Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was supposed to compete directly with Captain America: Civil War by releasing on the same day, but Warner Bros. decided -- wisely -- that more money was to be made without forcing audiences to choose between two huge tentpoles. But both studios knew their movies would be compared ad... Continue Reading →
A Chance of Smaug — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review
The decision to split the Hobbit into three films -- its page length shorter than any of the books in the Lord of the Rings series which were also adapted into film by Jackson -- might have piqued the interest of many of the book's fans. Not only would Bilbo Baggins and his crew of... Continue Reading →
Bullseye — Wild Target Review
In Wild Target, assassination is just another metaphor for working class, and though it isn’t exactly satire, the movie mirrors other stories about the aging of men and the search for meaning amidst the mundane.