Friday, March 9, 2012 Here Cinema Siren goes again, going against the critical masses. I love John Carter. While it groans under the pressure of its need for exposition, it is an exotic and thrilling space tale that embraces it’s awkward hugeness with such a sense of fun and excitement, I, along with much of …
Friday, December 23, 2011 The Cinema Siren knows Tintin. Like millions of other kids all over the world, I grew up reading Herge’s thrilling, adventurous, comic book series over and over until I knew every illustration and storyline like the back of my hand. Tintin is what made me love illustration and see comic and …
Saturday, July 16, 2011 I am at the Leakycon Harry Potter convention, sitting in a crowded theatre filled with conventioneers. This convention has coincided with the opening of the “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows -Part 2.” The movie has just ended, and it’s the second time i’ve seen it in the last five days. …
Thursday, November 18, 2010 For fans of the books, the movies, and lovers of all things Harry Potter, muggles and wizards alike, the prospect of this beginning of the end, this first of two Deathly Hallows movies, is at once an exciting and bittersweet affair. They have grown to love the characters fiercely and want …
ROBIN HOOD: Short of the bullseye, still worth a shot With currently over 30 versions of Robin Hood ranging from the sublime (1935’s Robin Hood with Errol Flynn in the cliched green tights and pointed hat still rocking the role in the title character) to the ridiculous (Kevin Costner as Robin Hood is like watching …
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 …
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 …
