Reviews
Tuesday, January 10 2012
Look! It's 'The Rocketeer'! No, really - LOOK!
Our depressed society, badly needing distraction, needs a cinematic jolt of joy -- much like the one found in this classic adventure tale.
Thursday, November 10 2011
'Captain America: The First Avenger': Get Ready for Some Red, White, and Bruise
Captain America: The First Avenger is a rip-roaring adventure story that faithfully adapts the iconic superhero's comic book story.
Friday, July 22 2011
'Captain America: The First Avenger' Is All About Advancement of the Marvel Brand
Chris Evans, usually more of a wiseass in the Ryan Reynolds mode, makes Captain America's earnestness winning and believable.
Friday, February 12 2010
The Wolfman
The Wolfman reframes the werewolf legend -- so weighty with communal perversity and collective guilt -- so that it's all about a very bad dad.
Monday, August 9 2004
Hidalgo (2004)
'Being out in the middle of the Arabian desert,' says Mortensen, 'you could easily imagine what it must have been like.'"
Blogs
Friday, December 23 2011
Attempted Superhero Nostalgia: 'The Rocketeer' (Blu-ray)
The Rocketeer clearly has its fans. It also has its failings.
Friday, July 22 2011
Our Hero: 'Captain America - The First Avenger'
In a no muss, no fuss kind of way, Captain America becomes one of the best comic book movies of all time.
Monday, July 26 2010
Time...and 'The Avengers'
With a 2012 release date and the daunting task of trying to find a story solid enough to carry all of these characters, it remains a job so gigantic, so Herculean in proportion and anticipation, that only the bravest (or dumbest) among the entertainment elite would face it head on.
Tuesday, June 1 2010
'The Wolfman': Unrated, or Just Overrated?
Unlike the theatrical version, which got to the action almost immediately, the new unrated version takes its own sweet time before unleashing the terror - and that's not necessarily a good thing.
Saturday, February 13 2010
'Wolfman' Is all Bark and No Bite
It's all there: the gloomy Victorian England setting; the decrepit Gothic family manor; the faux religion and ancient gypsy curse; the mark of the beast;…
