The recent Wolfman movie is the biggest reason why I’ve been battling back to get current on my column here. A movie that I liked happened, and nobody went to see it. Now all that pre-release talk of resurrecting the Universal monsters seems to have subsided, and that’s a turn of events that … Continue reading
There will be a particular breed of smartass who chooses to refer to Tim Burton’s new Alice In Wonderland project as “Tim Burton’s Avatar.” A different breed of smartass may prefer to think of it as “Tim Burton’s Lord Of The Rings.” Personally, I happen to be both kinds of smartass. It’s … Continue reading
Cop Out isn’t Kevin Smith’s worst movie, for those who are keeping track. His worst movie remains Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, that celebrity-studded, laugh-free, self-absorbed in-joke of a movie. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back is about as funny as Scary Movie, or Epic Movie, or Disaster Movie, or any of … Continue reading
The first and best compliment that I can pay Green Zone is that right after I left the screening, I tracked down the source book, Imperial Life In The Emerald City – which wasn’t particularly easy to do after midnight. Naturally, the movie, which was directed by Paul Greengrass, is much more bombastic and … Continue reading
Ninja Assassin crept inconspicuously onto DVD shelves today. No, it’s not all that good, but how much good do you expect? If you keep your expectations at a rational level, you’ll have a good time. It should be noted that there’s not exactly a precedent for overly impressive quantities of cinematic quality in the … Continue reading
If the new movie Legion is to be believed, God is a woman. We get a brief glimpse into Heaven late in the film, and it looks like a Calvin Klein perfume ad, with blue-eyed white-winged angel men who speak in soft British accents. Not only is that what She seems to be into, … Continue reading
Cold, cold, cold. That’s all I hear about, the second the thermometer drops below 40. At this time of year, the air occasionally goes scrotum-shrivellingly cold, so it’s a good time to look at the greatest Winter Movies ever made. There aren’t as many of them as you’d think — probably because the majority of … Continue reading
Could anybody possibly care about what I have to say about tonight’s Golden Globes? What if I offered the phrase “mini-meltdown?” I dutifully watched the Awards for one of my side gigs, and ended up live-blogging them on my Twitter. Inspired by Nick’s live-blog here on CHUD and by my friend Zach’s live-blog over … Continue reading
Brothers is a movie that has kind of slipped through the cracks. It showed up towards the end of 2009, but not in enough time for me to see it for my Best-Of list. It’s been nominated for some awards already, but not enough to make people feel like they ought to go out … Continue reading
Daybreakers is a horror/sci-fi mash-up that shows us a world where the vampires have won out over humanity, but the supply of human beings that they keep in order to harvest the blood they need has dwindled to dangerous levels. Blood-starved monster vamps hide away in the sewers, making the occasional home invasion, while the … Continue reading