Iron Man is, please excuse the pun, the steel foundation of Marvel’s Avengers series. If the first film hadn’t done well, they would have had little to build upon to lead into the collective picture. Iron Man 2 went a long way to laying the groundwork for all of the heroes to finally team up, unfortunately to the detriment of Tony Stark’s individual story. Iron Man 3 shows us that, while Stark’s... 

Prometheus is a multi-layered, fascinating, visually-stunning sci-fi masterpiece. Ridley Scott channels his inner Stanley Kubrick to realize an intelligent, yet exciting and visceral, thrill-ride. The film resides very much in the Alien universe Scott launched in 1979 but it is also very much divergent from that film and its themes. With Prometheus, Scott transports the audience to another world, another... 

Two scientists (Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green) are leading an expedition to a far off planet after getting the basic inspiration from several cave paintings they’ve discovered in Scotland. Followed by a boatload of crewmembers, the two of them find mysterious artifacts and controls left behind by an alien race that could potentially hold the keys to finding out the sordid and fascinating... 

The year is 2079 and a convicted felon who answers only to his surname, Snow, is the only shot the Secret Service has to free the President’s daughter from a hostage situation aboard a space prison full of the worst of Earth’s criminals.  He has limited time, an ulterior motive and a sarcastic wit.   If you are thinking I meant to say Snake Plissken is the only shot they have, your confusion... 

I’ve finally made it to the theater – twice in the past 24 hours, in fact. Both times I’ve been sitting there in the darkened theater, I’ve watched the trailer for Lockout unfold before me, which I took as a sign that I needed to write about the upcoming film, even if the trailer has been out for a while. The basic vibe of the trailer borrows heavily from Escape from New York / Escape from... 

If nothing else, the Guillermo del Toro produced and written horror film, Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, is a beautifully shot and attractive film. It features a picturesque, enchanting Victorian mansion, superb cinematography, and thick Gothic atmosphere. Director Troy Nixey sets up the story quickly with the flashback introduction, painting a chilling backdrop for the main plot. The instant the camera...