Category Archives: 2011 Movie Reviews

‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (2011) — Movie Review

Whether or not you enjoy “Captain America: the First Avenger” is going to depend greatly on how much you’ve accepted the worlds created in “Iron Man”, “The Incredible Hulk” and this summer’s “Thor— because Captain America is the final piece of the puzzle that is going to bring them all together in next summer’s “The Avengers”. Continue reading ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (2011) — Movie Review

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II’ an incredible end to saga

The end is here and it is awesome.  Look, being this is the last Harry Potter flick, I think its totally unfair to keep any lingering book vs. movie problems get in the way of enjoying the eighth and final movie.  Please, if you can, separate them.  Yes, the books are great and in many, many respects far superior to the movies but come on– Warner Bros., Christopher Columbus, David Heyman, David Yates and the countless others that worked to bring The Boy Who Lived to big screen life should be commended. Continue reading ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II’ an incredible end to saga

‘X-Men: First Class’ is a confusing but entertaining addition to series — movie review

From the moment I saw the first trailer for the new X-Men flick, all I could think was, ‘Oh man, that movie looks boring as hell’.  After all, while it is the fifth movie in the X-Men franchise (counting Origins: Wolverine), it is also a prequel– and we know how well those usually turn out.  Continue reading ‘X-Men: First Class’ is a confusing but entertaining addition to series — movie review