Five Reasons to Hate ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ –
It’s okay. You’re allowed to enjoy ‘Star Trek into Darkness’. It’s well-paced, well-acted and, for the most part, well-directed. But let’s be clear, it’s not true ‘Star Trek’. ...
It’s okay. You’re allowed to enjoy ‘Star Trek into Darkness’. It’s well-paced, well-acted and, for the most part, well-directed. But let’s be clear, it’s not true ‘Star Trek’. ...
I must admit that when I walked into the crowded theater to watch J.J. Abrams’ second journey into the ‘Star Trek’ universe, I was a bit apprehensive. The studio didn’t hold any press screenings before the ...
While it’s not the greatest film ever made, ‘The Matrix‘ felt like a genuinely new and exciting IP when it first appeared in 1999. I can remember seeing it in the theater, not knowing much more than the central q...
Make no mistake, I consider 2009’s ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra‘ to be one of my most hated movies, and a desecration of a property that I’ve loved since childhood. Yet here we are four years later, and I...
Surprise, surprise. The summer blockbuster season this year will come with several sequels. At least one of the movies featured in today’s trailers clearly should have never been made or even conceived in the first place.
Over the past week, reports have flooded the internet that Disney has made a deal with Harrison Ford to reprise his role as Han Solo one more time for the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ films, which are being helmed by J.J. Abra...
‘Die Hard’ is back for another installment, the fifth chapter in a series that has spanned 25 years. Prior to this screening, I couldn’t help thinking, “Haven’t we already said all we need to say with...
Any producer will tell you that it’s hard to catch lightning in a bottle, and even harder still to predict what will make it big or what will flop hard. That’s why you hear stories about Decca rejecting the Beatles, or...
Almost lost amidst all the chatter about the Disney/Lucasfilm deal, this week also brought us the unexpected news that Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed on to reprise his role as Conan the Barbarian in a new sequel that will appare...
Remember how much fun ‘Taken‘ was? It was the little low-budget action movie that could. All it needed was a few bullets and a rugged Liam Neeson to kick the stuffing out of swarthy Eastern European sex-slave traders. ...
Some people find the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ movies irritating, I find them somewhat charming. Are they annoyingly repetitive and full of kid-style toilet humor? Yes. Do they keep kids engaged at the movies? Yes. Do the...
I believe in Christopher Nolan. For me, there was never any doubt that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ would be a worthy finale to his Batman trilogy. I went in with expectations even higher than ‘The Dark Knight’,...