A lot of pearl clutching and catching of the vapors has been happening with Superman fans since the opening of the MAN OF STEEL movie a few weeks ago largely because of an action that Superman takes at the end of the film. Turn back if you have yet to see the movie or have a general aversion to spoilers because there is a big one after the jump.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 49% (Critics) / 73% (Audience)
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
Written By: James Vanderbilt
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Woods
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis:While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. (Source)
Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: White House Down”
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Environmental cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers is getting the big-screen treatment.
Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to pick up the rights to the early 1990s series for an adaptation to be produced by Mark Gordon, Don Murphy and Susan Montford.
Continue reading “For Some Reason They Are Making A Captain Planet Movie”
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% (Critics) / 72% (Audience)
Directed By: Robbie Pickering
Written By: Robbie Pickering
Starring: Rachael Harris, Matt O’Leary, John Diehl and Jon Gries
Studio: Cinema Guild
Synopsis: Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son. – (Source)
Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Natural Selection”
This animated short follows a day in the life of Superman’s opposite number Bizarro and it is great. My favorite line is when Bizarro is confronted by Lois Lane and attempts to deflect suspicion from his secret identity thusly: “Bizarro? Me not Bizarro. Me mild-mannered reporter named Not Bizarro”
Continue reading “Ya Gotta Love Bizarro”
This chick had to learn the hard way that there is no winning against the airlines no matter what the situation may be. I do wonder who that portly fella was that came in to help security get the woman off the plane. he couldn’t possibly be an air marshal could he? I would hope that there would be at least some type of fitness requirement for that gig otherwise I am going to be a lot less confident in how protected I am the next time I fly. And those security guards should have tazed the person filming this … Continue reading I Think A College Educated Person Would Have Just Gotten Off The Plane
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44% (Critics) / 28% (Audience)
Directed By: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton
Written By: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton
Starring: Cassidy Freeman, Anessa Ramsey, Clark Freeman and Laura Heisler
Studio: Bloody Disgusting/The Collective
Synopsis: 1940: the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked up a winding mountain trail, leaving everything behind. 2008: the first official expedition into the wilderness attempts to solve the mystery of the lost citizens of Friar. – (Source)
“One day all who live will serve me. But they will serve through fear, because the boot or their conqueror has stamped their faces in the dirt … crushed their frail spirits. They will cringe at my approach, and bow in my presence. And they will do it in fear of their very lives. And I will be pleased. Thus, there will be a planet at peace. For only the will of one man need be fulfilled. How elemental. How pure. If only they could see. The order that men truly seek would at last be theirs. This I shall bestow upon them … for I am Doom.”
That quote when delivered by Victor Von Doom comes off as the ominous proclamations of a megalomaniac but if those words were spoken by the young lady that is the subject of this week’s bit of Rule 63 cosplay I would wager that more than a few people would gladly bend the knee and vow allegiance to Doom.
Continue reading “Rule 63 Cosplay of the Week: Doctor Doom”
When a structural-security authority finds himself incarcerated in a prison he designed, he has to put his skills to escape and find out who framed him. – IMDb
I would love to have seen what would have happened if the giraffe actually caught up to them. Continue reading Man-Eating Giraffe
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 32% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Ryuhei Kitamura
Written By: David Cohen
Starring: Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Derek Magyar, Lindsey Shaw and Lee Tergesen
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Synopsis: A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem. – (Source)
This was a good week for me as I found myself liking pretty much everything on my pull list and the selections for this post run the gamut from a day in a dog’s life to a new book from an industry heavyweight to the return of the World’s Finest team to a coda for one of the worst miniseries ever that is actually pretty enjoyable.
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