Chronicle (2012)

Chronicle (2012)

An amazing journey into the lives of 3 very realistic teenage boys during a year in High School. Chronicle is the story of Andrew Detmer (Dane Dehaan), Matt Garetty (Alex Russell) and Steve Montgomery (Michael B. Jordan) as they discover ultimate power through telekenesis and become the closest of friends for it. But with great power comes great responsibility...

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...

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger

For a movie that is meant to show that true strength lies within the heart, Captain America could have used a little more heart in its direction. The First Avenger was a horribly paced movie which doesn’t allow for you to hate it being that the story itself was one that anyone could get behind. Long time Captain fans know his tragic origin story all too well...

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

Forget that other trilogy (with the exception of the fabulous second one) X-Men: First Class has placed itself as the de facto live action translation of the comic book series that we all know of. The writing will blow you away, the characters are true to form, and the production value is splendid especially the frame for frame comparisons of Magneto’s...

The Cape – Season Premier

The Cape – Season Premier

The Cape has a lot of good things going for it, so much so that the good inevitably removes traces of the bad and will leave its nerdy viewers satisfied. Unlike Heroes which took the X-Men premise and tried to normalize it with real settings and shoddy writing, The Cape borrows from several comic book heroes and situations and humanizes it by using the family...