When Guillermo del Toro gets passionate about a genre project, you just know it’s going to rock. His latest outing is every fanboy’s dream, and it doesn’t disappoint. Check out my review of Pacific Rim at buzzymag.

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From the moment I heard about Pacific Rim, I loved the concept: giant monsters invade us from under the sea and we build ( Read more... )

There’s a new term out in Hollywoodland: Geri-action. The epitome of it is RED 2, featuring the return of Frank Moses, [Retired, Extremely Dangerous C.I.A. Agent] and his equally badass, mature friends. The return of great characters, the introduction of others, with action galore and a convoluted plot that never stops and yet somehow works. One of ( Read more... )

The weird, violent Disney madness that is Tonto and his sidekick The Lone Ranger is a Johnny Depp romp. Read my review at buzzymag.

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My feelings about The Lone Ranger are decidedly mixed, but I can tell you if you’ll like it or not-that part’s easy. Just answer two questions for me: did you enjoy the Pirates of the Caribbean movies? Was ( Read more... )

Or was it Magic Mike. I can nver be sure.

The second “Bad guys take over the White House” movie of the summer, White House Down delivered in some places, but not in others. I wanted to play Mr. Potato Head using it and Olympus Has Fallen to get one great action movie, picking and choosing actors and plot points.

It really hurt this one that it was ( Read more... )

Monsters University, Pixar’s anticipated follow-up to Monsters Inc. takes a step back from the Scarers at the Scream Factory of Monsters, Inc. and shows us a happier time, when things were slower and less competitive-college! See my full review at buzzymag.

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The movie begins with Mike, as he and his class at Frighton Elementary tour the ( Read more... )

This a low-budget, well-written, well-conceived well-acted thriller based on some clever manipulations of society. What would good people do under pressure and with no fear or reprisal? It’s an interesting look at a social experience gone terribly wrong.

Sequel The Purge 2 is already in the works, after The Purge made approx $34 million opening ( Read more... )

And four, well that’s even better. Especially when they’re really, really good and just a touch obnoxious.

And they have better tricks than anyone ever has. Is is real magic?

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The Four Horsemen are committing crimes. Or are they? What they’re doing is impossible, unless real magic somehow exists. When a bank robbery becomes a part of the ( Read more... )

I was really looking forward to World War Z-from the first time I heard Joe Straczynski was doing the adaption to seeing the first high-octane trailers. It wasn’t what I expected (what ever is?), but it turned out to be a very entertaining movie. See my full review at buzzymag.

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There are some bits from the book here, in the discussions ( Read more... )

For this week. Unsure about the reschedule-they want me to see another doctor and take more measurements.

More headaches and more sight problems, at least for the summer.


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The latest outing of Superman is out, and the reviews are . . . mixed. This is a new take on Superman, grittier, more Dark Knight and less Boy Scout in blue tights. I’ve got a detailed review up at buzzymag.

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I didn’t know I was such a purist.

I love comic books.

But my Superman is definitely NOT science fiction. And Man of Steel is, at ( Read more... )