Not a “good” Samaritan; not a “bad” Samaritan; just a “wish it was better but I appreciate what it is” Samaritan. Continue reading
Tagged with superhero films …
“Steel at 25: Shaqsploitation”
You’d better ask MC Hammer ’bout this bad mama jama tall kid with the hoopa hypa lipta-gramma. Continue reading
“‘Blade II,’ Still Sharp”
If you want anything done right, including a “Blade 2” retrospective, you gotta do it yourself. Continue reading
“‘Black Widow’s David Harbour Is Marvel’s First Dad Bod Superhero”
Hell yeah, big boys. Continue reading
“Thunder Force’s Lame Superhero Comedy Continues Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy’s Losing Streak”
Ben Falcone married Melissa McCarthy and man, he has given a masterclass in riding coattails ever since. Continue reading
“Captain Marvel Review: How Brie Larson’s Training Shaped Carol Danvers”
Happy “Captain Marvel” weekend! In the first of Andy’s *three pieces* about the new Marvel movie, an appreciation for Brie Larson and her fondness of baked goods and weight training, and how all of that hard work (and not hard work) reflects on the screen. Continue reading
“Why ‘Glass’ Twist May Feel Unsatisfying”
The big twist of M. Night Shyamalan’s capper to his homegrown superhero movie? It’s actually an obnoxiously self-satisfied deconstruction of superhero tropes. Continue reading
Review: Aquaman, 2018, dir. James Wan
Preamble: Man, the DCEU movies are fucking bad. (Excepting Wonder Woman, which is good until it’s bad.) …okay, got that out of the way. Aquaman kinda rocks. Like Wonder Woman, Aquaman cradles its share of flaws and bad creative decisions, most of them involving the totally great Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who deserves to be a big huge movie star and … Continue reading
“The New Robin Hood Steals From Batman Begins And Gives Back In Poorer Form”
I’m increasingly convinced that superheroes will be the death of pop culture, and that one day, not too many days away from this day we’re on right now, all will be superheroes. Superhero movies and superhero TV series’ are just the beginning. Superhero music. (Probably already a thing.) Superhero diet plans. (Same.) Superhero high fashion. Superhero … Continue reading
“How ‘The Raid’ Filmmaker Gareth Evans Is Challenging Himself With New Genres”
“Enough already with Apostle pieces!” you say. “Ha ha ha! Deal with it, sucker!” says I, swinging my second article about one of my recent favorites, Gareth Evans’ new horror joint, right at your face. I didn’t get to write all of the pieces about Mandy, but lord I tried. I am now making up for that … Continue reading
“Why ‘Iron Man’ Was The Most Pivotal Movie Of The Last Decade”
While you all are talkin’ about your “Infinity wars,” I’m talkin’ about Iron Man, the movie that really actually started it all, even if everyone likes to say the Marvel Cinematic Universe really began with The Avengers. I guess it did, in a way. But Iron Man put the MCU in motion in the first place. Ten years … Continue reading
Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016, dir. Zack Snyder
…well, it’s here. I am referring both to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and my review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which just went up at Paste moments ago. Put in short: I kind of hated it in a very ambivalent way. It’s a terrible movie, and watching it exhausted and agitated me to no … Continue reading
“How Deadpool Aced Viral Marketing”
Heard about that Deadpool movie? If you watch TV, or if you are a slave to any particular social media platform, then yes! You have! Even if you aren’t, there’s a good chance you have heard people talking about it who do watch TV, or who live a gross percentage of their lives on Twitter. Such is the strength of … Continue reading
Review: Fant4stic, 2015, dir. Josh Trank
“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” When W.E. Hickson popularized this crusty old Thomas Palmer aphorism back in the 1800’s, he couldn’t have known that one day, one of America’s most high profile movie studios would take the phrase to heart with not one, not two, but three attempts at building a franchise … Continue reading
Review: The Dark Knight Rises, 2012, dir. Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan has released his swan song to the Batman franchise; with The Dark Knight Rises, the reigns are now out of his hands. Did Nolan do it right in his final installment in the Bat-franchise? Continue reading
Review: The Avengers, 2012, dir. Joss Whedon
The Avengers didn’t have to do much to impress me. Being as honest as possible, Joss Whedon’s attempt at making a respectable entrance into the 2012 summer season with the capstone picture of Marvel Studios’ long-gestating superhero bonanza just needed to be tolerable to get a pass from me. Put bluntly, C-level material alone would … Continue reading
2011 Rising: My Films to Watch (pt.1)
For me, 2010’s in the bag, but it’s not totally wrapped up until I take the time to ruminate over the upcoming slate of movies in 2011 that excite me, discourage me, intrigue me, or puzzle/offend me (and, of course, also post the rest of my top ten, which is, I promise, coming around the … Continue reading
Andrew’s Top 10 of 2010 (pt.1)
It’s that time of year (hey, at least it’s closer to that time of year than I was last January)– time for me to pontificate about which films released in 2010 tickled my fancy enough to be worthy of placement on my top ten list. I had a rough time with this year, personally; I’m … Continue reading
Review: Punisher Warzone, 2008, dir. Lexi Alexander
As a fan of slasher movies, I occasionally wrestle with a moral dilemma that I find to be central to the psycho-killer-makes-teens-more-dead dynamic (and I’m sure– at least I hope– that I’m not the only one). The slasher, serving as the real star attraction of the movies that they feature in, becomes the figure that … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 