Shenanigans & Tomfoolery

Jon Favreau’s Iron Man was a surprise to many people. In spite of a rather shoddy third act, it was a funny, exciting and extremely enjoyable film backed by some smart and inspired production choices. No more than two years later and Favreau and crew are back with a sequel. Iron Man 2 packs higher [...]

I’m a pretty big fan of Mark Millar’s writing but, for some reason, I haven’t gotten around to reading his and John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass yet. I prefer my superhero stories to be epic and over the top and the idea of a “real world” superhero doesn’t really appeal to me, I suppose. But word [...]

To be fair, I think it’s worth mentioning before I begin that I have never read Lewis Carroll’s novel and that I have only vague memories of Disney’s animated film from 1951. Still, I was interested in seeing this newest rendition of Alice in Wonderland mostly because of Tim Burton who, in spite of over [...]

I can’t talk about The Flash: Rebirth without first talking about my tremendous expectations for the title. Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver turned me into a huge Hal Jordan fan (a character I previously had zero interest in) with Green Lantern: Rebirth and that book and its pure comic booky-ness stands as one of [...]

DC’s line of direct-to-DVD animated features have been of varying quality so far. I think the biggest issue these movies have is the 70 minute time limit which leaves little room for character exploration and makes a lot of these seem like quick “get in, get out” ordeals. I think Wonder Woman succeeded because it [...]

Tower defense games are perhaps the most thriving and successful video game genre on the iPhone right now. The more passive nature and the “tap to select, tap to place, tap to upgrade” nature of these games lend themselves very well to a device that, I think, has yet to prove itself as a true [...]

Well over a decade in the making, Avatar is James Cameron’s first feature film since Titanic back in 1997. In my mind, Cameron’s Terminator 2 is the best action movie ever made so this movie had some pretty big shoes to fill. I tried to stay away from details of the movie for as long [...]

The Princess and the Frog is Disney’s first traditionally animated feature film since 2004 and, for that reason alone, I’ve been keeping a close eye on it through its development ups and downs. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, this movie has big shoes to fill as it attempts to resuscitate a dying breed [...]

This is actually less of a review and more of a rant. And it’s not a rant because I hate the game, it’s a rant because I really, really wanted to like it and was met with major disappointment upon playing it. This wasn’t due to lofty expectations of mine either, but because of what [...]

Sure, this game has been out for a couple years now (over twice as long in internet time) but I wrote a review about it when it first came out and hey, I’m lazy and I’m happy to provide cheap content for my site. So without further ado, here’s my two year old review of [...]