Immortals (2011)

Immortals (2011)

A visual masterpiece that will only pale due to the fact that we saw this style before in 300; Immortals looks like another world or dreamscape rather than a historical depiction of earth or mythology. It is a graphic novel come alive with an attractive cast of good guys and horribly scarred and ugly bad guys. If you go into Immortals with the expectation of...

Dororo (2007)

Dororo (2007)

In the East, demons are ranked by their ability to appear human versus their true monstrous form. So in movies that depict a demon that looks and sounds human, you know that you are seeing a master demon that has done many atrocities to gain that look. Demons gain the ability to look more human by devouring human body parts. If you pay attention to most movies...

Conan The Barbarian (2011)

Conan The Barbarian (2011)

­­ While the story of Conan The Barbarian in this Marcus Nispel version cannot hold a candle to the John Milius original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, it doesn’t mean that on its own it isn’t a good movie. The problem with rehashing anything is the inevitable and misleading comparisons that are done whenever critique is asked. That being said I should...

Thor (2011)

Thor (2011)

How appropriate was it that I chose Thursday (Thor’s Day) to check out the thunder god’s addition to the Marvel take over. It was a moderately large crowd which contained I would assume 50% curious fans who loved Iron Man, 40% geeks who love anything comic book, and 10% Thor fans that know more about him than “that dude who is a god”. Natalie Portman...

Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch was Alice in Wonderland on a landscape of CGI goodness. Judging from the trailers I always us assume that this would be another visual masterpiece similar to that of 300, Sin City, and the other graphic novels turned movies from the past. Emily Browning stars as Baby Doll our Alice in this tale of mental illness delusions and...

The Warrior’s Way

The Warrior’s Way

“I’ll see you in hell little girl! Make sure you wear something dirty!” A beautiful combination of cinematography and color choices makes The Warrior’s Way seem like a graphic novel that has shifted its way onto the movie screen. Where most scenes make you feel as if you are trapped within a red box of solitude, the sheer beauty of it all...