You Will Believe a Man Can Fly Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan, and David Goyer have teamed up to give Superman the Batman Begins treatment, reintroducing the character in a realistic, plausible setting. The character finds himself torn between his Kryptonian blood and his American upbringing, represented by his two fathers; one from Earth, and one [ Read More ]
What happens when you take the father-son team of Will and Jaden Smith, maroon them on an Earth retaken by nature, and put M. Night Shyamalan behind the camera to direct the action-adventure which ensues? The answer is, unfortunately, nothing particularly memorable. In the future, literally fearless soldiers, Rangers, protect humanity from monsters who hunt [ Read More ]
It’s a hot, but dry, day in Beverly Hills. I stand next to a lavish mansion, counting blades of grass, waiting for his limo to arrive, looking spiffy in my dress slacks and my Star Trek cufflinks. If it were up to me, I’d be there in full Starfleet regalia, but I want to give [ Read More ]
Microsoft unveiled their new console, X-Box One today live at a press conference. To start things off, let’s talk about the name. Microsoft explain it as being an all in one media hub for the living room. I think the name will take awhile to get use to. It just feels like a prequel name [ Read More ]
In 2009, J.J Abrams and crew took on the impossible task of rejuvenating the fledgling Star Trek franchise, a feat they successfully knocked right out of the park. Now they face the equally impossible task of crafting a film to meet or surpass our expectation given how enjoyable our collective experience were on the first [ Read More ]
Vin Diesel returns to the role that made him a star in Riddick. This will be the third installment of the franchise. The second film, The Chronicles Of Riddick did not go over well with audiences or critics (even though I quite enjoyed it). The film’s scope was much grander than its predecessor, Pitch Black, [ Read More ]
“I had just created demons, and didn’t even know it” Picking up a little after The Avengers left off, Iron Man 3 features a new world, a startlingly frightening new enemy force for Tony Stark to fight, and a new director, Shane Black. This official start to Phase Two, as it’s being called, not only [ Read More ]
Is it a sequel? Is it a spiritual successor? Is it both? Is it neither? Bioshock Infinite, whatever you wish to designate it, combines excellent gameplay with a gripping narrative in a way so very few games are ever able to, even more than the original Bioshock, which it shares its narrative themes with, which, [ Read More ]
Since December, faux studio Moby Dick has been teasing the game entitled The Phantom Pain. It featured a main character that looked eerily like Big Boss from Metal Gear Solid. Today at a conference at GDC, Hideo Kojima and his Kojima Production staff unveiled the Fox Engine along with the announcement Metal Gear Solid 5. [ Read More ]
We got a sneak peek at the trailer for Battlefield 4 via screenshots that were leaked online. Now we get to experience the trailer in full. But a trailer is not enough for EA as they have decided to show us a full 17 of gameplay footage from game’s campaign. As I expected, the game [ Read More ]
COBRA STRIKES BACK! Before we begin, I have a confession to make: I like Steven Sommers’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I know nothing about the classic Joes. Never read the comic, never saw the cartoon. I thought the film’s script, which integrated character-developing flashbacks with non-stop action set pieces, was a blast, combining [ Read More ]
The MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) scene has been explosive lately with titles like League of Legend and Dota 2. Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment has decided to throw their super heroes in that arena for Infinite Crisis. The game will feature “a deep roster of DC Comics characters”, and is scheduled for release on [ Read More ]
Steves Carrell and partner Steve Buscemi, along with Jim Carrey and director Don Scardino, attempt to do to the world of Las Vegas magicians what Anchorman and Talladega Nights did for local news and NASCAR. Is The Incredible Burt Wonderstone truly incredible, or does it phone in the funny and settle for mediocrity? Carrell (the [ Read More ]
Sam Raimi, proving that there is no statute of limitations on prequels, has given us Oz: The Great and Powerful, 74 years after the original The Wizard of Oz. Yeah, the books are older than that, and this film is legally a prequel to those classics, but it’s pretty obviously a prequel to the cinematic [ Read More ]
Yippie Ki Yay… Well, you know the rest. Die Hard redefined the action movie for modern audiences, with its everyman protagonist struggling to survive. He didn’t go out looking for a a fight, but there were no competent peace-keepers available, so the man did what he had to do, “and with a little help from [ Read More ]
The last season of Spartacus is turning out to be it’s greyest season. While we see bad guys on both sides, we good guys on both as well. Last week we saw a softer side to Caesar when he took that poor girl out of her misery and it made us identify with him a [ Read More ]
This episode sees Spartacus’ plan to cease a city for shelter come to fruition and in doing so, shined a light upon him that may not be as attractive to the image of him being savior. There were layers of Spartacus on display here that I never would have thought the show writers would include. [ Read More ]
Spartacus returns for its final season with all swords drawn and a killer opening as Spartacus and the rebels lay waste to the Roman army. While Spartacus’ army grows larger, all seems lost until Rome decides to enlist the help of Marcus Crassus, a man we have heard about since season 1. It is poetic [ Read More ]
A Manly Film About Manly Men It doesn’t get any manlier than this: no plot, snappy dialogue, Robert Patrick’s moustache, big guns, devoted wives, slow motion shootouts, and gallons of blood. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome, but it would also be quite forgettable, were it not for the wonderful production design which makes the film look [ Read More ]
The Oscar nominations were announced today and boy were there some surprises. First off, let’s talk about the snubs. In the Best Director category, Ben Affleck (Argo), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) and Katherine Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) were all strangely omitted from this years nominations. Leonardo DiCaprio’s name was not called for Best Supporting actor which I [ Read More ]
Once upon a time in the pre-Civil War American South… Like Inglourious Basterds, the new film from Quentin Tarantino takes a familiar dark time in history and interprets it through very specific filters of grandiosity, pulp, audacity, and shamelessly dark humor. Tackling such deadly serious issues as slavery and racism is difficult, especially without blatantly [ Read More ]
Rockstar Games has debuted the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, and I can safely say that it doesn’t disappoint. The trailer introduces us to the three main protagonist, Michael, Trevor and Franklyn. We get a look at their personal lives and a little bit about how the characters will intertwine. I wonder if [ Read More ]
Six years ago, Daniel Craig was a new, young, fresh Bond. In Casino Royale, he is a brand new agent, just given the title of 007. Now, just two films later, his peers call him an old man, an aged dog of a bygone era, an accusation which is also levied against his boss, M, [ Read More ]
This has got to be the biggest news I’ve heard in years. When Disney bought Marvel Studios, we saw the result of that acquisition with the massive success of The Avengers. We will continue to see that success as we move into phase 2 of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe ending with Avengers 2 in 2015. Well [ Read More ]
I was both scared and excited going into this film. I was a big fan of the Wachowskis’ previous films such as The Matrix trilogy, Bound and even speed racer. As for Tom Tykwer, I love to Run Lola Run and Perfume. The International was an okay film fo me, but I still give it [ Read More ]
