From a summer of unoriginal and unappealing superhero/action films, “Captain America: The First Avenger” has arrived to save the day. This is the best and most exciting movie of this genre since last summer’s “Iron Man 2”, another Marvel marvel. The story centers around Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a young man who lives in New […]
The greatest movie franchise of all time has come to an end. That’s the bad news for “Harry Potter” fans. The good news is that the series goes out with a bang and now they can own the movie on Blu-ray/DVD. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” picks-up right where “Part 1” left […]
2007’s “Transformers” was an exciting action film with a good, human story to go with it. After seeing “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” two years later I never wanted to watch another Autobot vs. Decepticon battle. But Paramount decided the world needed a third “Transformers” film even though most critics and moviegoers hated the sequel. […]
“Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can.” Well, you know what “Spider-Man” did? Back in 2002 the success of that film started the “comic book super hero” movie craze. And now a decade later these movies are dominating theaters and making hundreds of millions of dollars for their studios. Even though the main character is […]
“Super 8” is written and directed by J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek”, TV’s “Lost”) and the film’s executive producer is Steven Spielberg. That’s a pretty good combination. The story is set in 1979 in small town Ohio. Joe (Joel Courtney) and his friends are making a Zombie movie, that they want to finish over the summer […]
The “X-Men” series is one of the most successful film adaptations of a comic book in movie history. Back in 2009 we got to see how Wolverine, the #1 mutant, got his start. Now here we see how it all began for the rest of the characters and the entire “X-Men” society. “X-Men: First Class” […]
“Midnight in Paris” is written and directed by Woody Allen. Many critics are considering it his “comeback film”. I can’t agree or disagree because this was my first Woody Allen film when I saw it this spring. What I can agree with is that “Midnight in Paris” is a delight to watch. Owen Wilson plays […]
Argh, me Mateys! I’m about to tell you the story of a story that never should have been told, about a film that never should have been made (at least not this way). Ahoy! – it’s Official: the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise has been sunk, by a tale called “On Stranger Tides”. It’s been […]
“Thor” continues the series of Marvel Studio films based on their own comic book characters, following the two “Iron Man” movies and “The Incredible Hulk”. This one is also set in the present day – sort of. Chris Hemsworth stars as the title character, who’s in line to become King of the mythical land of […]
“The Adjustment Bureau” stars Matt Damon as David Norris, a NYC politician who’s running for the U.S. Senate. A few days before the election he meets a dancer named Elise, played by Emily Blunt. They instantly fall in love, but their relationship get interrupted by…The Adjustment Bureau, a group of men in hats whose job […]