Posts Tagged ‘superhero’
Superpowers Falter in the New X-Men
This reboot is just good enough in spots to disappoint you.KRISTIAN LIN
Well, crap. I had such high hopes for X-Men: First Class. The fifth entry in this loosely connected series features the return of Bryan Singer, the filmmaker behind the excellent first two X-Men movies, as a story writer and pr...
Super: Frank’s Last Shot
This movie is not Kick-Ass. It’s an intriguing, flawed latecomer.KRISTIAN LIN
It’s a chestnut, but it does bear repeating: Sometimes getting there first matters most. The comic-book satire Super reaches us about a year after Kick-Ass did, and it definitely comes off looking late to the superhero costum...
This Movie Is Kick-Ass
It’s also a psychotic, satirical ode to superheroes.KRISTIAN LIN
How do I describe the awesomeness of Kick-Ass? I could say this is the superhero flick that Watchmen desperately wanted to be, but that doesn’t quite cover it. I could call it a comic book fan’s dream come true, but then Iâ...
Steel Reserve
Cole WilliamsAnother big superhero movie hits theaters this week, but a few things separate it from the rest that have come out recently.