The path to success for a giant shark movie seems pretty simple and straightforward until you see something like The Meg. What more does a giant shark movie need than: A giant shark Some people to eat A sense of humor A few well-timed jump scares The Meg, the finally birthed form of a long-gestating…
With Detroit, Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) and her team have put together a kick-in-the-mouth, knock-your-socks-off movie experience you won’t forget in a docudrama staging of the Detroit race-riots of 1967. Starting with a routine police raid of an illegal after hours club where the local residents harass the police as they…
One of my friends has a problem with lying. His popular tall tale is claiming his father, John Carter, has worked as an astronaut, sports coach, and lucrative businessman. In response, the rest of us had invented an origin series for the man who became notable for fighting the good fight as part of America’s…
The final trailer for John Carter is here and it couldn’t come any sooner — I for one am tired of the media blitz behind this. That being said, it is impressive to look at. The story may be derivative at this point, but Disney spared no expense in the effects department. The CGI rendering…
The teaser trailer for John Carter was light on pretty much everything but this full theatrical trailer for the movie released by Disney yesterday has got much more meat on its bones. Too bad, it looks so much like Avatar though. Finding himself on an alien planet, human John Carter is hailed as a savior…
Talk about culture shock. Imagine waking up decades into the future on a foreign planet surrounded by hostile green aliens. I’d prefer not to, but that’s how John Carter finds himself. Aside from that, we don’t get much else from the teaser trailer of John Carter. From a cinematic standpoint, however, the picture definitely appears…
