BEWARE THE BATMAN [Review]: Na-na-na.. na-na-nah.. Blandman!?

This weekend, the Cartoon Network finally unleashed its long-awaited Saturday morning Batman fix to the masses. So, Beware the Batman, for there is enough to discuss, a lot to dread, and some to smile about with this latest in Caped Crusader cartoon. What I'm most proud of with "Beware" is the supporting cast, and its choice …

THE CONJURING [Review]: These demons like to keep it.. ‘All in the Family’.

My brethren, you know I'm not a big horror fan. I even wish I avoided moving furniture into cobwebby basements in my past New England life - the everywhere location for just about anything horror -- but it seems to me that there are really two common types of horror flicks:  instant gorefests and subtle …

PACIFIC RIM [Review]: Finally, that ‘Smart’ Summer Blockbuster.

Only when the massive monsters and giant mechs do all the talking, of course. Pacific Rim is the most interesting movie of the year, if only because the premise reads like a dumb b-movie idea from a state college C+ film student (read: me), but lays behind one of Hollywood's brightest minds in Guillermo del …

THE LAST OF US [Review]: ‘Jesus, Joel!’ Bioshock HAS company!

What happened to the future being flying cars, light-speed trains, and five-star dinners in the form of a pill? The future was supposed to be amazing! But this past decade, it seems like whenever someone makes a movie or TV show about the fate of humanity it’s always this bleak, terrible, post-apocalyptic wasteland. What’s wrong, …