Tag Archives: movies

An indictment of James Bond

Christopher Baggett November 6, 2015 0

I finally got around to seeing Skyfall today. It only took me three years. Look, I'm notoriously bad about not watching movies when they're new. I've managed to mostly keep up with comic book movies as they come out, but a large part of that is because it's impossible to avoid spoilers for me. I managed to avoid the ending of Skyfall for THREE YEARS, and yes, I was VERY surprised to see Judi Dench die. Dench was the only thing about the reboot I didn't question how it related to the originals; we were told Casino Royale was a hard reboot, and I bought it. Judi Dench playing M wasn't THAT big a deal. I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role.

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New ‘Ninja Turtles’ trailer is….good?

Christopher Baggett June 24, 2014 0

Over on the podcast, we’ve discussed at length the look and feel of Michael Bay’s upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot on numerous occasions, but the general consensus has been it just doesn’t feel like the TMNT we’ve been familiar with for nearly 30 years. The first trailer had a dark, edgy, sci-fi feel to it that made the film feel…off. …

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New ‘Days of Future Past’ trailer, poster hit web

Christopher Baggett March 24, 2014 0

With it’s May 23rd release date quickly approaching, we’ve finally received a new trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, the latest comic book thriller that merges the worlds of Bryan Singer and Brett Ratner’s X-Men trilogy with that of Gavin Hood’s lackluster X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Matthew Vaughn’s stellar X-Men: First Class, and James Mangold’s surprisingly well done The Wolverine. It is an interesting …

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