“You’re all going to die down here.” -The Red Queen The Resident Evil franchise began in 2002 and has been pumping out sequels ever since. The mastermind behind this series is none other than Paul W.S. Anderson who has had an incredibly spotty career as a director with only a couple of films being solid. While the…
Category: Film Reviews – Written
An archive of my film reviews across all publications.
Total Recall Review
“You don’t have the most reliable of memories do you?” -Chancellor Vilos Cohaagen We live in an era where Hollywood is striving to find almost any brand it can find in young adult novels, toys, more recently board games, and old movies to ensure a built in audience. Total Recall is a remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s…
The Dark Knight Rises Review
“If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal… you become something else entirely. A legend, Mr. Wayne, a legend” -Ra’s al Ghul The Dark Knight Rises is the end of director Christopher Nolan‘s grand trilogy that began with Bruce Wayne’s journey into darkness as he learned the difference…
The Amazing Spiderman Review
In 2002 Sam Raimi launched the first Spiderman movie which along with 2000’s X-men pioneered the modern superhero genre. It has been 10 years since then and 5 years since the mostly disappointing Spiderman 3 hit theaters in 2007. In the years since 2007 The Dark Knight was released and Marvel launched a fleshed out…
Moonrise Kingdom Review
“Jiminey Cricket, he flew the coop!” -Scout Master Ward Over the course of the last decade writer/director/producer Wes Anderson has successfully carved out a very successful little niche for himself in the fused genre of dramedy. Anderson has a very distinct style with his dry(but not British dry) humor, quirky characters, and very stylized settings. Moonrise Kingdom is his…
Brave Review
“Are you willing to pay the price your freedom will cost? “ -Queen Elinor Last year Pixar proved that it was not invincible with the release of Cars 2. This year Pixar is making another less risky film that delves into the world of fairy tales that they have generally stayed away from. The movie…
Prometheus Review
“A king has his reign, and then he dies. It’s inevitable. “ -Meredith Vickers Prometheus is Ridley Scott‘s return to science fiction over thirty years after he created the two very influential classics Alien and Blade Runner. Prometheus is the quasi-non-sequel/prequel/reboot(?) of the Alien Franchise that actually ties very loosely to the actual classic. The film has been…
Men in Black 3 Review
“Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to.” -Agent K What would a sequel to Men in Black look like? This is certainly a question we wish we wouldn’t have asked when the 2002 sequel was released with a flat story, an unnecessary revisit to characters whose story arcs were wrapped up, and an…
The Avengers Review
”If we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it!” -Tony Stark to Loki This is is it. This is the movie fanboys have been hyping ever since we got a glimpse at Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man. The Avenger’s is Marvel’s very ambitious attempt to bring their…
In Time Review
“For a few to be immortal, many must die.” -Henry Hamilton In Time is another tale in producer/writer/director Andrew Niccol‘s string of high concept but low key sci-fi films(Gattaca, The Truman Show). His films have not failed to do some interesting things in the past, and In Time appears to have a similar feel to it….
Caleb Masters 