In my review of 2002’s blockbuster, Spider-Man, I said that it was good but it missed the mark on a few key elements: the villain’s motivation and the love story. Sam Raimi must have read my review because the sequel, aptly named Spider-Man 2, not only fixes those problems butContinue Reading
The man who terrorized New York City in Independence Day and Godzilla is back with a new threat: the weather. When freak events begin occurring all over the world, weather forecasters are stumped. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) is a paleo-climatologist and his researchContinue Reading
The benchmark for how not to incorporate computer graphics and special effects into your script has arrived in the form of Van Helsing, a loud and senseless revamp of the Universal horror monsters of the 1930s. In one fell swoop, Stephen Sommers, who revitalized The Mummy in 1999, takes onContinue Reading
“If it’s not one thing, it’s another!” exclaims Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) as he and his partner, K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), pursue a suspect in one of those high-speed car chases that seem to be the only way Hollywood can bring a film to climax anymore. That line perfectlyContinue Reading
Delayed from its original February release date, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 continues the story from (surprise!) Kill Bill: Vol. 1, which was released last November. That story, of course, concerns the unnamed bride (Uma Thurman) who was left for dead at the hands of Bill (David Carradine) and a team of assassins followingContinue Reading
Frankly, to me, Daredevil was the least interesting of the comic-book characters made into a feature film last year. So, I passed on it until it showed up on cable this month. To be honest, I was quite pleasantly surprised. Daredevil tells the story of Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck), aContinue Reading
Vampires in leather. Werewolves dressed as street people. Matrix-like slow-motion action sequences. Incredibly beautiful people doing the unthinkable. And lots and lots of posing, posturing and preening. It might sound like I’m degrading Underworld for its many derivative elements. In fact, I probably should be. But, for some reason, IContinue Reading