The X-Men franchise which, with the inclusion of X-Men: First Class, now boasts five films, started off well with Bryan Singer’s series-launching entries X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Then faltered, at least creatively as the box...

In 2008, I saw Punisher: War Zone in the theaters. At first, I couldn’t quite tell what the tone of the movie was intended to be, and I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be taking this ridiculous story seriously or if it was con...

Dreamworks Entertainment has long relied on the Shrek brand as their flagship property, even as each sequel became less charming and more reliant on tiresome pop culture jokes, and eventually resulted in a fourth, final film th...