Superman (1978)

Superman (1978)

The last son of Krypton is adopted by a farm family, learns about truth, justice, and the American way, and becomes the hero Superman (Christopher Reeve). By day he is Clark Kent, a bumbling reporter who is falling for the ace reporter, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Under the city, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) is masterminding

The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

Evil Dr. Arcane (Louis Jourdan) is back, somehow, and is searching for immortality. He believes the answer is hidden in the genes of his dippy stepdaughter (Heather Locklear), who likes planets more than people. Can Swamp Thing save the hot chick? I think we know. Quick Review: So someone thought, “Swamp Thing…Yeah, we need a

The Lobster (2015/6)

The Lobster (2015/6)

In what might be the future, David (a chunked up Colin Farrell) arrives at the hotel for single people. He has 45 days to find a partner, or he will be turned into the animal of his choice: a lobster. The one rule is that one must have a commonality with one’s proposed partner, which

The Great Wall (2016)

The Great Wall (2016)

Super mercenary William (Matt Damon) and his sidekick Tovar (Pedro Pascal) are looking to steal black powder from the mysterious Orient, ending up instead in the custody of the Order, a group of colorfully-armored warriors that man the Great Wall, defending against an endless number of semi-intelligent monsters. Commander Lin (Tian Jing) wants to kill

The Prestige (2006)

The Prestige (2006)

Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) is an unpleasant and unlikable aid to an older magician. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), who may or may not be unpleasant and unlikable, but becomes so after his wife dies, is a second aid. When the aforementioned wife drowns during a trick, most likely due to Borden’s tying a knot too

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Peter still can’t deal with his life and has a three-year-old’s grasp on relationships. Harry is still terrible. Mary Jane is still around to be saved (three times again) and still cheating on whatever boyfriend she currently has. The villain of the week is Doc Ock (Alfred Molina). Spider-Man was serious! So, since sequels have

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) wants to save his father Will (Orlando Bloom in a cameo) from his curse of being the captain of The Flying Dutchman. To do this he needs the aid of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to find the Trident of Poseidon. Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), who is always being accused of

The Woman in the Window (1944)

The Woman in the Window (1944)

A middle aged professor (Edward G. Robinson) runs into a beautiful call girl (Joan Bennett) while admiring her portrait and they go back to her apartment. A jealous client bursts in and attacks the professor and they kill him in self defense. Fearful of their reputations, and that they won’t be believed, they decide to

The Captain’s Paradise (1953)

The Captain’s Paradise (1953)

At sea, ferryboat captain Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) spends his time in deep conversation with men. In Gibraltar, he lives with his domestic wife Maud (Celia Johnson), enjoying a quiet home life. And in Spanish-Morocco he is married to the wild Nita (Yvonne De Carlo), and spends his nights drinking and dancing. His first

The Black Swan (1942)

The Black Swan (1942)

Ex-pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) has been made governor of Jamaica, much to the distain of its previous governor (George Zucco) and his daughter, Lady Margaret (Maureen O’Hara). Pirate Captain Leech (George Sanders) and his sidekick Wogan (Anthony Quinn) also are not to keen on the new situation, and sail off on The Black Swan

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

Kaneki (Masataka Kubota), a shy bookworm, inadvertently has the organs of a ghoul transplanted into him, making him a hybrid. Like ghouls, he now can eat only human flesh, and drink coffee, and has tentacles that pop out of his back. He knows nothing of surviving as a ghoul, so is taken in by some

The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)

The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)

In a framing story, a kid wanders into a store run by Mr. Liu (Jackie Chan). That story doesn’t mean anything and we are then dropped into the animated LEGO section. There, super villain Garmadon (voice: Justin Theroux) attacks the city of Ninjago on a daily basis. His high school age son (voice: Dave Franco)