J.J. Abrams continues his successful run helming the revitalized Star Trek franchise, making it easily accessible and enjoyable for non-fans while also deeply rewarding for Trekkies and Trekkers alike. This time around Abrams brings us a slightly more emotional story, but accents... Read More »
After Star Trek (2009), J.J. Abrams and Co. were in a great place with the Trek franchise. After a decade of slowly fading into irrelevance with 2 dud films and a prequel series that even hardcore fans despised, Star Trek was brought back to life in a big bad way. For once in a... Read More »
With Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) J. J. Abrams takes us where many have gone before, just in a unique way. It’s a revenge film most of the way, but does not ultimately follow the revenge film formula. When a Starfleet archive is bombed in London, Starfleet convenes its top ca... Read More »
J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) is everything we’ve come to know and love about Star Trek and like no other Star Trek we’ve ever seen. Moral dilemmas, rules and regulations, nerdy scientific explanations for problems and slam-bang action are all elements of this film. Read More »
La Jetée is an interesting short film from the legendary (and recently deceased) French filmmaker Chris Marker. Not only is it interesting in its plot, that of a boy who sees his own death take place in front of him (more on that in a moment), but that it is told without moving ... Read More »
Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 is a welcomed improvement from its predecessor, while also kicking off Marvel Studios’ Phase Two with a character driven story. Unlike Iron Man 2, this film is neither a flashy action movie where it seems the director has let the success of the franchise ... Read More »
Iron Man 3 (2013) is the sequel Iron Man (2008) deserved in place of Iron Man 2 (2010). Its primary focus is on the characters instead of action, though there is plenty of that as well. The story begins with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) unable to cope with the events seen in ... Read More »
When it comes to trilogies, especially on the big screen, the third time’s usually not the charm. Just look at last summer’s The Dark Knight Rises for the most recent example of an underwhelming final chapter in a commercially successful, critically acclaimed trilogy. After a dis... Read More »
Robert Downey Jr. is back in Jon Favreau’s sequel to 2008’s Iron Man appropriately titled Iron Man 2. This time around, Tony Stark (again played by Downey) is dying thanks to the element needed to power his arc reactor in his chest. As his blood toxicity rises, so does his reck... Read More »
John Favreau’s Iron Man (2008) is a film so good and so entertaining that its faults are easily overlooked. It’s a superhero origin story that follows billionaire genius playboy philanthropist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) through some tough times. First, he’s abducted by mili... Read More »
If the original Iron Man was a rollicking, mildly transgressive blast of superhero movie madness, and Iron Man 2 was a wheel-spinning reiteration of the same old elements, then Iron Man 3 is the creative jolt that saves the day, providing real emotional depth for its jet-setting ... Read More »
The crushing weight of expectation rests on Iron Man 3, but like the target of a rampaging Hulkbuster suit, that weight is lifted, thrillingly and amusingly, for its 130 minute running time. The first Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure since the face-explodingly successful Th... Read More »
If you took out the first 40 minutes and the last 20 minutes of Oblivion, you might have a great science fiction film. As it stands, however, Oblivion is a neatly packed disappointment, with a slow beginning and a morally reprehensible ending weighing down the superb middle. Read More »
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