Fans of Joss Whedon will be happy to hear that our favorite writer/director supergeek is busy in LA working on the script for Wonder Woman, which will thrust its shapely hips into theaters in 2007. USA Today has a great Q&A with the Joss, in which he talks about all kinds of things of interest…
Tonight, I went to see Superman Returns for the third time. I saw it on IMAX this time, to use up a coupon for a free ticket and to see how IMAX would treat the Man of Steel. IMAX as a reproduction of dramatic movies more popularly viewed on 35MM screens is simply substandard. Since…
It’s been a class A summer for fans of superhero movies. X-Men 3 and Superman Returns excelled in so many ways, for entirely different reasons. The best way for me to heap earned praise on these movies is to compare how wildly different they are.
Well, I’m one entry away from completing my 10 Worst Movies Ever list. Looking back, I realize that my list isn’t nearly comprehensive enough, nor does it include any heavyweights older than a few years. Here are a few rules that govern the dread roster:
I’m so impressed with the courage and thoughtfulness of <span style=”font-weight:bold;”><span style=”font-style:italic;”>V for Vendetta</span></span>. I went into the movie expecting a lame-o Hollywood castration of Alan Moore’s clever and powerful conceit. Given occasionally interesting but mostly abysmal adaptations of Moore’s work (<span style=”font-weight:bold;”><span style=”font-style:italic;”>From Hell</span></span> and <span style=”font-weight:bold;”><span style=”font-style:italic;”>League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</span></span>), I tempered my…
You’d think I, a child of the 70MM Dolby era, would be a huge fan of IMAX, which yields images three times the size of 70MM screens and 10 times the size of conventional 35MM screens. For those lovely space or underwater exploration flicks, sure, it can’t be beat. The Super Size culture we live…
I troll Apple.com’s Trailers area for things to geek out about on my HD Cinema screen. I saw this image and was instantly bewitched. I’m fascinated by movie poster art, from stylized King Kong art to all the variations on Jaws. It is to the credit of unsung (but well-paid) print designers that so much…
Imagine a movie in which superhumans move invisibly through an extra-dimensional membrane called the Gloom. A world in which — if you choose to break the laws of magic — you can, with a spell, cause a spontaneous abortion from miles away. Or change instantaneously into a tiger or bear. A world in which a…
I could talk about Mirrormask, the recent fantasy film from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, with requisite superlatives and florid qualifiers, but it’s simply not “great” enough to warrant that kind of hype. Instead, I just want to mention that it’s a fabulous visual feast with a pedestrian plot, which, if repaired, would have put…
If you stop and consider the one book you pick up more than any other, what is it? The bible? The torah? The dictionary? The Yellow Pages? Really, what is it? I can guarantee that it’s not a novel, no matter how many times you’ve read it. It’s not a poetry collection. I mean, come…