To say the new Power Rangers movie is a gritty reboot of the tv series is kind of a given – since just about anything would feel like a gritty reboot of a show made for hyperactive five year olds. … Continue reading
Checked out Logan, the latest – but certainly not the most typical – X-Men movie. As you may have heard, this is a tough R rated Wolverine movie with graphic violence and swearing. This is, I think, a great example … Continue reading
Caught up on a child-free showing of The Lego Batman movie (after trying twice this past weekend only to be rebuffed each time by sold out showings). This is a spin-off to the Lego Movie where Lego Batman almost stole … Continue reading
So a film version of the toy line Max Steel (which I’d never heard of) came out earlier this year and pretty much nobody noticed (I did but it was only at the theaters for a week and I never … Continue reading
Caught the early Thursday night showing of the Marvel Cinematic Universes’s latest superhero flick Dr. Strange. Dr. Strange is a character I know little about and I gather he’s kind of a B or C lister in the books but … Continue reading
Checked out the animated movie Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader which is based on the 60s Batman show and uses the voice talents of Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar as one three on-screen catwomen (Batman gets blurry … Continue reading
Checked out the early Thursday screening of DC’s new villain ensemble superhero flick Suicide Squad. Movie has been getting some very bad reviews that seem to be centered on a confused tone… and I’m here to say it’s a bit … Continue reading
Rented the new R rated Batman animated film Batman: The Killing Joke. Based on a 1988 Batman v. Joker comic book, this adaptation adds 30 minutes of preamble to the story to build up the character of Batgirl before what … Continue reading
Checked out the new superhero comedy Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, starring YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Hanna Hart. Based on a Syd and Marty Croft show I barely remember from the 70s, this is a marginally amusing comedy that … Continue reading
Checked out the sequel to the 2014 remake of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise (“Out of the Shadows”). This is the live action reboot of the franchise with ugly, hulking version of the turtles. I didn’t care much for … Continue reading