One of the most successful adaptations from book to film is finally completed. Back in 2001, audiences were introduced to a small, unassuming child who lived with cruel family and called the cupboard under the stairs his room. Though Harry Potter had already been out in book form, the movie woke American audiences to the [...]
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Movie Review: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Bay shows his best in his third and final Transformers film There’s been a lot of anticipation for the newest Transformers movie, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And while many have knocked the previous movies for their spectacle and typically convoluted story lines, both filmmakers and stars have been reassuring people this one was going [...]
Movie Review: GREEN LANTERN
A movie based on the Green Lantern franchise has long been overdue. With huge comic book adaptation success in the past decade, both Marvel and DC Comics stories have been brought to the big screen. Some have soared while others have floundered. For every Spider-Man 2, there’s a Hulk. For every The Dark Knight, a [...]
Movie Review: SUPER 8
Growing up, my best friend and I used to be amateur filmmakers, shooting black and white horror movies, that in our eyes, were cinema at its very best. We had a video camera that would plug directly into the VCR (I am dating myself here) that obviously limited how far we could go in terms [...]
Movie Review: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Young Erik watched painfully as he was separated from his parents in Nazi-controlled Poland, 1944. A child named Charles sneaks out of his bedroom to find a woman, claiming to be his mother, in the kitchen. Erik is taken into a room, where a man named Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) tells Erik the abilities he [...]
Movie Review: ATTACK THE BLOCK
A movie like Attack the Block is hard to describe as being in one genre. On one hand, it’s a comedy about inner city British youth. On the other, it’s an action movie about an alien invasion. When the movie begins, it jumps right into a group of London kids mugging an innocent woman. The [...]
Movie Review: THOR
Adapting the comic book character of Thor for mainstream audiences is one of the biggest risks Hollywood has taken lately. Despite the success of comic book hero movies lately, such as The Dark Knight and Iron Man, Thor is a fantastical story. Whereas heroes do not exist in our world, most of the features we’ve [...]
Movie Review: YOUR HIGHNESS
We all know the story: a young, handsome prince is despised by his less successful brother. In the case of Your Highness, Fabious (James Franco) is the King’s favorite son. His younger, portlier brother Thadeous (Danny McBride) is the joke of the kingdom, frequently sneering at his brother’s success and mythical quests. Upon returning from [...]
Movie Review: SUPER
Today we feature a new writer from Denver, Colorado. His name is Orion Carrington and here is his review of James Gunn’s ‘Super’ I knew the movie Super was going to awesome when it opened up with a cartoon music montage with actor Kevin Bacon (along with the entire cast of characters) twirling and dancing [...]
Movie Review: SUCKER PUNCH: A Second Opinion
Now a fellow FanBoyz.net writer has already posted a review about this movie, but like io9, IGN and myself, we disagree. My first review of the movie was going to be a gif of a woman having sex with an assault rifle but I figured I should be a little more descriptive. Spoilers below, it’s [...]
Movie Review: SUCKER PUNCH
Writing a review for the movie Sucker Punch is one of the most difficult things to do, mostly because the movie is a puzzle. Themes of freedom, reality and loyalty are explored in a most interesting way, one that will be rejoiced by some and scorned by others. Needless to say, I don’t like putting [...]
Movie Review: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
Going in to watch Battle: Los Angeles, I was skeptical it could be done right. Taking cues from war movies like Black Hawk Down and blending it with the visceral intensity likened to The Hurt Locker, adding aliens into the mix felt like would end up becoming overtly grand in scale. Think about Independence Day; [...]
Movie Review: THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
It’s hard to review a movie like The Adjustment Bureau. The story is tied to love, fate, and men with hats who seem to always be one step ahead. When rising political star David Norris loses his election, he ends up running into a beautiful and mysterious dancer. The two have a spark, a connection [...]
Movie Review: HALL PASS
What is a wife to do when she fears her husband might cheat? Easy, she tells him he can. At least, that’s the rationale behind the latest Farrelly Brothers film Hall Pass. It might sound stupid, but the idea behind it is that after years of marriage, men are domesticated like a house pet and [...]
Movie Review: UNKNOWN
After the success of the 2008 kidnapping-thriller, Taken, Liam Neeson became an action hero. Although a different type of badass, Neeson excited fans when his new film, Unknown gave us a feeling that this could be similar to the blockbuster hit Taken. I will tell you right now: if you go into Unknown expecting a [...]
Movie Review: THE MECHANIC
I cannot trust Jason Statham to do anything I ask him. First, I hire him as a transporter (to pick up my wife from the airport) and the guy ends up using my vehicle as a weapon, launching it into a bus full of international terrorists. Then, I hired him as a mechanic, to fix [...]
Movie Review: TRON: LEGACY
What is humanity moving towards? Are we rapidly ensuring our destruction through weapons and hate? Is peaceful harmony creating a utopia for all people of all nations and creed? Kevin Flynn had a dream of a perfect society, a society devoid of hate, war or poverty. In his pursuit, he ventured into The Grid, a [...]
Movie Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1
It’s nostalgic to reflect on the growth of the actors and story of Harry Potter. I remember watching the first film at the local mall’s theater, and as a 14 year old, thinking how cool it’d be to live in the magical world J.K. Rowling had created. Now, almost 10 years later, the story is [...]
Movie Review: SKYLINE
What would happen if aliens came to our planet and began harvesting us? If reality is anything close to Skyline, our demise will almost solely be based on our individual stupidity. To say the characters of Skyline are mentally retarded would be an insult to those born with an intellectual disability. The entire movie follows [...]
A Pretentious Review of JACKASS 3D
Few pieces of of media have had a lasting impact on culture. The news broadcasts of Walter Cronkite, the video of the crumbling Berlin Wall; now, American society will once again be reshaped by the brilliance of Jackass 3D. Watching this film left me stunned in a way I have rarely felt. Equally moved by [...]
