Of all the movies coming out this summer, “Star Trek”, directed by J.J. Abrams, is the one that really had me excited. Now, I’m not a full-blown Trekkie by any means, but I am a fan of, well, some of the series, and certainly most of the movies. I make note of that because,…
Some action movies spend tons of money, polish the Hell out of them and vanilla them up to appeal to as many small-brained droolers that like to see things blow up, yet want a sappy love story to give our hero some extraneous incentive to do the “right thing”. (Put your hand down, Bruckheimer!)…
Yes, the summer movie season is close enough I can taste it! But will it leave a sour taste in my mouth or will its varied and imaginative flavors dance upon my film palette with a breath of joyous satisfaction? Perhaps a little of both? I have to admit, this summer does not look…
CFN “reporter” and resident metalhead Neil T. Weakley recently caught up with the band Anvil at their movie premiere. Neil: How did director Sacha Gervasi go from being your roadie, to writing a Spielberg movie (“The Terminal”), to directing your movie? Anvil: We met Sacha when he was 15 years old and basically turned his…
I seem to remember a bunch of different Wolverine origin stories in the comics. So many alternate universe stories floated around, I don’t quite remember which was which anymore. I think I had moved off of most of my Marvel books by the time they came out. Yes, yes, I know, I’m a BAD…
The first thing I thought when I heard about this movie was, “Holy shit! A documentary about Anvil?!” Yes, folks, I remember Anvil. I was a metalhead in high school and college, and once a metalhead, always a metalhead, right? Right! My response might not too unusual for the once die-hard metal…
Paul Rudd is making quite the name for himself as the go-to guy for comedies right now. I liked “Role Models”. It was pretty funny. But was “I Love You, Man” funny too? Paul Rudd plays Peter Klaven, a man who has never really had a best friend, at least, not one that was a…
Hi, folks. It’s me, Neil, back with yet another horror movie to casually dissect, dismember, and sort out all of its parts for you on the cold slab of critique. With “The Haunting in Connecticut” we get an extended family on hard times moving to a house across state lines because one member, Matt Campbell…
Finally. After so many years of rumors, being told it couldn’t be done, someone finally did it. The film “Watchmen” is a fairly monumental task. But, Zack Snyder, director of “300”, took the challenge. And you know what? He made it work. Is it perfect? No. But how could it be? With a combination of…
(Spoiler alert.) Oh look, yet another remake of a classic horror film, this time of an early Wes Craven. Well, get ready, because it won’t be the last. Word is out that “A Nightmare On Elm Street” is getting a make-over as well. Oh joy, oh rapture. Yes, that is sarcasm. “The Last House On…