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 […]
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DC Comics: Piecing Together Convergence
We’re at the half-way point this week, where DC’s latest epic crossover event pits various versions of heroes and villains from different continuities against each […]
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: Dark Shadows
In Hollywood math terms, Dark Shadows would be a no-brainer. Vampires are hot. Johnny Depp is hot. Johnny Depp as a vampire should be the […]
Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Nothing says Christmas like murder, rape, incest and a litany of other things that in real life we abhor. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo […]
Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
Kudos to Guy Ritchie and his creative team for waiting until the second Sherlock Holmes film to reveal Professor James Moriarty. Sometimes, holding back can […]
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Follows Protocol
In high school I wrote a paper on John F. Kennedy that I was really pretty proud of. It had a lot of good facts, […]
Review: The Sitter
It’s tough to find the right note of comedy in a movie about an irresponsible man endangering the lives of children. At least in A […]
Review: Drive
If you’ve seen Nicolas Winding Refn’s last two films, then you’ve witnessed two stunning and original features. Both last year’s “Valhalla Rising” and “Bronson” before […]
Review: Warrior
Marketed with as much pomp as a fighting promoter, Warrior is a film that embraces the predictable sports formula that’s been around forever. The sport […]
Review: Contagion
The smattering of first responses for Contagion from people who haven’t yet seen it have sounded like this, “Wasn’t this done already?” and then, “Wasn’t […]
Review: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
Based on a 1973 made-for-television film of the same name embraced by horror aficionados, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark seemed a likely candidate for […]
Review: Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil
“It doesn’t matter what happened,” a bee-stung Tucker (Alan Tudyk) tells his bumpkin best friend Dale (Tyler Labine). “What matters is what looks like what […]
