When a pug is named after Jack Bauer, Colin Firth shoots stun rays through an umbrella and Samuel L. Jackson talks with an ear-piercing lisp while trying to wipe out the human race with disruptive waves sent from cellphones . . . well, it’s rather obvious you are dealing with a different kind of movie….
Leaked earlier in the day and having no chance in getting the cat back into the bag, Marvel has decided to officially release their teaser trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. In this sequel to “The Avengers,” Earth’s Mightiest Heroes regroup to fight to save the planet. Again. The supervillain this time is Ultron, an…
Marvel Studios has perfected the art of pumping a lot of effort and a ton of money into a production and still making the result look lazy. Plenty of talented people contributed to the slick blockbuster sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but what does it all add up to? Just another cog in the…
Part good. Part bad. All modern. RoboCop, everyone’s favorite cinematic cyborg do-gooder, returns to the big screen after a 21-year absence, now in a shiny, sanitized package that smartly brings the character into our post-9/11 reality only to malfunction halfway through by blandly defanging the franchise’s satirical bite. The opening chunk of José Padilha’s 2014…
I’m beginning to think that by adding Samuel L. Jackson to their fantasy/science-fictiony superhero-ish flicks, movie producers think an automatic hit will be generated. It is the only way I can explain why Mr. Jackson is in every one of these movie types these days. It also explains why he is front and center in…
He may be my least favorite Avenger (or was that Iron Man?) but Captain America is looking good. Fighting daily for freedom across the globe can keep the body in shape but as audiences find out in the trailer for Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it tires the mind — especially when it doesn’t…
The ultimate police officer is finally on showcase in the long awaited trailer for RoboCop. This remake basically follows the same story as the 1987 original which saw Detroit police office Alex J. Murphy (then played by Peter Weller; now played by Joel Kinnaman) brought back into service to fight crime and corruption as a…
