Review: Conan The Barbarian
From the opening minutes of Conan the Barbarian, it’s clear that the filmmakers have at least read the comics, if not the original Robert E. […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Script Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
It’s been a while since we’ve been able to get Mario Anima to write for Fanboy Planet. So when he offered this review of the […]
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, […]
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: Green Lantern
For those not in the know, the DC Comics character Green Lantern is a super hero who wears a powerful ring that can create whatever […]
Review: The Hangover Part II
It’s hard to say what fans of Todd Phillips’ The Hangover will think of The Hangover Part 2, because I wasn’t really one of them. […]
Review: Your Highness
It would be easy to just write off Your Highness as that stoner, fantasy movie from the Pineapple Express guys, and actually I almost did. […]
Review: Arthur
When a film is remade, it should be for a good reason. Maybe it wasn’t all that great to begin with or maybe it’s so […]
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 […]
Review: Limitless
Guest review by Paul Balsom Filmmaker Neil Burger, writer-director of 2006’s The Illusionist, has written and directed Limitless, a new film that explores the idea […]
Review: Paul
At its heart, Paul works as the summation of the careers of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. They do not laugh at fanboys; they are […]
Review: Mars Needs Moms
Most kids have said it. It’s a child’s atom bomb, dropped without any thought of the consequences because — well, he’s a kid and will […]
