Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" arrived in 1969 amid a firestorm of controversy. Its stark and brutally violent images seared the screen in the late sixties and forever changed the cinematic landscape. Loved by many and hated by some, the [...]
I have to admit that while I am familiar with the Transformers animated series, I am not at all what you would call a fan of the franchise. I also have to admit that I didn't expect much from this adaptation of the show to the big screen. And I also [...]
It's no secret that the seventies brought some groundbreaking cinema to the forefront immediately after the huge success of "Easy Rider". It was the end of the John Ford/David Lean era of hugely expensive epics and the beginning of [...]
Being a fan of Marvel comics I was quite excited when I discovered that "Dr. Strange" was being made. Granted, I also loved the two "Avenger" films and the "Iron Man" animated adventure also. But I was intrigued that they [...]
New Line Cinema's "Blade" movie franchise proved to have box-office sustenance from 1998 to 2004. In the title role, Wesley Snipes carried the urban vampire saga sturdily on his shoulders, rousing up a cult legion of fans. It was really not [...]
The new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" seemed, for me at least, to arrive out of nowhere. It had been a few years since the last movie and I didn't pay much attention to the movie's development cycle. So this is my first exposure to [...]
Frank Miller has certainly become an icon over the years as his visionary graphic novels have found their way to the big screen, and "300" is probably the most ambitious one yet. This is a cutting edge piece of work, and filmed in such a unique [...]
When Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg unleashed "Shaun Of The Dead" in 2004 the world was flat out flabbergasted. Hardcore horror and splatter fans were flocking to see a comedy that spoofed every single element and cliché of their favorite [...]
From Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day", "Tears Of The Sun", "King Arthur") we have a film based on the Stephen Hunter novel "Point Of Impact". There are three other novels that feature the same character, Bob Lee [...]
Most people would probably refer to "Flash Gordon: Saviour Of The Universe" as a guilty pleasure, but not me. I love the film and I'm proud of it. It is a true comic book fantasy springing to life and one of the most colorful retro-films [...]
