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
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
“Been there, done that,” says Whistler as a vampire attempts to kill him. That’s pretty much a summary of how I feel about this sequel to 1998’s Blade. It’s a lot of the same stuff from either the first movie or other action films. It’s not horrible, but it’s certainlyContinue Reading
Last summer’s successful Spider-Man set off a wave of comic-book adaptations this year, including Daredevil, X2: X-Men United, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and, now, Hulk. Bringing Daredevil to the screen required little more than putting Ben Affleck in tights. The Hulk was a much bigger challenge to bring toContinue Reading
2000’s X-Men was a surprisingly good comic book movie. While I wasn’t a fan of the characters going in, I was one when I left the theater. 2003’s X2: X-Men United promised to be bigger and better than the original. Thanks to the decent box-office take of the original film,Continue Reading
This year’s big comic book film has finally arrived. With these types of films, there are usually two types of film-goers. There are the dyed-in-the-wool comic fans who will never be happy because of something that’s not exactly as they envisioned it. Then there’s the rest of us, who goContinue Reading