Adaptations of beloved books are hit and miss most of the time. Many people would say more miss than hit. DC Comics has again dodged what could’ve been a fatal bullet with “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.” What fans get is a faithful animated feature that captures the spirit of Frank Miller and ...
I like to think of myself as somebody that can enjoy a good dramatic or artistic film but as a guy I also have every right to love blockbuster action movies. It was just recently that I got into serious dramatic movies though, most of my life I was just an action flick nut. I ...
Ah, action films. Is there not any greater form of cinematic masterpiece? Well, yeah, there is. All I know is that if I’m looking to watch a movie at the video store, this is the types of films that I want to see. Entertainment Weekly recently rattled off their choice of Top 25 films of ...
They’re cheesy, with poor acting, laughable one-liners and gaping plot holes. Yet despite these glaring flaws, action movies consistently bring in bodies to the movie theaters, and the biggest stars of the genre command huge paychecks as they showcase their muscles and martial arts moves more than the range of their acting ability. These days ...
Quentin Tarantino closed out his month of movie programming at New Beverly Cinema with “Kill Bill.” The movie was of course split into two volumes as it turned out to be much longer than anyone expected, but the print shown at the theater he saved from being turned into another Supercuts was the one shown ...