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Review: Super, 2011, dir. James Gunn

Review: Super, 2011, dir. James Gunn

Last year, Matthew Vaughn’s Kick Ass posed the question, “What would happen if a regular, everyday person put on a costume and fought crime?” rather succinctly– they’d get beaten half to death– before going off the rails of reality and into full-blown superhero movie mode, as though to underscore the impossibility of the film’s own … Continue reading

Andrew’s Top 10 of 2010 (pt.1)

Andrew’s Top 10 of 2010 (pt.1)

It’s that time of year (hey, at least it’s closer to that time of year than I was last January)– time for me to pontificate about which films released in 2010 tickled my fancy enough to be worthy of placement on my top ten list. I had a rough time with this year, personally; I’m … Continue reading

The Art of the Spoil: Follow-up

Back in February, I wrote an article detailing an experiment I intended to carry out that involved me totally blanking myself on details for one film while over-clocking myself on another. Well, with my Iron Man 2 and Kick-Ass reviews in the books, so to speak, the time has come to disseminate to you the results of my … Continue reading

Review: Kick-Ass, 2010, dir. Matthew Vaughn

Dave Lizewski wants to know why more people don’t become superheroes. On the surface, it’s a pretty inane question, and one that his friend quickly and bluntly shoots down: Any normal person dressing up in a costume and fighting crime would wind up dead or hospitalized after their first day. But Dave is too driven … Continue reading

The Art of the Spoil: My Experiment for 2010

You know you want to go into a movie blind. You really do. But at the same time, it’s almost impossible to succeed in said endeavor. Don’t believe me? Try it yourself and you’ll see. Sure, you can avoid spending too much time on movie websites, and you can always change the channel. You can … Continue reading