Watchmen (2009)

Watchmen (2009)

In an alternate 1985, costumed superheroes have been outlawed. When one ex-“hero” is murdered, his former colleagues look into it. They include: Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley)—a sociopathic fascist detective without powers Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson)—a drab wealthy guy with lots of super-gadgets Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman)—a generic female vigilante Ozymandias (Matthew Goode)—the richest and

Hellboy (2004)

Hellboy (2004)

In 1944, a young Professor Broom accompanies a military unit on a mission to stop Rasputin (Karel Roden) and The Third Reich from carrying out a magical ritual that will end the world. They succeed—though Rasputin’s loving assistant, Ilsa Haupstein (Biddy Hodson) and the freakish assassin Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Ladislav Beran) escape—and find a horned,

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Hey, remember the unfinished spy stuff from The Amazing Spider-Man? It’s back. And it’s still unfinished as we start off with Ma and Pa Parker trying to make their getaway and failing. Then it’s back to Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) saving New York and whining about relationships and his parents. This time he has two

Blade (1998)

Blade (1998)

A half-vampire (Wesley Snipes) hunts the undead with guns, swords, spikes, and drugs. When an upstart vampire gang leader (Stephen Dorff) decides to overthrow the old order of their society, Blade’s job gets a lot harder. An early entry in the style-first monster film sub-genre (Resident Evil, Underworld), Blade, like those that followed, is exciting, rich

Blade II (2002)

Blade II (2002)

Blade (Wesley Snipes) teams up with a pack of vampires to stop the spread of a new type of undead that is a threat to humans and the old vampire order. Quick Review: If you’ve seen Blade, you know what you are in for. The action is a bit faster, the monsters a bit scarier, and

Blade: Trinity (2004)

Blade: Trinity (2004)

In this third entry in the series, Blade (Wesley Snipes) joins up with a vampire hunting band (Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds) to stop Dracula (Dominic Purcell) and perhaps to end the vampire race forever. With big, shiny, action films, it’s easy to ignore the skill level of the director. This isn’t Shakespeare after all, so anyone

Catwoman (2004)

Catwoman (2004)

After introverted Patience Phillips (Halle Berry) is murdered, she is resurrected by cats. With a new sense of purpose and style, she hunts for her murderer, assumed to be the head of a cosmetics company (Lambert Wilson) or his wife (Sharon Stone). At the same time, a policeman (Benjamin Bratt) courts Patience while chasing the town’s new

Constantine (2005)

Constantine (2005)

Policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) seeks the aid of demon hunter John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) in finding the secret behind her twin sister’s alleged suicide. The trail will lead them to demons, angels, Hell, and the Spear of Destiny, the weapon that kill Christ and may be the key to the destruction of the world. I

Kick-Ass (2010)

Kick-Ass (2010)

Dave (Aaron Johnson) is a nerdy, comic-book reading, bullied, high school student who decides that he will be a costumed superhero, though he has no reason to believe he will be any good at it.  Wearing an unusual wetsuit, he sets out to foil crime, and fails miserably. But a hospital stay later, he becomes

The Legend of Zorro (2005)

The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Don Alejandro de la Vega’s (Antonio Banderas) unwillingness to retire from being Zorro strains his marriage to Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and his relationship with his son, Joaquin (Adrian Alonso).  After receiving divorce papers, things get even worse, as a group of gunmen pressure locals to sell their land, a huge explosion rocks the woods, and

The Mark of Zorro (1974)

The Mark of Zorro (1974)

Spanish dueling champion Don Diego Vega (Frank Langella) returns to California to find that his father has been forced out as governor, replaced by the corrupt Luis Quintero (Robert Middleton) who has the peasants whipped, over-taxed, and generally abused.  Realizing that he can help best in secret, he acts bored and effeminate in public, behaving