Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon
"I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity." -Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)
Aside from Hugh Jackman's solo outing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, there's always been a pervasive theme in the X-Men movies comparing the fight for mutant rights to the Civil Rights Movement. In my review of the original X... Continue reading...
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Directed By: Gavin Hood
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Durand, will.i.am, Taylor Kitsch, and Lynn Collins
"I come with you, I'm coming for blood. No law, no code of conduct. You point me in the right direction, and you get the hell out of my way." -Logan (Hugh Jackman)
Hugh Jackman is perfect to play the Wolverine. The only better casting of a superhero in the history of comic book movies is Robert Downey, Jr... Continue reading...
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox, and Karl Urban
The actors of today have definitely earned their place in the hearts of moviegoers, but we still love our stars of old. In the world of action movies for instance, just look to the success of The Expendables and the seemingly unending careers of the legends of the 80s and 90s. Somehow, the likes of Schwarzenegger and Stallone are still going, gra... Continue reading...
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Grown Ups
Directed By: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, and Maya Rudolph
Adam Sandler's career is one big mystery to me. How does a guy who makes consistently awful movies continue to flourish as a box office champ? I just don't understand why people still go to see his movies. It's a true mystery to me. That being said, an even greater mystery to me is why other stars sign up to join him in his shenanigans on... Continue reading...
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, and Patrick Stewart
"Don't let it control you." -Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart)
Between 2005 and 2007, we didn't have the greatest comic book movies hitting theaters across the globe. Admittedly, we did have Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins in '05. However, we... Continue reading...
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X2: X-Men United
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, and Anna Paquin
"Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a his... Continue reading...
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X-Men
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park, and Anna Paquin "Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward." -Professor Charles Xavier (... Continue reading...
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Wedding Crashers
Directed By: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper, and Jane Seymour
"True love is the soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another." -John Beckwith (Owen Wilson)
Apparently, that's the kind of nonsense one spews when trying to pick up a girl at a wedding. At least that's what's in the wedding crashers rulebook. I can't be mad at that, or the two hours of hilarious banter between comedians Owen Wils... Continue reading...
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, and Kevin Spacey
Before we entered this era of filmmaking where studios reboot a franchise at the drop of a hat, studios opted to keep franchises alive forever and ever. There are countless examples of this. Look at the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street series, kept alive through the 1980s, the 1990s, and most of th... Continue reading...
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Directed By: Sidney J. Furie
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, and Margot Kidder
DC Comics has been getting spanked by Marvel at the movies. Just look at Iron Man 3 and how that kicks off Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. DC seriously needs to step up their game and leverage the abundance of comic book mythology at their fingertips. As badly as they're losing... Continue reading...
