Saturday, June 18, 2011 Green Lantern is as cheesy and has more plot holes and dangling story strings than a piece of 70’s macrame. But where else are you going to hang your greenery? This is by no means a visual or storytelling masterpiece, but there are enough moments of fun and visual grandiosity to …
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X-Men: First Class – Doing Mutants Proud
Friday, June 3, 2011 When someone who prefers indies and foreign films and has never picked up a comic book loves a comic book movie, that’s a very good sign. Such is the case with one of my moviegoing friends after viewing X-Men: First Class. I don’t write reviews for people who see everything that …
Iron Man 2: A Starkly Entertaining Sequel
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Oh, sequel! Sequel, sequel, sequel! It should be one of the words that made your mother wash out your mouth with soap. Most sequels, i dread. Will it be a mediocre shadow of the former movie? Will I want those two hours of my life back? Will it still crush every …
Kick Ass: Living Up to its Title
WARNING: do NOT bring your children to this movie. Average tortured semi-loser teen and comic book fanboy Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), inspired by his obsession, decides to become a real life superhero. He dons an internet bought wetsuit as costume and names himself Kick Ass. What happens to an average joe with no fighting skills …