Stan Lee was active right til the end. In the clip above, he’s the subject of a 2015 Larry King interview where he talks about his career, how he got into comics and what he got out of his 20 movie cameos. What an unbeatable charisma, complete with that wonderful New York accent. Two days … Continue reading Stan Lee: A Marvel to Behold
FROM ZERO TO HERO. Timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) finds a magical wooden mask that turns him into a confident, wise-cracking trickster with superpowers. Along with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, this adaptation of the Dark Horse comic book made Carrey into a major star in 1994. He’s the right person to play the … Continue reading The Mask
This sequel took nine years to make and once again Robert Rodriguez collaborated closely with Frank Miller to create a nightmarish comic-book visual style – but neither critics nor audiences seemed to care. Just as episodic as the original, with Miller contributing two fresh stories, but several of the old characters return. Josh Brolin replaces … Continue reading Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
UNITE THE LEAGUE. After the death of Superman (Henry Cavill), Earth is threatened by a supervillain and his demonic legion, leading Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) to form a league of heroes together with a couple of new talents. The DC Comics version of Marvel’s The Avengers tries hard to build … Continue reading Justice League
THEY KILLED HIS WIFE TEN YEARS AGO. THERE’S STILL TIME TO SAVE HER. MURDER IS FOREVER… UNTIL NOW. In 2004, Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop working to make sure that time travels are not used for criminal purposes; during one of his missions, he learns that a U.S. senator (Ron Silver) is … Continue reading Timecop
PREPARE FOR THE SECOND COMING. After a tragedy that changes his life, Wade (Ryan Reynolds) meets a 14-year-old mutant (Julian Dennison) with fiery powers who is being hunted by a time-traveling soldier (Josh Brolin). The sequel will satisfy everyone who liked the first movie, especially if you’re into wisecracks and meta jokes, and there is … Continue reading Deadpool 2
WHERE WILL YOU BE, WHEN IT ALL ENDS? Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) crash-lands on Earth in time to let the other Avengers know that he and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) have just faced the formidable villain Thanos (Josh Brolin) and that he’s coming to find the rest of the all-powerful Infinity Stones. The third movie in the … Continue reading Avengers: Infinity War
LONG LIVE THE KING. At the premiere of this entry in the Marvel franchise, the praise was universal and looked a little bit like how Get Out (2017) was received. Not only were both movies hailed as excellent genre examples, but critics and reporters also frequently pointed out how important they were in the aftermath … Continue reading Black Panther: Royal Rumble
A NEW BREED OF HERO. Perhaps no other movie from the 1980s received such a harsh treatment than this adaptation of Steve Gerber’s comic-book duck, an unusual member of the Marvel family. The decision to cast an actor in a duck suit is just one of many awkward, clumsy aspects, but the biggest problem is … Continue reading Howard the Duck
EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE. Moscow, 1953; the sudden death of the all-powerful Joseph Stalin sets off a panic among those closest to him. Based on a French graphic novel, this comedy takes real-life events and turns them into an absurd, icy farce. Fans of the director’s TV shows (The Thick of It, Veep) and movie … Continue reading The Death of Stalin
NO HAMMER. NO PROBLEM. After being imprisoned by a fire demon, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) learns that Asgard is about to be destroyed and the one responsible will be his sister, Odin’s firstborn, Hela (Cate Blanchett). The third film in the franchise has Thor and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) colliding on a faraway planet and then teaming … Continue reading Thor: Ragnarok
A UNIVERSE WTHOUT BOUNDARIES NEEDS HEROES WITHOUT LIMITS. Centuries into the future, Valerian and Laureline (Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne) are agents working for a police force on Alpha, a space station containing millions of humans and other space races that’s suddenly threatened by an unknown force. Two decades after The Fifth Element, Luc Besson returns … Continue reading Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
As the Berlin Wall is about to fall in 1989, MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is sent to the city to cooperate with the station chief (James McAvoy) after the murder of an agent. Former stuntman turned director David Leitch worked on John Wick (2014) and this action thriller has similar ingredients. It is … Continue reading Atomic Blonde
