Features
Friday, September 5 2008
What the World Needs Now: Society’s Desperate Need for Superheroes
Hollywood has finally discovered what comic book fans have known all along: superheroes serve as brightly-colored, two-dimensional extensions of ourselves.
Wednesday, May 2 2007
A Guide to All Things Spider-Man
Before you see Spider-Man 3, there's a few things you should know about the spider's lair. So go ahead, get tangled up in this extensive guide to Spider-Man's wonderful world-wide web.
Tuesday, May 1 2007
Monkey Business (Part 1: May)
Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.
Reviews
Friday, October 30 2009
Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi’s attempted return to the horror/comedy genre that was his stock in trade for the early part of his career is neither particularly horrific nor all that funny.
Friday, May 29 2009
Drag Me to Hell
Christine's monstrosity is hardly so daunting as that of the evil spirit stalking her, but it's of a piece with Drag Me to Hell's mostly vague cultural critique.
Friday, May 4 2007
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The point of Spider-Man 3, underscored by all the posters, trailers, and buzz, is black Spidey.
Friday, April 27 2007
Spider-Man 2.1 - Unrated, Extended Cut (2004)
While Spider-Man 2.1 may add a few more dollars to the company coffers, it's definitely not doing the Spider Man series – or the digital domain – any real favors.
Monday, December 13 2004
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Uncomfortable with his abilities (they have come on him like a virus), Peter repeatedly returns to his central question: Who am I?"
Blogs
Tuesday, October 19 2010
Who Are the Next Horror Movie Maestros?
Perhaps it's too soon in the career arc to write off some of these wannabes as less than meaningful maestros. As we wait, however, the void continues to grow...and grow...
Wednesday, June 16 2010
From the Evil Dead to the Emerald City
The one thing that will make new millennium audiences line up for a return trip to Oz is some manner of new, improved outsized visual aesthetic. Does Raimi really bring that?
Saturday, June 5 2010
A Bunch of Blu 2
This time around, we look at Django, Dark Nature, Darkman, Flash Gordon, and Carlito's Way
Sunday, October 11 2009
Drag Me to Hell - Rated and Unrated (2009): Blu-ray
Imagine you're Sam Raimi. You struggle for years to be recognized as a true directing talent, delivering fright films as beloved as The Evil Dead,…
Thursday, May 28 2009
Rating Raimi: Sam's Seminal 13
Thirteen. It seems like an appropriate number for the man who made the Deadites and that fabled Book of the Dead, The Necronomicon, a fright…
News
Tuesday, May 26 2009
Horror beckons Sam Raimi home
"Sam Raimi works exclusively in the horror genre," Richard Skorman wrote in an appreciation of "Evil Dead II" in the 1989 reference guide Off Hollywood…
Monday, May 7 2007
Almighty Spidey spins out records
Spider-Man spent the weekend spinning a worldwide web of pure gold. "Spider-Man 3," bringing back Tobey Maguire as the red-suited comic hero Peter Parker and…
Tuesday, May 1 2007
Spider-Man returns for a bigger-than-ever third film
The problem with the present? All anyone wants to talk about is the future. At least that's the case with director Sam Raimi and the…
