The latest “live-action” re-imagining of an animated Disney classic, "Snow White," proves to be less a triumph than an entertaining, yet flawed, adaptation.
In the superhero movie genre, the second part in a series is typically better than the original (Iron Man 2 being one of the few exceptions to the rule). That’s because the first movie is burdened with the task of setting up the hero’s origin, while the sequel gets to jump right in. Such is the case with The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The only difference with the Spider-Man franchise is tha...[Read More]
We’re another week closer to Christmas, and I was very happy to see Frozen take the top spot at the box office this past weekend. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ examines yet another of next year’s big upcoming films – The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Premise: Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) continues to struggle with balancing his life as a high school student an...[Read More]
There are those that will never be happy with reboots or changes to beloved franchises. Already, The Amazing Spider-Man has been attacked for starting Spider-Man’s story anew once again, despite only ten years having passed since Sam Raimi first helmed Spider-Man and five years since the final entry with Tobey Maguire in the lead role (never mind that no one complained about Christopher Nolan’s Ba...[Read More]
Now that The Avengers has been released – it’s awesome, go see it if you haven’t – and the summer movie season has officially begun, the new trailers will be coming in fast and furious. Attached to Marvel’s comic book opus are the final trailers for the other big superhero films of the summer: The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man. With two such high-profile trailers b...[Read More]