The enjoyment to be derived out of a film such as “The Expendables 2” falls squarely into two camps. You will either watch the film with your brain shut off, appreciating the intense high energy action and laugh at the chemistry between the cast members or you will condemn […]

Arguments are often made regarding the existence of a perfect trilogy; a trilogy of consistent quality in which each installment is better than the previous entry. Although big name franchises such as “Star Wars” or “The Lord of the Rings” tend to get tossed around in such discussions, the only […]

In 1990, film director Paul Verhoeven of “RoboCop” fame directed a sci-fi action thriller based on acclaimed science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” Titled “Total Recall,” the film was a critical and commercial hit that did what only one film before […]

With the success of “The Hangover,” it would appear that subsequent years following its 2009 release have seen Hollywood revamp the summer season, typically about big budget spectacle, sci-fi, superheroes, and action films, to include numerous raunchy comedies. Only time will tell if the trend will stick around but if […]

Watching something like “The Dark Knight Rises” come to fruition has instilled within me feelings similar to that of watching “The Avengers” earlier this year. The sense of amazement in watching a seven year project reach its grand finale is awe-inspiring and epic on a level that is rarely seen […]

  Seth McFarlane is a name that I have long stopped associating with quality. After years of watching “Family Guy” drag out its tired gimmicks to cover up a lack of creative humor, along with the pointless green lighting of a mediocre spinoff, there is no name attached to the […]

Part of me wants to view “Savages” as a sort of unintentional companion piece to “Prometheus;” a smart film intending to be a return to form for a classic director held back from the greatness it should have achieved by a handful of flaws. Unlike Ridley Scott’s return to science […]

There isn’t a single friend that I have that is not aware of the fact that I am an unabashedly avid “Spider-Man” fan. I’ve seen every film, watched every cartoon, and probably read every comic book publication of Peter Parker’s life and adventures from timid high school science nerd to […]

With its own punch line making up the composition of its very title, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” makes no pretentions of even trying to be anything more than a schlocky B-movie. The success of such films however, rides on the cast and production crew’s earnest effort to respect their material […]

  With pleasant surprises and disappointments abound throughout the season, “Rock of Ages” is the first movie of the summer and quite possibly the year that I had no set expectations for whatsoever.  I wouldn’t quite say that its previews looked terrible but there was something about Tom Cruise playing […]