DVD Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)

Even if I were the world’s greatest clairvoyant and had envisioned the coming of Blu-ray only a few years back, I still would not have believed this could have happened: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition.” The mere title sends shivers down my spine — not...

August 18th, 2009 | Read More

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) Movie Review

(Guest Movie Review by Dedpool) So it’s finally here. DC Animated’s and Warner Premiere’s newest direct to video release, “Green Lantern: First Flight” has finally touched down and oh what a ride it was. Timed almost perfectly with DC Comic’s summer long Green Lantern centric,...

August 8th, 2009 | Read More

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Movie Review

All he wanted to do was live a quiet, uneventful life with his sexy Indian live-in girlfriend, but they just wouldn’t leave him alone. They being pretty much everyone who isn’t him. Plus, he’s got a hairy brother who insists on roping him back into their reindeer games. Such is life for the feral...

May 1st, 2009 | Read More

Punisher: War Zone (2008) Movie Review

Moviegoers not prone to surf the Internet scouring for the latest movie news on an upcoming comic book movie probably has no clue that Lexi Alexander, the director of “Punisher: War Zone” is a woman. A very attractive and fetching female at that. In fact, they might be thinking that this Lexi guy...

December 7th, 2008 | Read More

The Dark Knight (2008) Movie Review

Since 1989, there have been six Batman films: Two starring Michael Keaton, one with Val Kilmer, one with George Clooney, and now two with Christian Bale. In these films, Batman has fought a line-up of villains that includes, we’ll go order: the Joker (Jack Nicholson), the Penguin (Danny DeVito), Catwoman...

July 20th, 2008 | Read More

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,...

October 21st, 2007 | 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...

May 7th, 2007 | 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...

March 17th, 2007 | 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...

March 10th, 2007 | Read More

Ghost Rider (2007) Movie Review

(Movie Review by Richard Lewis) 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...

February 20th, 2007 | 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...

February 3rd, 2007 | 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...

September 9th, 2006 | 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....

August 14th, 2006 | 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”...

June 29th, 2006 | 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 Hurt, “Hellboy”)....

March 20th, 2006 | 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...

February 17th, 2006 | Read More

Man-Thing (2005) Movie Review

Of all the characters in the Marvel Universe, you have to wonder why Lion’s Gate chose Man-Thing, a lower tiered comic book character, to make into a movie. Unless you’re a die-hard comic book fan, it’s doubtful you’ve ever heard of the character; and even if you did used to read...

January 21st, 2006 | Read More

Fantastic Four (2005) Movie Review

Based on one of Marvel Comic’s longest running comic books, “Fantastic Four” the movie follows the adventures of the world’s greatest superhero team. Except when we first meet them they’re not all that fantastic or great, but thanks to the genius of egghead Reed Richards...

December 8th, 2005 | Read More

Batman Begins (2005) Movie Review

While watching “Batman Begins”, it’s best not to consider this installment in the Dark Knight’s life and times as being a part of the Burton and Schumacher (I still cringe saying that second name) Batman films. True to advance buzz, Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins”...

June 17th, 2005 | Read More

Sin City (2005) Movie Review

When I first heard that Robert Rodriguez was going to make a “Sin City” movie, my first reaction went something along the lines of, “Yeah, right, it’s impossible. They’ll never be able to duplicate Miller’s vision. And if they tried, they’ll just foul it up something...

April 1st, 2005 | Read More