As a critic, it occasionally gets easy to ‘overthink’ a property. We critics tend to look for deeper meaning(s) in what we watch – some glorious cinematography, an artsy script, mesmerizing performances, etc. In our…
I love the silly season, and I genuinely hope all of you do, too. There’s something reassuring about having a time a year when ‘giving’ is meant to be the norm and not the exception…
Karl Urban is, officially, “The Man.” He stands in pretty good company. Sam Worthington was “The Man,” albeit briefly. So was Gerard Butler, but history has proven he had absolutely no idea what to do…
Sadly, I haven’t had as much time to commit to my reading – both comic- and book-related – in 2013. Things have happened both professionally and personally that have pulled me in a few different…
I know I’m not the only one who laments the demise of the American movie house. No, no, no. It hasn’t died. Yet. For a whole host of reasons, it’s been gradually dying for about…
When Man of Steel opened theatrically, I pretty much avoided all of the posts, columns, and chatbacks debating the merits or de-merits or even the general quality of the film. That was deliberate on my…
My fascination with science fiction films almost always leads to this question: “What sci-fi flick was your first? The one that made you want to see more of them?” I know that, for a whole…
As I said the other day in a comments section, when it comes to movies I’m pretty much an across-the-boards enthusiast about almost any and every kind of movie. Good movies. Bad movies. Old movies….
For those of us who’ve been around for more than a few decades, we can assure you young whipper-snappers that, during the 1970’s, George Lucas had most decidedly said he was planning three trilogies and…