June 2008

This Week in Comic Book Film

  • Title: The Incredible Hulk
  • IMDB: link

Ousting the director and cast of the last film the sequel finds Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) on the run from the US Military and introduces a new enemy – the Abomination (Tim Roth).  William Hurt, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Robert Downey Jr. also star.  Check out the official site.  Norton has had a very public dispute with the film’s producers over the final cut of the film which he describes as “overblown.”  The film smashes into theaters everywhere on Friday.

This Week in Comic Book Film Read More »

They Know Kung Fu

  • Title: Kung Fu Panda
  • IMDB: link

The makers of Kung Fu Panda could have gone about their job a lot of different ways.  They could have made a send-up of the Kung Fu genre in line with what Shrek has done to fairy tales, or they could have given us a totally neutered beast with cartoon violence a la Wyle E. Coyote.  Thankfully they chose neither, and elected instead to make the most bad-ass Kung Fu movie allowed the Computer Animation genre today.

Po is a humble, walking and talking Panda Bear whose dreams for Martial Arts super stardom are held back by his father’s noodle shop that occupies his time, and the extra hundred pounds hanging off of his belly.  But when he accidentally falls into the ceremony held to name the oft-anticipated prodigy Dragon Warrior, he stumbles into destiny as an ancient turtle grandmaster of the art, Oogway, gives the title to the reluctant and obese bear.

They Know Kung Fu Read More »

‘Zohan’ a Mess

  • Title: You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
  • IMDB: link

Adam Sandler, for all of the attention going to Judd Apatow‘s posse, might still be the king of the Hollywood Comedy.  Every of the past five years, he’s released a mainstream comedy that’s grossed into nine digits, even though they’re all shallow attempts at humor that make the actors’ meager but entertaining first efforts Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore look like they belong on AFI’s 100 lists.  We would all like to see Sandlers latest, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, be a return to those mid 90s semi-classics; but it’s only a strange permutation of the mainstream, dry comedy that Sandler has been dropping on us for a decade now.

‘Zohan’ a Mess Read More »

Mother of Tears (Terza madre, La)

  • Title: Terza madre, La
  • IMDB: link

Mother of Tears is such a tragedy, a film that is neither good nor well done in the bloody antics. Baby’s being thrown off of bridges and chopped up, really bad gore graphics with hatchets and butcher knives, weird characters that have no consequence and a main character that takes way too long to find out her destiny and hook up with Mr. Right to stop the entire nightmare. In Europe an ancient urn is found and opened releasing the Mother of Tears, top witch bitch of the world. In accordance with that, all witches begin to arrive in Rome for one free-for-all blood fest. Citizens of Rome start doing odd things like killing one another, committing suicide and all types of violence, it’s up to Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento ), a young unknowing white witch/artist, to stop the whole evil lot. She has powers that have been passed down from her mother and she’s freaking out cause these powers are starting to kick in, and so are the voices. She keeps hearing a voice telling her what to do to stay safe; her mom is assisting Sarah from beyond the grave to stop the Mother of Tears from conquering and taking over. At first police detectives don’t believe Sarah after her story of a monkey and three freakish characters that slaughtered her friend, so they spend most of their time hunting for Sarah instead of helping her. Finally, when one is captured and sees the truth, he does all he can to assist to save his own life.

Mother of Tears (Terza madre, La) Read More »