Guardians of the Galaxy is easily one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year, its marketing campaign has done everything short of placing a billboard on the moon to ensure the public know of this Marvel movie, but why is that? Who are these guys? Back in 2008 when Marvel Studios released their first…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) – Review
For some strange reason the first Sharknado somehow captured the public zeitgeist and became the most talked about SyFy movie to date so it is a surprise to no one that we got a sequel and no surprise it is just as bad and just as entertaining as the last one. A Ticker-Shark Parade. April (Tara…
Sharknado (2013) – Review
Tonight the SyFy Channel is airing the much anticipated sequel to Sharknado so as a public service I’m providing a quick recap in case anyone has missed this story that truly speaks to the hearts of men and woman and answers that age old question, “What would a tornado full of sharks look like?” Of course…
Lucy (2014) – Review
A much-visited element of science fiction is the exploration of where humanity has been and where it might be headed—whether that’s the physical frontier of space travel and time travel, or the inward journey into the uncharted depths of our own biology. These stories often speculate on the next great leap forward in our species’…
Into the Storm (2014) – Review
This does seem to be another year of disaster movie mania. Earlier in the year we got Pompeii which was basically Gladiator meets Titanic on the slopes of Dante’s Peak, and then we had Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, which was about the world’s first disaster story and was kind of dreadful in its own right, but…