A Marvel Masterpiece: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On April 4 2014 05:25 PM
Last summer, Marvel Studios kicked off Phase 2 of their cinematic universe with Iron Man 3, a film that featured a marketing campaign that hinted that this new set of superhero films would embrace a darker tone. Unfortunately, many were ...
The Return of an Avenger: Thor: The Dark World Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On November 10 2013 12:25 PM
Just six short months after dominating the summer with Iron Man 3 and three short months after announcing details for their Avengers follow-up, Marvel is back with a sequel to Kenneth Branagh’s intergalactic epic Thor. Branagh’s iridescent 2011 effort really ...
Politically Charged Sci-Fi: Elysium Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On August 10 2013 02:21 PM
In 2009, South African director Neill Blomkamp took moviegoers by storm with his hugely original directorial debut District 9, a grungy science-fiction gift from the gods that acted as an allegory for apartheid in Johannesburg. Made with only $30 million, ...
Geriatric Action! RED 2 Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 21 2013 01:54 PM
About three years ago, director Robert Schwentke’s geriatric action-comedy RED became a respectable success. It raked in a nice chunk of change, it seemed to charm anyone who went to the theater to see it, and it even went on ...
Monster Madness: Pacific Rim Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 12 2013 03:18 PM
These days, it is extremely difficult and rare for a major Hollywood studio to take a creative risk, especially during the hot and humid summer months when audiences turn out in droves. The suits fall back on time-tested franchises, overdone ...
Ho-Hum, Silver! Away! The Lone Ranger Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 6 2013 02:01 PM
Just under seven months ago, Quentin Tarantino proved that there was still some life in the
western genre with his bold and brutal Django Unchained, which nabbed two Academy Awards and a nomination for Best Picture. Not only did it ...
Zombies Go Global: World War Z Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On June 22 2013 10:58 AM
In 1968, Duane Jones and a rag-tag group of desperate and confused survivors holed up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse as undead cannibals roamed the yard waiting for their meals to emerge from their boarded up safe-haven. The survivors, who ...
Off the Chain: Django Unchained
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On December 28 2012 01:51 PM
For years, Quentin Tarantino has been hinting that he wanted to make a spaghetti western. He constantly gushes about Sergio Leone’s classic epic The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (it’s his favorite film) and he even nabbed a bit ...
Looper: A Fresh but Flawed Science Fiction Thriller
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On September 29 2012 11:05 AM
For quite some time, I’ve been griping about the never-ending stream of recycled ideas coming out of Hollywood over the past few years. I’d say that one of the most original films I’ve seen recently is without question Christopher Nolan’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 ...
