Mutants and Murderous Robots: X-Men: Days of Future Past Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 24 2014 10:40 AM
Since its debut in 2000, the X-Men series has been a bit of a rocky superhero franchise. 2000’s X-Men was a likeable enough effort that emerged just a year before Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man ignited superhero fever at the box office. ...
Spidey Overload: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 2 2014 06:37 PM
Less than two years ago, Sony and Columbia Pictures rushed director Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man to the big screen, just five short years after Sam Raimi’s overstuffed Spider-Man 3. With a brand new cast led by The Social Network’s ...
Movie Review: Dredd 3D
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On September 23 2012 10:48 AM
Ever since Dredd 3D premiered at the July San Diego Comic Con, surprisingly positive word of mouth has been spreading through the internet faster than SLO-MO inhalers across Mega-City One, something that is very shocking because action films released in ...
DC Comics Movie Review: Watchmen
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 18 2012 02:04 PM
One of the most controversial comic-to-movie-screen adaptations is without question Zack Snyder’s 2009 superhero epic Watchmen. To many comic book aficionados, Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s stunning DC Comics graphic novel was considered un-filmable by many who have poured over ...
DC Comics Movie Review: Batman Begins
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 18 2012 11:12 AM
After Joel Schumacher and the money hungry Warner Bros. put the final bullet in the Batman franchise in 1997, the character lay dormant for many years at the studio, sitting on the shelf collecting dust. Every so often, rumors would ...
DC Comics Movie Review: Superman Returns
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 16 2012 11:41 AM
I’ll never forget the jolt of excitement that I felt when I first saw the Superman Returns teaser trailer, the one with Marlon Brando’s Jor-El commanding the speakers and explaining to Kal-El why he has sent his only son to ...
DC Comics Movie Review: Superman II (1980)
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 12 2012 01:52 PM
If action fans were turned off by Richard Donner’s 1978 slow burner origin story Superman, they will find tons to enjoy in Richard Lester’s breathless action extravaganza Superman II, the controversial follow-up to the original film. Pitting the Man of ...
DC Comics Movie Review: Superman (1978)
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 10 2012 08:13 AM
You can’t call yourself a comic book fan if you haven’t seen Richard Donner’s powerful interpretation of DC Comics hero Superman, the first superhero epic ever projected onto the big screen. This 1978 blockbuster, based on the character created by Jerry ...
Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 3 2012 05:11 PM
For a film that has been selling itself on the promise of telling us the untold story about Spider-Man’s origins, The Amazing Spider-Man feels suspiciously familiar. Replace the original actors with some fresh faces, toss out Mary Jane as the ...
Movie Review: The Avengers (2012)
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 6 2012 04:24 PM
Since May of 2008, Marvel has begun to hype their heavily anticipated superhero mash-up The Avengers with little Easter egg hints in the origin stories for Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, and Captain America. It has been a torturous journey for Marvel ...
