Comic Book Movie Reviews »
Red (2010) Movie Review (No. 2)
Need something done right? Get the old guys to do it. Of course, it helps if the old guys used to be cold-blooded Government killers. A quartet of mature actors highlight Robert Schwentke’s “Red”,...
Read More »
Red (2010) Movie Review (No. 1)
Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is retired. He lives on a quiet street in Ohio where all the houses look the same, and where all his neighbors say hello and make sure that their garbage...
Read More »
New on DVD/Blu-ray: Jonah Hex (2010)
Audiences didn’t much cotton to Jonah Hex’s ugly brand of law and his blood feud with Quentin Turnbull when “Jonah Hex” hit theaters earlier this year. Yes, even the abundant, ahem, “charms” of Megan...
Read More »
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) Movie Review #2
Nix already wrote a review for DC’s newest animated film, but I had to get my two cents in as well. As a fan of all of DC’s direct to DVD works so far,...
Read More »
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) Movie Review
“Superman/Batman: Apocalypse” is the latest direct-to-DVD animated feature from Warner Bros. and D.C. Comics, and is a direct sequel to last year’s “Superman/Batman: Public Enemies”, which saw the crimefighting duo of Batman and Superman...
Read More »
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Movie Review
Love it or hate it, “Shaun of the Dead” director and rabid fanboy favorite Edgar Wright’s dizzying action/comedy “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” is one of the most kinetic, visually-striking motion pictures to find...
Read More »
Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) Movie Review
So I finally got myself a PS3 and have moved into the world of Blu-ray…sort of. I still need a nice HD TV, but that’s coming. So this won’t be a review of how...
Read More »
New on DVD: Kick Ass (2010) Movie
You want a piece of this? No? Well you best run off then, punk. If you do want a piece of this (and oh is it a bloody, entertaining good time), Matthew Vaughn’s comic...
Read More »
New on DVD: The Losers (2010)
If you’re a fan of team-oriented action-comedies, 2010 was a banner year. Before Fox’s big-screen version of the ’80s TV show “The A-Team” blasted onto screens, there was Warner Bros.’ “The Losers” to set...
Read More »
The Phantom (2010) TV Mini-Series Review
Is the world ready for another Phantom? After the disastrous 1996 movie starring Billy Zane (which, FYI, could have starred Bruce Campbell, who lost out on the gig to Zane), the SyFy Channel certainly...
Read More »
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) Movie Review
“Batman” wasn’t the only comic book film that came out in the summer of 1989, “The Return of Swamp Thing” managed to beat it by over a month. That’s about all ol’ Swampy has...
Read More »
Jonah Hex (2010) Movie Review
As unlikely as it sounds, the best film this weekend doesn’t concern a tired assembly of discarded playthings gussied up in 3D. “Jonah Hex” is a testosterone fueled thrill ride, a flawed but fantastically...
Read More »
Planet Hulk (2010) Movie Review
My knowledge of “The Incredible Hulk” saga pretty much begins and ends with the late-70′s television series starring Lou Ferrigno and the late Bill Bixby. As such, it’s safe to say that I’m fairly...
Read More »
DVD Review: Whiteout (2009) Movie UK R2
There’s a scene in the first ten minutes of “Whiteout” where Kate Beckinsale gets undressed and has a completely unnecessary and gratuitous shower. At this point I thought the film was AMAZING. Then for...
Read More »
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:...
Read More »
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) Movie Review
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Read More »
