Videogame Releases: Week of December 1st, 2013
December’s bitter cold brings another short list of videogame releases, with only the PlayStation series of platforms (and Bruce Wayne) to fill the void. Gran Turismo 6 (PS3) With the 15th anniversary...
View ArticleNow Playing: Plastic Perfection
On paper, ‘The Lego Movie’ should be a heartless blockbuster toy advertisement, much like ‘Transformers’ or ‘Battleship’. Thankfully, the project fell into the hands of co-directors Phil Lord and...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 16th, 2014 – Pure Wild Animal Craziness
Although President’s Day isn’t exactly one of the major holidays here in the United States, it was apparently excuse enough for most home video studios to take a little vacation. This week’s new...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Week of March 30th, 2014
It’s another full week for big videogame releases. ‘Elder Scrolls’, ‘Batman’ and ‘MLB’ are just some of the franchises with new titles on tap. Elder Scrolls Online (PC, Mac) One unstoppable force in...
View ArticlePoll: Is Zack Snyder the Right Director for the ‘Justice League’ Movie?
Earlier this week, Warner Bros. announced that, despite speculation involving several other potential names (including new Batman star Ben Affleck), the upcoming ‘Justice League’ team-up movie will be...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Comic Book Movie Villains
A superhero is really only as good as the rogues gallery of villains he has to battle. As a new ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ sequel swings into theaters this weekend, we’ll use today’s Roundtable to call out...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: Trekking into Justice
When I’m pressed for time to write at length, I will occasionally gather together compilations of recent news stories that might be of interest to this blog. I encourage our readers to discuss further...
View Article‘Gotham’ Pilot Recap: Batman Begins… Again
Every superhero has an origin story. The more popular the hero, the more times fans will hear that origin story told over and over and over again in countless variations. In the latest iteration, Fox...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of September 28th, 2014 – Less Than Meets the Eye
This week is all about those Robots in Disguise as Michael Bay’s latest rock ‘em sock ‘em sequel hits Blu-ray, and everything else moves out of its way. New Releases ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction‘ –...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.02 Recap: “You Are a Very Naughty Little Girl”
Although I liked it well enough, last week’s premiere of ‘Gotham’ received a very mixed reaction from many viewers, especially regarding the performances of stars Ben McKenzie and Jada Pinkett Smith,...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.03 Recap: “Where Do You Think They Find Shovels That Big?”
I think one of the reasons that some viewers haven’t embraced Fox’s ‘Gotham’ is a matter of tone. The show has a very heightened and, for lack of a better word, “cartoonish” vibe that may seem fairly...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Worst Cinematic Origin Stories
This week, pop culture’s most famous vampire, Dracula, returns to cinema screens with a new prequel/reboot that tries to retcon the evil bloodsucker as a misunderstood superhero. To put it lightly, the...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.04 Recap: “You May Very Well Be the Last Good Man in Gotham”
As I was watching this week’s new episode of ‘Gotham’, my main takeaway was to ponder just how exquisitely lit the show is. This episode in particular has some truly gorgeous photography. The show’s...
View ArticlePoll: Which Upcoming DC Comics Films Are You Excited For?
Last week, hoping to finally put up a real fight against the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. announced an aggressive slate of upcoming comic book superhero movies based on its...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.05 Recap: “Don’t Vex Me, Mortal”
I mentioned last week how impressed I am with the photography and visual style of ‘Gotham’. In this week’s episode, I found myself really digging the overall vibe of the show. The city of Gotham has a...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie from the Year You Turned 10-Years-Old
Last week, we looked back at the best movies released during the years we were born. For this week’s Roundtable, I thought it would be interesting to jump forward a decade and identify our favorite...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.06 Recap: “I Will Always Come Back”
Even though the word “Halloween” is never explicitly mentioned in this week’s episode of ‘Gotham’, a storyline about a masked serial killer with potential supernatural connections is obviously a good...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.07 Recap: “Alive Is a Very Broad Category”
‘Gotham’ has done a terrific job so far of taking one of Batman’s goofiest foes and building him into a credible, dangerous threat. This week really blows the lid off the Penguin storyline with a...
View ArticlePoll: Christopher Nolan – Brilliant Director or Overrated?
With the blockbuster success of his ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy, ‘Inception’ and (presumably) this week’s new sci-fi epic ‘Interstellar’, Christopher Nolan is one of the most powerful filmmakers in...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 9th, 2014 – KAPOW! ZWAPP! SPLATT!
Holy high definition, Batman! Heaven and Earth had to get moved to bring one of this week’s new Blu-ray releases to disc. Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na… For decades, the 1960s...
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