SPIDER-MAN 2 — CLASSIC FILM PICK
Even the budding romance between Peter and Mary Jane is handled with an eye toward the absurd. Spider-Man tells Mary…
Superhero
BLACK PANTHER
Like adults who read Harry Potter books as if they aren’t children’s books written on a sixth grade reading level,…
LOGAN
If indoctrinating child audiences into accepting, and enjoying, brutal deadly violence was the intent of the filmmakers responsible for making…
LOGAN
If indoctrinating child audiences into accepting, and enjoying, brutal deadly violence was the intent of the filmmakers responsible for making…
WONDER WOMAN
As boring and flavorless as a three-day-old grilled cheese sandwich that’s been left out in the sun, “Wonder Woman” is…
DEADPOOL
The LGBT movement gets an ostensibly unwelcome filmic addition in the guise of Ryan Reynolds’s wisecracking bi-sexual mercenary Wade Wilson.…
MAN OF STEEL
“Man of Steel” delivers a fresh approach to the shop-worn Origin of Superman narrative (originally published in 1938). Alas, fresh…
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Disconnected significantly from the flow of logic between the first and second installments of Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” films, “The Dark…
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
The bottom-line is that Christopher Nolan is a better director than he is a screenwriter. He specializes in plot holes…
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Capsules Blog, Children's Cinema, Comic Book, Franchise, Re-boot, Superhero, THREE STARS, Women's Cinema
How quickly generations come and go. If you’re old enough to remember seeing Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man, and thought Tobey…
COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN’S HOPE
Arriving well after the death of fanboy culture, Spurlock’s documentary is a few years late. As one of the few…
CONAN THE BARBARIAN 3D
Brutality for brutality’s sake is the fishy theme for this primeval fantasy movie snooze fest. Charmless television actor Jason Momoa…
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
As predicted Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy are outstanding in their respective roles as young versions of Erik Lensherr and…
THOR
Chris Hemsworth plays Thor the God of Thunder, but it seems more like he’s playing Heath Ledger playing the title…
SUPER
Writer Director James Gunn (“Slither”) beats the dead dog of fanboy culture with an idiotic movie that follows in the…
IRON MAN 2
Compared to “Spider-Man 2,” the high watermark of comic-book adventure movies, “Iron Man 2” falls short. Cole Smithey.
KICK-ASS
As a bellwether of America’s societal collapse, Kick-Ass tells us that the corporate raiders who have sucked the country dry…
KICK-ASS
“Kick-Ass” is beneath anyone over 18, as well as most people under 18. Garbage. Cole Smithey.
SPIDER-MAN 2 — CLASSIC FILM PICK
Even the budding romance between Peter and Mary Jane is handled with an eye toward the absurd. Spider-Man tells Mary…
CATWOMAN
The result is a dull comic book action movie for preteens to drool over. Cole Smithey.
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