After this year’s highly divisive Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Brothers and DC Studios keep the DC Cinematic Universe going with Suicide Squad. Picking up directly after the events of Batman v Superman, the story finds the U.S. Government in the unenviable position of being unable to defendContinue Reading
When I heard about an updated version of Superman, directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) and produced by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige), I thought, “This is going to be awesome!” Sadly, the end product is not awesome. It’s entertaining to be sure but I wouldn’t countContinue Reading
In 2005, Christopher Nolan took over a Batman franchise that had been hobbled by the campy stylings of Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin. His initial entry, Batman Begins, featured an emphasis on realism and the dark psychology of the Batman character. In 2008, he improved on the formula with TheContinue Reading
2008’s Iron Man surprised many people by being a financial success as well as by being relatively faithful to the hero’s comic book origins. One of the keys to the film’s appeal was the performance of Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man. The character’s personality traits were so similarContinue Reading
Today, director Sam Raimi is well-known for his Spider-Man trilogy but in 1990, when Darkman was released, he was best-known for his quirky horror films Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. Wanting to broaden his appeal with film-goers, he created Darkman and made his first superhero film. It was entertainingContinue Reading
Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) is a parking enforcement officer (aka “meter maid”) who longs for something more exciting in his life. He is so painfully lonely that he feels like something is eating his soul a little bit everyday. In voiceover narration, Les tells us that he’s not really depressed,Continue Reading
For the last nine years, the X-Men film franchise has been bringing the saga of the Mutants, genetically mutated humans with special powers, to the big screen. The last film in the series, 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, was seen by most as a disappointment as it tried to packContinue Reading