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 […]
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Review: ‘Wonder Woman’ Animated
DC Universe’s latest animated film Wonder Woman is hands down the best treatment the character has ever had outside of comics. Granted, that’s not a […]
Review: The Clone Wars
Just a few days from now in a toy store far, far too close, Star Wars will have kids dancing in the aisles. Come on, […]
Review: ‘The Incredible Hulk’
Whatever Marvel did with The Incredible Hulk, it would be most important they didn’t make us bored. They wouldn’t like us when we were bored, […]
Speed Racer Rocks
Who would have guessed it? Speed Racer is a sincere and faithful adaptation of a beloved anime — with just a little amping up of the colors.
Review: ‘Iron Man’
In the 60s, the song went “Tony Stark makes you feel / he’s a cool exec with a heart of steel…” (Okay, so it’s not […]
Review: Beowulf
Okay, so when you read Beowulf in high school, the sexiest it actually got was the use of the word “swive.” If all goes well […]
‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’
When a ship gets too heavy, its crew jettisons all the unnecessaries in order to lighten things and speed them up. Unfortunately for Pirates of […]
‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’
Starting next week, children across America will be saying “bugger,” imitating Jack Sparrow’s most uttered line. This may not be the most socially responsible development, […]
Review: Hot Fuzz
Guest Review by BBC Radio Humberside’s Jamie Kelwick After gaining cult status with their last movie, Shaun of the Dead, the anticipation for Edgar Wright […]
Review: ‘300’
Spartacus fans rejoice! Hurray! The Gladiator flick is back this week with director Zack Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead) film adaptation of the [amazon text=Frank […]
Fanboy Planet BBC Podcast 6/29/06: The Late License
Derek McCaw joins BBC presenter David Reeves and UK critic Jamie Kelwick to discuss Superman Returns and Blade: The Series.
Fanboy Planet Podcast #1: Superman Returns!
We’re experimenting by doing a Superman Returns podcast review. Derek McCaw and Michael Goodson totally ruin the movie recap by showing up in their Aquaman […]
Peter Jackson’s King Kong
Peter Jackson’s King Kong has everything the 1933 original had and more… a lot more. Overstuffed, sure, but also sometimes quite fun.
Constantine with an EEN
Say this much for Constantine. In occasional moments, it’s obvious that everybody involved really tried. Once in a while the treatment even rises above a […]
‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events’
If you, gentle readers, want to read a review about an uplifting holiday movie sure to please audiences everywhere, this is not that review. You […]
Review: Shaun Of The Dead
Many is the day we shuffle around, barely aware of our surroundings. Often we run on autopilot, with much of our activity divorced from its […]
Review: Catwoman
You are a cat! A cat! Give me a meow! Oh, yes, bay-bee, zat is zee whay! Give me a little more, how you say, […]
El Cid On DVD
My fascination with El Cid goes back to high school, where the school library had a beat-up paperback novelization of Samuel Bronston’s epic movie – […]
Review: The Haunted Mansion
Eddie Murphy had a bit in his stand-up where he pointed out that you’d never find a black family in a haunted house movie. It […]
