-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Another installment of my award-unwinning Movie Night column for Lit Monthly has posted on the magazine’s website. Click on the photo to read about more of the worst comic book flicks ever made.
Highly anticipated by fanboys and casual moviegoers alike ever since it was alluded to in a post-credits tag in Iron Man four years ago, The Avengers is a glorious combination of action, comic book adventure, and four-color character drama that not only lives up to the loftiest of expectations, it stomps them flat and raises the bar … Continue reading
The new viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight Rises has kicked into high gear with an elaborate stunt. All around the world, chalk markings of bat logos were left in public for fans to fin, photograph, and send to a special Twitter account. With each new photograph, a new frame of the trailer was … Continue reading
One of the most enjoyable (albeit more light-hearted) WWII action movies this side of Where Eagles Dare, Captain America: The First Avenger is superhero spectacle by way of Band of Brothers with a dash of The Raiders of the Lost Ark. Clever, brisk, and patriotic (but not jingoistic), it’s one of the better comic book movies … Continue reading
[UPDATED] Captain America: The Winter Soldier made an impressive $200 million worldwide during its opening weekend, and the Marvel Age of comic book movies continued unabated. (See our review here.) The movie proves that the star-spangled franchise has legs; it was also Cap’s eighth live-action appearance (including Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers). Don’t feel out of the … Continue reading
Update: A release date of October 4, 2013 has been set. Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba have signed on to return in their respective roles. Fans of Sin City began clamoring for a sequel soon after its 2005 release, and for the past several years co-writers/directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (the latter of whom … Continue reading
For better or worse, comic book-themed movies continue apace, and have become a full-fledged genre in their own right. With the latest offering (the first of four assorted superhero flicks scheduled for release this summer), Marvel Studios delivers a creative, enjoyable, fast-past movie. Based on one of the company’s hokier characters, who in turn is based on Norse … Continue reading
X-Men: First Class is a true fantasy/sci-fi film rarity: It’s a prequel that doesn’t pilfer its source material blind for the sake of greatly diminished returns (we’re looking at you, George Lucas), and a comic book origin story that doesn’t get bogged down in the details. Brisk, exciting, and imaginative, it helps right a franchise that’s … Continue reading
The ongoing march of the comic book movie genre stumbles a bit with Warner Bros.’ sporadically entertaining adaptation of the slightly obscure Green Lantern. It’s not the fiasco early reports would have you believe, nor is it as engaging as the recent Thor or X-Men: First Class. Generally affable Ryan Reynolds stars as Hal Jordan, a hotshot test pilot … Continue reading
On the heels of last week’s release of a full-length trailer for the mega-anticipated The Avengers comes yet another teaser, this time a two-minute trailer for the German market featuring two scenes not included in ads here stateside. (Downside: They’re dubbed in German.) Go nuts here.
movie ink™ 