I’ll start off by saying I enjoyed the first installment by J.J. Abrams when I saw it in the theatre back in 2009, though I had some issues major issues with the film; Nero’s whole motivation and plan for a start, but I was still engaged enough by the actors and action that I found…
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) – Review
Once again we visit the dark and rain-slick streets of Frank Miller’s Sin City and along for the ride is our old pal Robert Rodriguez, so “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
The Company of Wolves (1984) – Review
Werewolf movies have never reached the popularity of vampire films – we probably have ten Dracula movies for every werewolf one – but for me the curse of lycanthropy has always been a more interesting idea than that of vampirism, as the werewolf is an intrinsically more tragic figure, not to mention that visually speaking…
Hercules (1997) – Review
Disney films heavily mined fairy tales throughout the history of the studio but it wasn’t until the late nineties that they tackled Greek mythology for a feature film – that one segment of Fantasia notwithstanding – and with some fantastic art design by Gerald Scarfe and great songs by Alan Menken and David Zippel we…
Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) – Review
I have a huge Geek crush on Harley Quinn. But who doesn’t. You can tell the creators of this film took that into account and built upon it.