When you consider comic book adaptations, there is either good, lighthearted fun – which is Marvel or dark and ominous – which is DC. X-Men Origins: Wolverine tries to be both. Gavin Hood attempts to deliver on the quick witted, and funny characters that Marvel has to offer, i.e. Wade Wilson and Wolverine, as well…
Category: Reviews
Pompeii (2014) – Review
I love disaster movies. Weather catastrophes, geological upheavals or cosmic threats it doesn’t matter I love them all. Now throw that all into a Sword & Sandal flick and you’ve almost no chance of disappointing me. So it would seem that director Paul W.S. Anderson made a film with just me in mind. So how…
X-Men 2 (2003) – Review
With Days of Future Past about to hit theaters this Friday, I thought it would be a good opportunity to revisit my favorite X-Men film to date, X2. Although, there is that motion comic of Astonishing X-men…… (Anything that starts with a voice over by Patrick Stewart has got to be great, right?) The X-Men…
Son of Batman
Growing up as a younger brother, Luigi was my character, and that carried over to superheroes. Robin became one of my favourite characters in comics and tv as he was a kid with some pretty bad-ass skills.
Godzilla (2014) – Review
Since Gojira in 1954, there have been many Godzilla films. Ranging from the dramatic and terrifying allegory of nuclear destruction, showcased in the original, to the out and out goofiness; with such installments as Godzilla vs Hedorah, where silliness sat right alongside an ecological message, or with the likes of Godzilla vs Gigan, where the…