It's rare that I sit down to write a review and all I could think of yelling is "RUN TO SEE THIS MOVIE AS SOON AS YOU CAN" but here we are. Mission Impossible: Fallout is the best in the franchise, by far and it raises the bar for every action film to come after it. Yes, every single one, be it Marvel, or DC, or whatever, the platinum standard has been set. This is Christopher McQuarrie telling … [Read more...]
REVIEW: JUSTICE LEAGUE is Aggressively Meh
Have you ever seen a film that was both too rushed and too slow? A film that undoes the stellar approach to how its franchise previously melded character and action? A film that runs out of inspiring, emotional pull before the first act is over? Director Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE is all of these things. Wisps of humor add a fun zing, but its intensifying, aggressively poor qualities bog down … [Read more...]
Spoiler-Free Review: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
Man, oh, Man of Steel... Director Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL generated a lot of talk when it debuted. Not necessarily because we had a new Superman (Henry Cavill) to critique or because the movie wasn’t exactly what some fans had hoped for. Nope. It became somewhat of a lightning rod because Superman and General Zod’s (Michael Shannon) climactic battle spilled out onto the streets of … [Read more...]
REVIEW: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Is High Style With A Splash Of Substance
Before the dry-as-vermouth seriousness of James Bond’s SPECTRE hits theaters in November, Hollywood has thought of four ingenious ways to make the spy genre more appealing. KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE took a bombastic, bloody brilliant approach. SPY went beyond traditional “spoof” territory, gifting us with lots of well-executed laughter. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION was intelligent … [Read more...]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer Recap and Theories
At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, DC and Warner Brothers released the trailer for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, one of the most anticipated movies EVER! At the beginning of the trailer, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) watches Superman and Zod fight (as seen at the end of Man of Steel) and destroy a building (and much of Metropolis). Bruce sees a little girl in despair and runs to her. … [Read more...]
