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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”,...
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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...
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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.”‘...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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Constantine (2005) Movie Review
There is really nothing inherently so wrong with “Constantine” that you would be justified in calling it “awful”. To be sure, there is also nothing really extraordinary about it to justify words like “great”...
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Blade 3: Trinity (2004) Movie Review
If you enjoyed the originality of the original “Blade”, and thought Del Toro’s “Blade 2″ was hells on wheels, mannerisms and good taste be damned, then David Goyer’s “Blade: Trinity”, the third and supposedly...
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Generation X (1996) Movie Review
Long before the X-Men made a splash on the big screen, Marvel Comics tried things on a smaller scale with a television film based on a spin-off of the X titles. They made a...
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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998) Movie Review
Things weren’t always so good for Marvel Studios. Several years before they were making big budget blockbusters, they were reduced to cranking out television films for the Fox Network. A fair effort went into...
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Justice League of America: Pilot (1997) TV Review
After the disaster that was “Batman and Robin”, DC Comics tried to regain face with a live-action television pilot of their popular super team, the Justice League of America. Unfortunately, the finished product only...
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Spider-Man 2 (2004) Movie Review
It may be rated PG-13, but Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2″ is no kiddie picture. Of course that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bring your kids to see the further adventures of Spidey (Tobey Maguire) as...
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