This is a very slick-looking film with stylish lighting, effective action scenes, and fluid camera work. While browsing for movies at Walmart, I came across a curious box cover. The Blu-ray art was very reminiscent of The Dark Knight’s cover art: A masked figure in black leather is looking down at theContinue Reading

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

Man of Steel (2013)

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

Iron Man 2 (2010)

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