• Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Catching up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe

    For someone with a film blog who writes reviews and likes to think of himself as an authority on the current state of things in cinema, I had a shamefully huge, Marvel-sized hole in my knowledge. I had seen the first Iron Man and the first Captain America back in ...
  • A Walk in the Woods

    What’s New: Weekend of September 4

    Labour Day weekend is traditionally a very quiet time at the movies, and this year it looks to be no different. As the industry prepares to transition from summer blockbusters to fall prestige season, the first weekend of September is an appropriately sleepy place to dump any leftover summer films ...
  • Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

    There was no good reason to make the new Fantastic Four film. The first franchise, which starred Chris Evans and Jessica Alba, launched ten years ago — but quickly tanked after only the second film, due to disappointing box office and poor reviews. Now, eight years later, we have a ...