Oh early spring film releases. The Oscar films have gone wide, the crappy horror/comedy/romantic movies are getting ready to do well for an opening weekend before exiting quickly and the critical community is organizing their obligatory top ten lists. Now, given that this is my first top ten list on an actual site, I figured that I had to go all out in terms of stockpiling on film consumption for the... 

I bet you thought we wouldn’t have a review of Snow White and the Huntsman this week, didn’t you? Well, so did we, but it turns out Kelly saw the flick and is more than happy to talk about it (with a slightly different take than Doc Rotten’s review). We also continue our Highlander conversation from last week before moving on to discussions of the Les Miserables trailer, the latest... 

Snow White and the Huntsman is an exhilarating, visually splendid and surprisingly mature adaptation of the Snow White fairy tale. The film is rich in tone with amazing special effect and esquisite locations, from the fabled mirror on the wall to the castles and forests to the costumes and creatures. Absolutely stunning. Emotionally, however, the film has little to offer beyond the surface conflicts... 

Ever since the success of Iron Man in 2008, the Marvel Universe movies have been building to a point: The Avengers. With each individual character movie finding massive success, the idea of combining the characters into a team became even more of an enigma: how do you take four characters who have triumphed in their own pictures (as well as two supporting players) and combine them into an ensemble... 

Marvel’s The Avengers is extraordinary, a monumental accomplishment of super heroic proportions. Director Joss Whedon has done the impossible, bringing together four independent franchises (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America) into a single cohesive whole. The Avengers is a better film with the heroes together than any single film with the each hero standing alone. It is quite a remarkable... 

Over the past decade or two (or perhaps since their inception), horror movies have been plagued by cliches. Few fright films can escape the trappings of the genre and make a lasting impression. The Cabin in the Woods not only embraces those cliches, it plays with them, twists them, spinning those cliches on their heads. The cliches are the movie. The result is quite possibly one of the most enjoyable... 

The Earth’s Mightiest Defenders are certainly heading into theaters this summer. If there was any doubt, look no further than the second trailer for this summer’s potential blockbuster, The Avengers. Where the first trailer wowed audiences and fans with the execution of a collaborative movie (and let’s be honest – this is so star packed it’s almost hard to believe they’re pulling it... 

I’ve been looking forward to Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods for a while now. There’s just something about the old-fashioned “cabin in the woods” story that’s appealing (see: The Evil Dead, Cabin Fever, and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil for example), and I have been interested in seeing what that concept would be like in the hands of someone like Whedon – an artist who turned the... 

Summer’s 8 months away, but already the Mighty Marvel Movie Machine is churning, releasing a full two-minute trailer for The Ultimates…I mean, The Avengers…sorry, m’comic bookiness reared its head there for sec. What we’re treated to is a snippet of the team’s (practically non-existent) chemistry, and I don’t mean on screen, I mean as far the in-story team dynamic goes. And that makes... 

Paramount and Marvel Studios had their work cut out with Thor, this summer’s early super-hero entry. For one, as a character Thor doesn’t have the fame and prestige of other Marvel characters. Even people who aren’t into comic books know who Spider-Man is, but Thor isn’t on that same level. Secondly, the last film from the studios, Iron Man 2 was criticized for working too hard on building...