Marvel has created a superhero boom in mainstream American entertainment, demolishing the box offices with every release from their Avengers team. Largely beginning with the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel began to prove that you could make quality films based on comic books. Suddenly, superhero movies weren't just something to occupy your kids with for 80... Continue Reading →
Win a screening pass for you and a guest to see MAN ON A LEDGE in Kansas City! An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of Tintin (Tintin) wasn't high on my list of movies I wanted to see this holiday season. Considering Spielberg has his Oscar-mongering War Horse out at the same time, I wasn't sure how well this film about a plucky reporter and his canine sidekick would be executed. Once again, Spielberg pulls out all... Continue Reading →
The Eagle is set in the second century when Rome occupied much of Britain. Not everyone backed down to the Romans. Many tribes in northern Britain refused to be under Roman rule and ruthlessly attacked Roman armies. This led to Rome essentially giving up on northern Britain and building Hadrian's Wall, a Great Wall of China-esque... Continue Reading →
The Eagle is one of those historical Roman army movies that many guys will probably want to see. Usually, these movies show plenty of gratuitous violence and I end up fast forwarding through most of those scenes. The last one I saw was Centurion which is very similar in story and scope to The Eagle. The... Continue Reading →
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