A lot happens in X-Men: The Last Stand. I cannot fault it for not advancing the story-line of the mutants and their fight for equal treatment. However, I would expect to feel something about the characters after leaving the theater after viewing the movie. I do not. X-Men: The LastContinue Reading
“Fear became the ultimate tool of this government,” says V (Hugo Weaving), the hero of V for Vendetta, as he speaks of the England of the near-future. America has been reduced to a shadow of its former self and England is ruled by a fascist like state that has removedContinue Reading
With recent movies about Spider-Man, The Hulk, Daredevil, and Man-Thing (among others) already made, the Marvel Universe is running out of characters that haven’t been made into films. The Fantastic Four, one of the original Stan Lee creations of the 1960s, actually had been made into a movie before theContinue Reading
After breaking out in one of the better comic book films in recent memory (1998’s Blade), the Blade movies have degenerated with each entry in the series. Blade II was a mess of CGI-effects-heavy fight scenes and a suspenseless plot. 2004’s Blade: Trinity is completely disconnected from the first twoContinue Reading
As I bought some goodies at the concession stand before seeing Batman Begins, the clerk asked me if I was a fan of the Batman comics or the movies. When I replied “the comics,” he asked if that was Frank Miller’s version of Batman or before. I said, “Much earlier,Continue Reading
Hellboy, based on the Dark Horse comics by Mike Mignola, features a storyline that goes something like this: In 1944, the increasingly desperate Germans have decided to enlist black magic to help them win World War II. Grigori Rasputin (yes, that Rasputin) opens a gateway to “the other side” toContinue Reading
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