There are many instances in Rise of the Silver Surfer when superhero powers are played as gags and paired with a zippy cartoon score to really sell it. It's perfect for a kids movie.
Filmmaking is tough. The original vision is rarely the result. But the imperfections of the collaborative process can be just what the film needs, says Concealed director Shane T. Hall.
Spider-Man 3 can't decide if Spider-Man is silly, dangerous, in control or possessed.
A young Han Solo learns the art and artifice of being an outlaw in Solo: A Star Wars Story, the perfect popcorn movie to kick off the summer blockbuster season.
If you enjoyed 2016's raunchy breakout hit Deadpool, you're almost assured to love its even raunchier sequel.
The blasphemous, unyielding Deadpool 2 doesn't outdo its predecessor, but rather gives more of a good thing.
A second-tier Marvel character, Ghost Rider's motorcycle mayhem tried but never could burn up the silver screen.
If Niccolò Machiavelli were alive today he would enjoy the politically-charged and fantastical world of Game of Thrones, particularly the moral struggles of Daenerys Targaryen.
CGI monsters, shiny rocks, population control, the entire Marvel cast -- this superhero film has it all.
This film was considered such a disaster that X-Men: Days of Future Past was conceived, at least in part, as a way to undo many of the effects of X-Men: The Last Stand.
Somewhere, Godzilla is shaking his head and lamenting the genre that he spawned.
This may be a clever homage to classic hard-boiled detective fiction from the '40s, but Archer in Dreamland is not the wild man we've come to love/hate.
Spielberg's sci-fi actioner doesn't have a thought in its pretty little head, but it's still relentlessly entertaining, thanks to his knack for visual storytelling and his uncanny feel for action pacing.
Under Oswald's expressionism is somebody scarred by his brush with Nazis, someone mistrustful of authority figures, and someone who likes to bring the razzle-dazzle to audiences.
Black Panther is more than just another Marvel blockbuster; it's a revelation in Western depictions of Africa and African women.
Tim Story's film should have been a smash. So why did it fail in its adaptation of the groundbreaking Marvel comic book?
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