Shazam! Is Another Good D.C. Movie? With Shazam!, D.C. seems to have finally understood that it can’t just try to make dark movies all the time. After several disastrous attempts, they finally seem to have a handle on what they’re doing. Like, sure, the movie looks a bit juvenile and basic, but also seems like fun….
Umbrella Academy Just Doesn’t Impress Umbrella Academy is a meh show. It’s watchable, it’s fun—sometimes—and the score is at least amazing, even if “play peppy song while action or violence happens” is a per-episode gimmick in the first three. But while watching, I couldn’t help but see Heroes. Remember Heroes? The show that contains a…
The Tick Suffers As Most Remakes Do When The Tick came back as live-action, I was rather worried. Remaking a cartoon into a live-action movie is often a bad idea, so, a whole show is a gamble of epic proportions. And, now that I’ve seen some of it, it indeed has major problems. Now, I’m…
Tuning in… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of…
Directed by Alan Taylor. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgard, Christopher Eccleston, Jamie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. PG-13, 112 minutes. Previously on Marvel Month… I find it difficult to do something similar with this write-up to what I did with Iron Man 3. I…
Directed by Shane Black. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley. PG-13, 131 minutes. Writer’s Note: In the last article, a review of The Avengers, I misprinted the year the movie came out as 2011, and not its actual release year of 2012. I…
Written for the screen & Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. PG-13, 143 minutes. Previously on Marvel Month… Right at the time when all the superhero origin stories and sequels or reboots were threatening to grow stale,…
Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard, Jamie Alexander, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Colm Feore, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. PG-13, 115 minutes. Of all the characters to introduce in Marvel’s shared universe of superheroes, Thor is perhaps the most difficult. Sure, these are comic…
Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Gary Shandling, Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson. PG-13, 125 minutes. Previously on Marvel Month: The Incredible Hulk… The machine of industry that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems like such a sure thing now that it’s easy…
Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson and William Hurt. PG-13, 113 minutes. Previously on MARVEL MONTH: Iron Man. And now… Released in the very same summer as Iron Man, not to mention fellow comic-book juggernaut The Dark Knight, Marvel’s attempt at rebooting the Hulk kind of got lost…
Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terence Howard, Shaun Toub and Jeff Bridges. PG-13, 126 minutes. Tony Stark is larger than life. A genius billionaire/weapons manufacturer, he’s one of those people who can make headlines just by going about his daily routine. He doesn’t seem to take anything too seriously, either….
Yes, but let me explain why. Comic book movies were never really “in vogue” throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. Oh sure, Superman was seen as a classic portrayal of the Man of Steel, and Tim Burton introduced us to a much Darker Knight than most people had seen in Batman. But these movies were…
