The latest comic-book to be adapted as a film, Bloodshot, stars Vin Diesel as a recently murdered soldier named Ray Garrison who is resurrected and bestowed with super strength and healing abilities thanks to nanotechnology coursing through his veins. Now, of course, he’s hell bent on exacting revenge on those that not only caused his early demise, but robbed him of the love of his life. Or is he?...[Read More]
It can be very difficult to judge a film on its own merits, especially when it is a story that has been retold several times, and when one of those times was one of the most heavily awarded films in the history of cinema, it has a lot of baggage to live up to. While Ben-Hur has been updated for modern audiences, who wouldn’t dare watch a film older than the 21st century in a serviceable adaptation...[Read More]
First, it was a bestselling series of real-time strategy games. Then, it became one of the hottest online role-playing games in history. It was further immortalized in an episode of South Park. Now, the story of Warcraft hits the big screen, in a CG-fueled extravaganza of hammer-smashing, sword-swinging, and magic a-blazing. And how does it fare? Well, as someone who (shockingly, I’ll admit)...[Read More]
Don’t let all the bad reviews and months of overwhelmingly negative buzz about Fantastic Four fool you: there are absolutely some praiseworthy elements to the film. There’s just not close to enough of any of them. Even setting aside the common fanboy complaint that this new take on the comic-book team is unnecessarily “dark and gritty,” there are undoubtedly flashes of a perfectly decent movie her...[Read More]
I hope that you all enjoyed the Super Bowl dear readers! For all you football fans, whether you supported the Patriots or the Seahawks, I hope you enjoyed the game. Personally, I’m just wait to see all the movie spots that are shown during the game. In the meantime, this week’s belated installment of Trailer Trashin’ is our third Marvel Comics adaptation in a row, with the first ...[Read More]
Congratulations to the winners of our “Win Tickets to Wrath of the Titans” contest! Here they are: Renie, Dianne, Siddarth, Charisse, polwu, theterminator, linlady, A Clark, USERpick05, 3LB, Jonny, Kevin G LePla, Konfidence73, Danpeezy, Alking508, Hahakoolaid, David, DetroitMetal, Zulu0438, KAREN ZAHN, Brucegerard73, Kriz19, BrianT, pennystretcher, Priscilla. If you won, you should hav...[Read More]