The cliché nowadays is not showing a film’s title characters until the better half of its second act. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continues that trend by focusing more on April O’Neil (Megan Fox, “Passion Play”), a good-looking New York reporter reduced to covering fluff pieces. Eager for a break that’d set her apart from her…
Action and effects are aplenty in the latest trailer for the Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (as expected). Also included, however, is some of the silliness and curiosity of the four reptilian brothers named after famed artists, Raphael, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo, that the Eastman & Laird comics stressed above all else. Whether…
Forget the Gods — a cool concept soured by poor writing is enough to make this movie critic angry! Such was the case with 2010’s “Clash of the Titans,” a remake of the 1981 film of the same name. Yet, while critically-panned (deservedly so), the fantasy based on Greek mythology still managed to gross $493…
This is certainly a step in the right direction. I’m speaking about the trailer to Wrath of the Titans, the follow-up to the much maligned Clash of the Titans remake. It looks as though Warner Bros. Pictures may have listened to the gripes of movie goers and come out with something with more action and…
Contrary to what Americans like to believe, the United States wasn’t built on peace and love — the fountain on which it stands will always be violence. As colonists, we deceived and slaughtered the Native people. Later, we held slaves for profit. Now, once again, we’re fighting a war based on greed. Looking back, it…
