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That was one of the biggest sins of the Burton version of Batman: they killed off the BEST bad guy in the very first movie, leaving the other films to spiral down into the mire of scenery chewing by hams like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Carey. Not that those guys weren’t pikers compared to Jack Nicholson’s scenery chewing
Batman Begins Read MoreWhen I heard that Steven Spielberg was directing, Tom Cruise was starring and H.G. Wells was still dead, I honestly thought to myself, “Good choice Huggy Wells, War of the Worlds ALWAYS makes for a suck-o movie. Cruise and Spielberg won’t know what hit ’em.”
War of the Worlds (2005) Read MoreAs with Star Trek, the ‘Firefly’ universe is of course best appreciated by fans of the television series but not being one of those fans I am happy to say that the movie is emminently accessible by non-fans.
Firefly : Special Sneak Peek Read MoreAs if dressing up like a Jedi when you’re forty years old isn’t going to stick in their minds dude.
Star Wars Episode 3 : The Revenge of the Sith Read MoreThe Hammer & Tong boys, even if they did work from a script that Adams first penned, seem to have not quite gotten a firm grip on that original idea. In their version, Arthur Dent is no longer frustrated and confused, he is lovelorn and spineless. As Arthur Dent might say, “What the ????”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Read MoreComparisons to ‘The Matrix’ are unavoidable and ironic since the Wakowski brothers borrowed their cup of cinematic sugar from the culture behind “Kung Fu Hustle”.
Kung Fu Hustle Read MoreThe very preposterosity of this premise sent me scrambling online to make sure that there was a real story hidden underneath the sands of the film I’d just seen.
Sahara Read More[rate 5] Pixar, start counting your days – another animation team has finally figured out what your secret is: a good story. While its plot is hardly new, ‘Robots’ succeeds …
Robots Read Moreand our fearless, chain-smoking anti-hero uses a holy-water-bullet spewing cross between a Gatlin gun and a…. well, a cross. I was just waiting for him to pull out the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
Constantine Read MoreIt’s good to see that Nicholas Cage hasn’t entirely abandoned his action career to fight Nazis with mandolins and violas.
2004 Movie Review (the hard way) Read More