Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium opened this past weekend, and while it hasn’t received the near-universal acclaim of its predecessor District 9, by most accounts it is pretty good. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get out to see the movie over the weekend, but I plan to see it sometime this week. This week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column takes another look at one of my most ant...[Read More]
At long last, the release of Iron Man 3 is upon us, and with it the beginning of the 2013 summer movie season. I’m ridiculously excited about this summer, and Iron Man 3 is just the first of many films I want to see. And this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column examines our first look at the next part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Thor: The Dark World. Premise: Set one year a...[Read More]
I’ve mentioned several times in the past that I was apprehensive regarding an Avengers movie. Logistically, teaming up all of those major superheroes would be something most people couldn’t do successfully. As the project grew closer though and all the ancillary films were released, I started to think that a team-up movie of this scope could work. Then, Marvel signed Joss Whedon to co-write ...[Read More]
I certainly had high expectations for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo going in. Granted, we’ve all been burned by unsuccessful movie-to-book adaptations before, usually because the filmmakers got lazy and didn’t quite change enough to allow the film to stand on its own, but I had a feeling this would be different. Not just because I love the source material – I devoured the books – but because of ...[Read More]