So Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie came out and, surprise, it actually seems to get the turtles personalities right and is genuinely funny… except that is maybe only 5% of an otherwise really really lame action movie that has no … Continue reading
So, the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie is the latest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has loose ties to The Avengers and Thor 2 (at the very least) but is largely a stand-alone movie that will likely intersect … Continue reading
The Purge: Anarchy is the far superior sequel to the disappointing The Purge from last year. This series of movies has an interesting idea: in America, all crime is legal for one night of the year – the stated goal … Continue reading
So the new Tom Cruise sci-fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow is based on a Japanese novel with the much better title “All You Need is Kill”. It’s also a sci-fi version of Groundhog Day, it’s a live action video … Continue reading
Detroit has a crime problem and there appears to be one solution: tear down the crime-ridden core and build a new city in its place… and you can do this by using one of them there robocops or wall off … Continue reading
The Raid 2 is the sequel to the Singapore-made The Raid: Redemption (a movie with no redemption but plenty or raid… this new one doesn’t have a raid or much redemption). The Raid is a simple setup (police raid a … Continue reading
So, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is out – the direct sequel to Captain America and pretty much a sequel to The Avengers (all these movies are tied together but this one is closer to Avengers than Thor and Iron … Continue reading
Caught Arnold Schwartzenegger’s new DEA/Cop flick Sabotage (“Hey, we need a title for this movie that makes people want to see?” “Why bother?” “Good point! Let’s call it Sabotage!”). Just as in his last post-governor movie (The Last Stand), Arnold … Continue reading
300: Rise of an Empire is a side-story and a sequel to the original 300… telling a concurrent naval engagement that happened at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae (as depicted quite accurately *snort* in 300)… and then … Continue reading
Back when I was 16 or so, I saw RoboCop twice on the same day… the first time it blew me away… the second time was sharing it with a friend. I’d never done that before. My point being: I … Continue reading