Comic Book Movie Reviews

30 Days of Night (2007) Movie Review

“30 Days of Night” has been billed as a new take on the Vampire movie. After watching it, the only ‘new’ element I can identify is that the vampires are full-on bad guys this time around. None of that tortured soul, conflicted motivations, touchy-feely nonsense. Just hard core, mean spirited blood sucking [...]

October 21st, 2007 | Gopal | 0 comments | Read More

A Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Review — Verdict: IT BLOWS

If you’re like me, you’re probably thinking, when it comes to “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” these thoughts: “Okay, so sure, the movie doesn’t sound all that great, and the PG rating seems really lame, but really, how bad could it possibly be?” Um, apparently it can be really, really bad. At least, [...]

June 9th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More

Spider-Man 3 (2007) Movie Review

All things considered, “Spider-Man 3″ isn’t such a bad way to kick off the 2007 Summer, which is sure to be a major treat for movie fans, with “Transformers”, “Live Free or Die Hard”, and the third “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie all scheduled at about the same release dates. If nothing else, “Spider-Man 3″ [...]

May 7th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More

300 (2007) Movie Review #2

In 1999, Frank Miller wrote and drew (with colors by Lynn Varley) a limited series comic book (now known as “graphic novels” because, one presumes, it sounds better) called “300″. It told the tale of Spartan King Leonidas, who went for a walk “somewhere up north” with 300 of his “personal bodyguards” when he was [...]

March 17th, 2007 | Nix | 1 comment | Read More

300 (2007) Movie Review

In a blurb I wrote in my ‘Best of 2005′ list, I declared “A Bittersweet Life” to be “one of the slickest pieces of stone-cold machismo to slide across the silver screen since ‘Scarface.”‘ Well, I think we have a strong challenger for that title in Zach Snyder’s “300.” The latest film adaptation of a [...]

March 10th, 2007 | Gopal | 3 comments | Read More

Ghost Rider (2007) Movie Review

I sat down in the theater with a big smile on my face. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I had managed to somehow find a seat up front in a sold out show. Frankly, I think it’s just because I actually like superhero movies. I normally give these films the [...]

February 20th, 2007 | Richard Lewis | 3 comments | Read More

The Invincible Iron Man (2007) Movie Review

If you enjoyed Marvel’s initial ventures into direct-to-DVD animation with “The Ultimate Avengers” and its sequel, then the company’s third offering, “The Invincible Iron Man”, will probably go straight into your DVD collection. And why not? It’s everything you could possibly want from your comic book movie, animated or otherwise, filled with healthy doses of [...]

February 3rd, 2007 | Nix | 1 comment | Read More

X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006) Movie Review

“X-Men: The Last Stand” is the third installment in the popular comic book franchise originally shepherded onto the big screen by director Bryan Singer in 2000, and was followed up by an equally successful sequel in 2003. Part three says goodbye to Singer, who opted out of the property in order to lavish his fanboy [...]

September 9th, 2006 | Nix | 1 comment | Read More

Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) Movie Review

“Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther” is the sequel to Marvel’s first line of animated direct-to-video superhero franchise, “Ultimate Avengers”, which pitted a team of superheroes led by a resurrected World War II supersoldier named Captain America against alien invaders. That same alien menace returns in “Rise of the Panther”, this time in the [...]

August 14th, 2006 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More

Superman Returns (2006) Movie Review

Bryan Singer’s “Superman Returns” is pretty damn good, but it could have been pretty damn great. It is very much in the vein of what Singer did with the “X-men” franchise, and as such “Returns” feels like the Superman version of the first “X-Men” movie, before Singer unleashed the full fury of mutant power with [...]

June 29th, 2006 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More

V for Vendetta (2006) Movie Review

The year is 2020 and the world is in turmoil. The US has collapsed into civil war brought about by plague, while across the pond Great Britain has fallen under the iron grip of a fascist, Christian conservative regime led by the domineering High Chancellor Sutler (John [...]

March 20th, 2006 | Gopal | 0 comments | Read More

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006) Movie Review

“Ultimate Avengers: The Movie” is apparently Marvel Comics’ first salvo at the direct-to-video market, having conquered theaters with one successful comic book movie after another. The plan, it seems, is to release one major DTV animated movie every year or so, using the Ultimates comic book line as source material. (For those who don’t know, [...]

February 17th, 2006 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More