It’s been a year and a half since James Cameron showed us just what 3D is capable of with Avatar and the topic of 3D’s usefulness is back on the table. It seems journalists everywhere are talking about it, with Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon providing a new impetus for the conversation. Half the people out there are saying 3D is nothing more than an effort on studios to drain more... 

Sucker Punch left our critics feeling like they got punched, which we talk about in the first part of this week’s show. We also look at Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl as we finish with Sigourney Weaver as our artist of the month. Finally, we discuss some new trailers that have made us reconsider our stance on Twilight icon Robert Pattinson as well leave us trying to figure out the target... 

Sucker Punch is a movie that’s dividing viewers. The Widescreen Warrior staff has leaned toward the low side, feeling like Zack Snyder’s latest film is flawed, suffering from a lack of connection between the audience and the characters and with a narrative that is disjointed even random at times. Some of you agree with us, while others have called us to task, even going so far as to say that we... 

When watching Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, about midway through, you’ll realize something is missing. There’s a vacuum, devoid of meaning and purpose. What is it? What can it be? It’s heart, emotion – Sucker Punch has no soul. Without that, there’s no connection to the characters, no investment in the plot, no payoff to the story. Snyder plays to his strengths, the visuals, the style,... 

If you were to take the explosive action of a Michael Bay movie, the girl-power themes of Joss Whedon’s work, and the quirky homages of Quentin Tarantino, and shove all of that in a blender on high, you might wind up with Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Then again, you might wind up with something better since Bay’s action isn’t as frenetic, Whedon’s message isn’t delivered in as exploitive... 

So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to combine a little science fiction, a hint of fantasy, a touch of The Matrix, and then have it all supported by a leading cast of hot chicks with ancient looking weaponry, then there’s a movie in your future. Brought to the screen under the direction of Zack Snyder, Sucker Punch follows a girl after she loses her family and is thrown into a dirty... 

We’ll warn you in advance: this episode goes to some strange places. We review It’s Kind of a Funny Story and critique another critic’s buzz-phrase, which leads into a discussion on Hollywood’s recently adopted cause: bullying – a cause we can’t stress enough. Trying to get back on track we look at two of John Carpenter’s alien invasion movies before misreporting... 

Zack Snyder is on his way to becoming a diverse director. Until now, Snyder’s name has been associated with more mature films, breaking onto the scene with 2004’s remake of Dawn of the Dead before really gaining recognition for his adaptations of 300 and Watchmen. While Snyder uses some of his same visual tricks in his latest project, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, the movie is... 

Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t care for Happy Feet too much. I kind of got burnt out on penguins after Madagascar, and Happy Feet felt like an unintended spin off which was really a distant relative of the bird of comedy. It was around this same time we also had March of the Penguins which parents everywhere took their kids to only to find out real penguins aren’t as entertaining. Surf’s...