After seven years of consecutive hits, Marvel Studios has essentially proved that it can turn just about any of its comic book titles into a cash cow at the box office. After all, once you’ve led a gun-toting raccoon to more than $700 million worldwide, it’s all downfall from there. Truly, Ant-Man doesn’t feel nearly as risky a big-screen proposition as it once did, and as it turns out, the film isn’t nearly as new and different as fans would hope. Continue reading Review: ‘Ant-Man’ Features Fun Visuals But a Mediocre Story
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Review: ‘Minions’ Sets Its Lovable Heroes Loose
Both Despicable Me and its sequel present a wonderfully outlandish world wherein supervillains reign supreme and where even a guy as curmudgeonly as Gru can find his dark ambitions softened by a trio of little girls. However, while the franchise has established both Steve Carell’s Gru and his adopted daughters (remember “It’s so FLUFFY!”?) as beloved characters in their own right, it is Gru’s mischievous Minions that have become the breakout star of the films. Now, as if beckoned by the call of the untold fortune awaiting at the box office, Universal brings an entire film devoted to the yellow little creatures.
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Review: ‘Terminator: Genisys’ Resets the Franchise’s Future
With a decades-long career that includes many classic films, a few notorious flops and a much-publicized run as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has become an icon of cinema for his unmistakable accent, his endless supply of winking one-liners and the over-the-top bravado he brings to each performance. Yet, arguably the height of his film career remains his work as the T-800 in the Terminator franchise, and now – 12 years since donning the leather jacket and shades for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines – Schwarzenegger is back (he said he would be, after all) for the franchise sequel/reboot Terminator: Genisys.
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