The Movies

A childhood dream comes true and hits all the right notes with the characters.

An incredibly ambitious movie, the Russo brothers balance a multitude of characters and plots to complete an intricate anti-hero's journey.

The ULTIMATE Crossover Film!

The Once and Future King lets love rule.

One of the most resonant and engaging romance stories that I've ever seen.

Well written, well crafted, it exceeds the first in many ways, with great character exploration and fantastic action.

Not a single scene or line is wasted in this tour de force - that is an Avengers movie in disguise.

Terrific adaption of Gloeckner's edgy and farcical coming-of-age graphic novels.

I'd never thought I'd see this storyline brought to life, but Singer nails it in every way, taking a potentially confusing and convoluted story and bringing an entertaining multi-era character arc to a satisfying conclusion. Amazing.

My favorite live action Batman movie.

This film actually improves on the excellent first with its ambition, complexity, and surprises.

Brie Larson shines, finally bringing a female lead story to the forefront of the MCU - with a subtle, wry wit, in a story with more than a few surprises.

Best comic book costume onscreen since Superman. Entertaining, captures the character perfectly, the passion shows in the production.

Another fine adaption of one of Posy Simmonds' brilliant graphic novels.

The only real Tarzan movie ever made, staying remarkably true to the first books.

This movie had no right to be this good, but Gunn deftly executed a brilliant vision, coupling beautiful art direction, a great sense of humor, and heartfelt emotional resonance with fantastic pacing and a strong cast.

The superior sequel. Del Toro is on fire from PAN'S LABYRINTH all the way.

A serious art film from a serious art form.

Plug In, Tune Up, ROCK OUT! Puts the art in party.

A pioneer film, Donner chose to elevate the story and character of Superman to the highest level, with a great understanding of how to build up a hero and the choices it takes.

The Light arrives to save us from darkness

Another rare case of the sequel being better than the first film, Singer executes almost flawlessly, bringing to bear great storywriting and characterization of mutants in our world.

Every fan's dream come true, and a fantastic revelation for all audiences.

If you ever read a Judge Dredd comic, this movie is a must see. In some ways, it might be the truest adaptation of a hero to film ever.

A fantastic extension of the first movie, this one builds off the last and emotionally creates a great springboard to feel the true weight of being a hero and paying the price.

All the good of RAIDERS and Simon & Kirby. The first hour is golden.

RDJ brings the character to life in a true commitment to the character that will indelibly change the Marvel Movie Universe, laying the groundwork for great things to come. Well directed, this movie shows the heart of a hero in every sense and carries itself with feeling and a great sense of humor.

The best adaption, even with changes, ever done from Alan Moore's formidable ouevre.

An eye-opener, on every level.

This is the most inclusive and progressive version of the story.

Logan is a fantastic omega opus for the Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, with true heart in a masterfully shaped dystopia.

A compelling version of the indie fave.

You can't help but love this seemless continuation of the first film.

Hemsworth and Hiddleston carry a difficult mythos and knock it out of the park.

A satisfying follow up to the surprise hit Ant Man, they keep the flow going with familiar jokes, fun characters and solid action sequences.

The original Captain Marvel lights up the dark.

Marvel Universe game-changer, bringing a character only known to comic fans and giving us a story with mainstream appeal that was much aligned.

A cap to an amazing trilogy, Nolan brings to bear many of the same standards of the past two movies - it fails to deliver on a few counts for me - mostly involving a few suspect plot points and some overly convenient plot devices. They did the unthinkable - they let Batman be happy.

Despite some plot oddities, I loved the depth and scope of this film. But don't damsel Jane, please.

A spot-on realization of Tardi's frowning hero and her surreal Victorian pulp adventures.

Zwigoff (CRUMB, GHOST WORLD) scores again with a fine take on Clowes' satirical thriller.

Nothing like the comic but a well done, enjoyable film.

A great movie, and an amazing start to the Marvel empire. They took a solid C character and brought it to life with a beautiful visual style and some stellar fight choreography.

One of the most fantastic intros around, the movie is comedic, indie fun.

Visceral, bloody and ambitious in it's choreography, Oldboy is not to be messed with.

Chris Evans shines in this dystopian future vision, a singularly focused class war on a moving train.

A great return to form at the hands of Raimi, some fantastic work that gives the right nods to the material, lifting it up while allowing Tobey to truly inhabit the role.

A good film of an exemplary graphic novel by Posy Simmonds.

Zack is very good at bringing to life, panel for panel, the original work with a fanboy like homage. This movie is no exception and makes some great choices to make the series work in movie format - sometimes it's bit silly (sex scene - yikes) but for the most part it honors well the great work by Moore.

A great depiction of a crucial storyline in the character's history, this movie has a lot working for it, though Viper seems unnecessary and more time should have been spent in the central family conflict.

A perfect realization of the world Mike Mignola created.

