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by Glen A. Pixar just keeps pumping out the hits. Even with relatively smaller offerings like Ratatouille and A Bug’s Life, Pixar has managed to churn out entertaining, thought provoking and emotional films, despite being branded as kids movies. The fact of the matter is, Pixar movies have always been for the entire family. They [...]
Terminator Salvation »
by Glen A. Going into Terminator Salvation, I had seen all three previous movies. I don’t go to see or rent movies that are Rated R, but I did catch each one of these movies, at one time or another on television, mostly TBS or TNT, where the Rated R content was more or less [...]
Star Trek »
by Glen A. There’s been a lot of movie franchise reboots taking place over the last few years. The most successful of them, thus far, would have to be Batman. Superman, the Hulk, Indiana Jones, even James Bond, have been rebooted, in an attempt to resuscitate or in some cases, resurrect, lagging or near terminal [...]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine »
by Glen A. It frustrates me to have to write this. It really does. I am an X-Men fan from way back. I’ve not written about the X-Men trilogy here, since this site didn’t start until after X3 came out, but knowing where I come from on this will help to show you my bias [...]
Knowing »
by Glen A. I like Nicholas Cage. I’m not sure why, exactly. He’s had some quirky roles, particularly when he first started out, but lately, he’s been settling into things that don’t require him to act so much as to be himself doing interesting things. Maybe that’s considered acting. When I think of acting, I [...]
HD movies for purchase on iTunes (via Apple TV) Update #1 »
by Glen A. Back on March 25, I posted my experience with downloading the HD version of Transporter 3 from iTunes via the Apple TV. After some troubleshooting, we were finally able to watch the movie, but only with stereo sound. Well, low and behold, on April 4, I received an email from support at [...]
Quantum of Solace »
by Glen A. After a great performance in Casino Royale, Daniel Craig is back as legendary superspy James Bond in Quantum of Solace. Both Craig and Casino Royale have been widely seen as reviving the longest running sequeled movie in the history of film. Bond spans well over four decades, starting with Dr. No and [...]
The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor »
by Glen A. While 2008′s summer movie selections have been dominated by comic book adaptations, there were two intriguing period adventure sequels squished into the mix. One, of course, being Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the other, the third installment in The Mummy franchise. While sequel No. 3, The Mummy: [...]
The Dark Knight »
By Glen A. I think I’ve mentioned more than once that I am a comic book fan. Marvel is my preference, but I have dabbled in DC and smaller publishers. Batman, however, is a comic I know better through the 1960s TV series with Adam West, the four Batman movies from 1989-1997 and the various [...]
Hancock »
By Glen A. Trailers are designed to make you want to watch a film. If they’ve done their job, even the most mediocre movie will draw attention because of them. I’m pretty knowledgeable when it comes to mainstream comic book movie adaptations, particularly Marvel ones, but I’ve read and heard of many DC Comics, too. [...]
WALL-E »
By Glen A. WALL-E, the latest computer-animated Pixar masterpiece debuted this weekend. It’s been something I’ve wanted to see ever since the first trailers came out, and now that I have, I can’t say I was disappointed. I did want more out of it after it was over, but I did get what I expected [...]
The Incredible Hulk (Review No. 2) »
By Trevor A. I’m not a very big Hulk fan. I mean, you should already know how “obsessed” I am with Spider-Man, so there really is no time to learn more about Hulk, or Iron Man, or the X-Men. I know somewhat about this comic series thanks to my dad’s collections of old comics, but [...]
The Incredible Hulk »
By Glen A. I might be among the few people out there who really did enjoy Hulk, the first attempt at bringing the green monster from Marvel Comics to the big screen. I never really collected Hulk comics growing up, but I am more or less aware of the origin story and do know that [...]
Kung Fu Panda »
By Glen A. To say the Kung Fu genre is well-worn, even within the cartoon-animated world, would probably be an understatement. Very little that is new is coming out of anywhere these days, or so it seems, so what’s one more take on yet another overly explored tale of martial arts ascendency? What would happen [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Review No. 2) »
By Trevor A. I haven’t really seen an entire Indiana Jones movie before, so this was a first to me. I understood what it was really all about. And I thought the third movie was good because it showed the connection between Indy and his father. That and Sean Connery was in it and he’s [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull »
By Glen A. It’s been 19 years since Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the third and supposedly final Indiana Jones movie, came out. A lot has happened in the intervening years here in reality, and so has, we find out, in the life of Dr. Jones. Not only has 19 years passed there as [...]
Go Speed Racer, Go! (Review No. 2) »
By Trevor A. Who doesn’t know Speed Racer? Since the late 1960s, children around the world have been growing up with him. The show was called Mach Go Go Go in Japan, but Americans know the cartoon better as Speed Racer, a cartoon about automobile racing, family, and corny dialogue. A lot of that is [...]
Speed Racer–The critics don’t know what they’re talking about »
By Glen A. When I learned the Wachowski Brothers (think the Matrix trilogy) were helming a live action version of the popular 60s japanese cartoon, Speed Racer, I couldn’t wait to see it. I know I didn’t see every episode of Speed Racer when I was a child, but I did enjoy the program a [...]
Iron Man (Review No. 2) »
By Trevor A. I always teased my brother about Iron Man, since that’s his favorite superhero character, being a cheapskate and using technology to create a suit for him to become a superhero. I never really paid much attention to any of the cartoons or the comic books of Iron Man, mostly because I thought [...]
Iron Man–blasting into a theater near you »
By Glen A. I am a Marvel comic book fan from at least 1980. Not sure if this is unusual or not, but I didn’t really get into comic books until I was 14. The books I read were X-Men, Spider-man, Fantastic Four, and amid some others, Iron Man. The ability to essentially put on [...]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix »
By Glen A. It took a little while to see this movie. Why? Not sure exactly, but it did have something to do with the release of the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows. I can’t say I needed to read it before I could go and watch the fifth film [...]
Ratatouille »
By Glen A. Going into this movie, I had high hopes. Pixar will do that to you. The fact that it’s relatively lackluster hit previous to this was A Bug’s Life was certainly a part of that expectation, and compared to other like fare, A Bug’s Life is the best of what’s out there. Compared [...]