thrills as Al Pacino and Robin Williams match wits in a land where the sun never sets.
The Inescapable Fate of the Fetts
Forget what you saw in the Clone Wars; here’s how the Fett clones REALLY die… though someday Boba will come back as more than iced tea.
Wooing The Turtles
Fanboy Planet contributor Bob Drinkwater comes through with an interview that sheds a little light on an upcoming comics to film project… John Woo was […]
Review: ‘Attack Of The Clones’
It has been a dark time for the republic of fandom. The Trade Federation/Marketing Division, wielding an army of 5,000,000 unsold Jar Jar Binks action […]
Review: The New Guy
The best of our filmmakers have never lost touch with their inner child. That sense of wonder has contributed to some of cinema’s finest moments. […]
Visiting The House Of The Dead
On Wednesday of this week, the long announced film version of The House of the Dead began shooting in Vancouver. Directed by German filmmaker Uwe […]
Review: ‘Spider-Man’
Is he strong? Listen, bud, He’s got genetically-altered blood. Okay, so it doesn’t quite have the same rhythm, but Sam Raimi and David Koepp had […]
Jason X Spaced Out Fun
You have to respect a killer so dedicated to his craft that he tries never to kill the same way twice. At least, not twice in one movie.
Review: The Salton Sea
Once upon a time, the Fridays just pre- and post- summer were the time to open star-powered pictures with moderate budgets and decent scripts, but […]
Review: The Scorpion King
When last we left The Scorpion King, he had been horribly mutated by the Egyptian god Anubis into a bad CGI villain, and ended up […]
Frailty Fails To Impress
Mixing together trends from the late ’90s: angels, ’70s nostalgia, X-Files, and unreliable narration, Frailty feels amateurish.
Review: The Sweetest Thing
The last five or so years have seen a revival and subsequent landslide of gross-out sex comedies. Most sucked. One that didn’t was There’s Something […]
Panic Room Feels Secure
Writer David Koepp builds the most secure closet he can and throws two women in it without ever allowing the action to stagnate.
Death To Smoochy LIVES
Death To Smoochy is the kind of movie that geeks judge others with. “Yeah, she’s seems cool, but she didn’t like Death To Smoochy.”
Resident Evil Lurches Forward
Fans of the game may be pleased just to see everything brought to life. Or rather, living death. It gets so confusing…
Showtime Never Shines
Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy could do this kind of film in their sleep. Whether or not you stay awake is up to you.
Hilarious Anarchy in Ice Age
In the anarchy of Ice Age, we have found computer animation’s Tex Avery. And it’s about time. Chris Wedge makes a powerful feature debut.
The Time Machine
What if a big-budget Hollywood science fiction film dared to be thought-provoking? This take on The Time Machine isn’t the answer.