Mendes delivers a great character study and a touching story in a gangster drama gone wrong. Hanks delivers a serious, committed role with some beautiful cinematography and great tension.

This wins over with pure style. A visual feast with just enough edge and humor.

A great film in every right way. Faithful, fun, frenetic, fulfilling.

Actually a rewrite of THE DARK KNIGHT, which is why I like it more than most do.

An unexpectedly fine turn that, along with BLADE, launched the modern superhero film renaissance.

A fun film coasting on spectacle and verve.

Cronenberg, complemented with a stellar cast creates a tense, dramatic tale with an emotional appeal.

Solid, well executed Scifi fun, Will Smith brings it to life in a fun romp around NYC.

A step up from the last movie but completely misses the point of Peter Parker. He shouldn't be a cool hipster.

A much better follow up with a clear direction towards the cartoon universe.

I didn't expect to enjoy this, but it is a great exploration of the origins of the team and succeeds in providing a fantastic vehicle for Fassbender to shine as a focal point. Some of the other characters seem superfluous (white queen, Angel) but still well crafted.

The movie does an admirable job of capturing the spirit and suspense of Hellblazer's worlds and Reeves inhabits the role well, even if it's not quite the version we would have wanted (see the TV series for that version).

Entertaining and pretty faithful to the source.

A well crafted, well art directed film, this film is a great story, but very far removed from the original material.

The Rio opening is brilliant, the rest is diminishingly good.

Beautifully designed, the film captures the tone and design of the art deco age, with a lovely homage to the work.

Well executed but a disappointing follow up to where we last left the X-Men.

A mixed bag. The sexiness, design, and weirdess flow; the pacing, angles, and dialogue ebb.

The best, truest Batman film of the 1960s.

Brutal, foul-mouthed and comical, this movie honors the work it came from: brutal, foul-mouthed and comical.

An enjoyable film that captures the essence of the source material.

Same deal as the first movie. I'd see Red 3 under this formula.

Some fun action, character design but ultimately a bit of a mess, that suffers from too much studio intervention.

Milius delivers a complete vision for the character and Arnie does deliver in a role meant for him. The film is lifted by a great performance by James Earl Jones and well-realized art direction.

A pleasant surprise of a movie I expected to suck.

This movie actually gets funnier to me over multiple watchings, it has some great moments and great characters, if a little flat in it's writing on occassion.

Singer is very reverential to Donner's vision, serving up a modern sequel to Superman 1 and 2. It suffers for the very same reason and lacks enough conflict or emotion to make it truly meaningful, as much as we would like it to.

A patchwork medley that’s still pretty catchy.

Ang Lee takes a risk on trying to bring the medium to life - comic panels and all - and equating the source of the hulk's rage to an abusive source. It suffers from a convoluted ending in which the movie tries to tie up too much at once.

A fun movie for RDJ to play in, while it was refreshing to see him fight without the suit, it is relatively empty in it's emotional weight.

Seeing Tex Avery come to life in CG was fun.

A fun, pulpy romp that honors the work before it, while attempting to modernize it for this age. It succeeds more than it fails.

A good extension of the first movie, deepening the history of Pete's father and some great visual moments with introduction to the Sinister Six, but the Electro story is a tad embarrassing and shoddily written.

Alright, but not as engaging as the first one.

Far better than BATMAN; a dark poetry, especially in the intro and with Catwoman.

They took some time on developing Bruce Wayne - Kilmer brings a level of believability to the conflict within and an emotional depth that was lacking in the first two.

Taking away the Vietnam story hobbles the intent and spirit of the character.

This movie had the impossible task of bringing my number 1 crush to life.

A product of it's times, it succeed on entertaining young children of the 80s but not much more.

Well shot, and terrifying in its aspects, the film delivers a solid adrenaline rush in a desolate situation

Snyder captures the material directly, bringing together frame for frame a film version of the graphic novel, a classic Grecian tale brought to brutal, bloody life. That being said, not much new is brought to this.

Surprising faithful translation of Crepax's erotic adventure hero, Valentina, even duping his famed panel montages.

The extended cut was a pretty engaging little film. A film may not be Greatness, but good is okay, too.

A pretty faithful and entertaining frolic.

A decent take on the character for basic fun.

I actually enjoy all the GL Core/ space stuff; it's the Earth couple that hobbles it.

An interesting and rare experience of the creator translating their own graphix to the screen.

This movie lacks the central heart of the first film, driving to an obvious conclusion, in a brutal mess.

A fun, stylized spy movie in Vaughn's style, but ultimately somewhat forgettable.

An entertaining, if somewhat predictable film with some great fight sequences and all star cast.

Your standard sequel disappointment.

It's a shambling mess, not Altman at his height, but surprisingly faithful and devious underneath.

The first half of the film is a 9. The last half a 5.

General fun for kids, with a good-hearted message for all.

An underrated and superior film version with a good heart and sly fun.

