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 […]
Reviews
‘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 […]
Justice League: A Better World
The Justice League says enough is enough and become fascist overlords. Meaning this episode explains why that’s not heroic…
Review: The Matrix Revolutions
If this film had been some sort of live-action manga adaptation, it would have been under a title like Cyber Fighter Black Super Buddha Neo […]
DVD Review: George Of The Jungle 2
Christopher Showerman. Despite a gag about replacing Brendan Fraser in the movie itself, the publicity materials from Disney act as if Mr. Showerman doesn’t really […]
Justice League: Tabula Rasa
The “tabula rasa” is the frightening adaptive android Amazo — he can mimic the Justice League’s powers, but not their wisdom…
Bubba Ho-Tep
A septugenarian Elvis (Bruce Campbell) lies in his bed in an East Texas rest home, his best days obviously behind him. The world thinks he’s […]
Review: ‘American Splendor’
It’s Halloween in Cleveland. Five children stand expectantly at a door, dressed as their respective heroes. Superman, Batman, Robin, and the Golden Age Green Lantern […]
