March 2011

Sucker Punch

/ / Movie Reviews
  • Title: Sucker Punch
  • IMDB: link

sucker-punch-posterWell, the dragon was kinda cool. You know you’re watching a Zack Snyder film when twenty minutes in you realize you’d rather be watching a Brett Ratner flick.

There were a myriad of ideas bouncing around my head as the credits began to roll and I tried to wrap my brain around what the hell I just watched, let alone what it was supposed to mean. Coming out of Sucker Punch I felt I was the one who had taken the hit – right in the crotch.

Sucker Punch has been Snyder’s pet project since 2007 and it’s a pretty strong idictment against directors having total control of a film. It might have been insufferable, but at least Peter Jackson’s multi-million dollar masturbatory fantasy had a giant ape who was fun to watch.

Sucker Punch gives us scantily clad young actresses espousing ridiculous dialogue while playing out an even more ridiculous plot. It’s impossible to take a film like this seriously, and, for some unknown reason, that’s exactly what Snyder wants us to do.

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Coming Soon

/ / Film News & Trailers
  • Title: Captain America: The First Avenger
  • IMDB: link

Yeah, I’ll watch this movie. No more tease, Marvel Studios has released the first full-length trailer for this summer’s Captain America: The First Avenger starring Chris Evans (as Cap), Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci, Hayley Atwell, Neal McDonough, Toby Jones, and Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull. Captain America: The First Avenger hits theaters July 22nd. I think this might be a hellova lot of fun.

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Cars 2 Agents on a Mission tour comes to Kansas City

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Any fans of Pixar Cars who happen to be around Kansas City should make their way down to Crown Center today when the “Agents on a Mission” tour sponsored by State Farm Insurance hits downtown KC – complete with life-size remote control models of Lightning McQueen, Mater and new character Finn McMissile. If you’re not in KC don’t worry, the tour will run through June, hitting cities throughout North America and racing through the red-carpet premiere in Los Angeles before wrapping up in San Francisco and Sonoma, CA. More pics and info after the jump.

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The Spirit #12

/ / Comics

the-spirit-12-coverCrimelord Shonder Sheev has decided to move into Central City, but first he needs Commissioner Dolan and the Octopus taken out of the picture. He’s sent his best assassin, The Professor, to deal with Dolan through a small trinket he offers to the commissioner’s daughter, and a few thugs with a rocket launcher to take out the Octopus.

His plans are foiled when he fails to account for two things: 1) The Spirit, and 2) the chance that one of the deadliest assassins in the world would have a soft spot for a beautiful woman such as Ellen Dolan. It seems even a tinkerer madman has a heart.

Fans of old Silver Age Superman stories featuring the Toyman should feel right at home with this one as the weapon aimed at Dolan is a minature clockwork Spirit doll that comes dangerously close to fulfilling its task. A little odd? Sure, but a lot of fun, and its nice to see Ellen play the heroine for a change saving her father and the Spirit with one shot. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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