One of the best most accurate adaptations of the source material.

Everything right and wrong about Frank Miller, unadulterated.

Way better than I feared, thank god they weren't aliens.

What I loved in it was a 9, what I hated was a 1.

Stallone does an admirable attempt at capturing the spirit of the character, but the comedic Schneider is a waste of time in a film that meanders to it's predictable end.

An admirable job in attempting to capture the essence of the character, but the movie is overblown and obvious.

How did adding the Night Stalkers make this franchise worse?

A neglected star that can't find a stage.

Nothing says 80s like Erin Grey in a satin pantsuit!

An interesting idea to progress the storyline, it is well shot, if somewhat forgettable, and less emotionally resonant.

This movie is Phantom Menace bad. Wildly disappointing. Daredevil is a champion of the true comic fan and this movie is an injustice.

Corny and forced, the movie is fun at times but is over-ridden by some bad writing and a clunky construction.

The main action is average, but the funky frills along the way make it fun.

A decent antic that works well for young folks.

They spent a lot of money on effects, and Jeff Bridges is fun to watch, but Reynolds is the same character again, and the movie is ultimately forgettable.

Van Damme is Van Damme in this scifi movie of the week

A pretty good graphic novel turned into an okay film.

Way better than I feared, thank god they weren't aliens.

Burton identified with the gothic and nothing else. His ignorance of the character undoes the film.

The textbook case of the inferior sequel; three villains, no sense.

Sigh. Takes the two most important story arcs and does neither well. (Spidey 3 disease.)

I love Jennifer Garner, and the character, but this movie strays far from the source material to deliver an uninspired, bland romp.

Super cheese and super awesome, best comic film soundtrack ever. The ultimate B movie.

A substantial step up from the last film but the damage had already been done.

Smarmy, derivative, from a sharp director who deserves better materal.

Plagued by many problems - commitment to the roles, this movie squanders the chance to use some of the greatest storylines in FF history - the surfer and the world-eater. The surfer is better handled but the character interplay is unbelievable and goofy.

Too ad-hoc, unfocused, cliched. Another C-Movie with an A-budget.

Visually interesting and Eva Green gives a great performance, but the overall structure of the movie isn't compelling. It pales in comparison to the first.

Read the book instead.

The happy ghost gets a haunted take.

Lesser sequel, even with Grace Jones.

Some good Mod craft amid random chaos.

Well designed, but a predictable, ridiculous mess.

Formulaic, amiable fluff.

Ultimately forgettable and difficult to reproduce McFarlane's signature style.

High marks for craft, but the film plays like an also-ran of 'Princess Bride', with an overly-camp DeNiro.

The idea is better than the execution, which is oddly mediocre.

Saw it for free and worth the price I paid.

As disappointing as it was, it's still a Ghost Rider movie.

On paper, this film has all the elements of the right elements - a solid character driven director, a gritty sci-fi tone, and some stellar hot talent. In practice, the studio conflicts and director meltdowns led to a fractured experience that presents itself as such, with points of brilliance side by side with flat, inane, dreck. What a waste.

Do yourself a favor and read the book. Please.

The over the top violence takes away from the very idea of the character, into a more sadistic place.

An interesting extension to the Donner work, Supergirl is earnestly played by Slater and surrounded by a lot of over the top performances by renowned actors.

Predictable fare, somewhat entertaining, Stallone is Stallone.

Watching Snyder work is like watching a 12 year old boy direct Citizen Kane. Stylistically, he still has some great visual highlights - Krypton, an powerful foe, a new way to find purpose - but he fouls a lot of it up, breaking a cardinal rule with no real sense of consequence - an unfortunate kickoff to a new DCU.

Forgettable, poorly acted and directed, this a sad homage to the character but at least she didn't run around in a chain mail bikini. Perhaps it should have been a comedy.

What idiot suits think a cartoon-based film should be. Shrill, camp, embarassing.

Hey, they can't make a worse Superman movie than this, right?

Aside from good period detail, the film is a camp disaster that insults the original superhero.

Couldn't finish it, too difficult to buy Seth as Britt Reid.

I'd give this movie a 6 or 7 based on the fact I got a ton of Swamp Thing toys as a result.

I think this movie was worse than the first one. Did Vanilla Ice to the song for it? I think so.

Brolin is enjoyable to watch and on point, even if the rest of the movie is not.

I might need to watch this again. Maybe. It is loosely based on some great work, pre-Moore, but a product of it's time.

The only reason this movie isn't rated a 1 is because Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze brings some amusement to the movie.

The height of bad ideas - pro-ball player in a ridiculous silly mess.

Catwoman, female leads, and Halle Berry are all great essentials. But this film demeans all three.

Yikes.

Run away or get burned.

And they did. See Superman III.

The Spirit reimagined as if it was SIN CITY, in a terrible, heavy-handed, stupid mess. Unwatchable.