Tag Archives: DVD

Marc Webb’s rebooted Spider-Man was divisive. There was a lot to like – Garfield’s take on Spider-Man, for one – but also plenty to remain unsure and sceptical about. Was it too soon?The sequel will likely elicit similar reactions. There’s great action and compelling performances – Garfield is Spider-Man – …

It was a big deal when Samuel L. Jackson signed a nine-picture contract with Marvel Studios to play Nick Fury on the big screen. It may come as a surprise then that he's just about met all of those commitments."I just know that the Marvel Universe is there, that there …

Not since the return of Rambo in 2008 has an action film so gleefully celebrated the bodily destruction of dozens upon dozens of its characters in such an incredibly stylish and entertaining manner. Headshots, stabbings, beatings and other forms of maiming are all par for the course in The Raid, …

Time will tell whether Transformers: Dark of the Moon really is the final Transformers film for both director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf, but it's certainly the best one in this hugely successful, but widely loathed franchise. It's devoid of Decepticon testicles, Autobot heaven, offensive robots — and Megan …

Despite some truly fantastic work throughout the '90s and 2000s, Se7en still remains director David Fincher's best film, albeit by a very narrow margin. Dark, dreary and tense, the film is relentlessly freaky and absorbing right from the opening moments when a remix of Trent Reznor's "Closer to God" is …

Up until 1989, the character of Batman was most associated with the campy comic-book inspired television version (spun off to an even sillier feature film) starring Adam West as the caped crusader. But it was Burton who first replaced the tights and briefs with solid black body armor, dispensed with …

There are certain staples of any solid Batman diet: cape and cowl, batmobile, Alfred, insane villain and, of course, bat-gadgets. And lots of them. For what good is Batman without his trusty utility belt and the many, many enthralling pieces of tech contained therein? So with The Dark Knight Rises …

Whenever a new home video format arrives, Dirk the Daring isn't too far behind. Created by Don Bluth (of Secret of Nimh fame), Gary Goldman and Rick Dyer, Dragon's Lair has become an institution; an example of the now defunct "interactive movie" genre that spawned during the Laser Disc days …

In Hollywood, conventional wisdom suggests that it doesn't matter what you do with the first two-thirds of a story as long as you have a strong ending. While the commercial success of any major film series demands that the opposite be true, front-loading a franchise with its best writing, acting …

Despite being set largely in Japan, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift represents everything that much of the world despises about America; its pop culture and morality. The film, like its two predecessors, embraces materialism, loose values and living for today. For the young characters of Tokyo Drift, love …