Of the many dead genres of Hollywood cinema, the one near the bottom of the heap (and therefore most decomposed) is that of the horror movie. It is a genre of cheap scares and base shocks that seems forever confined within a few overused and no longer effective storylines.
The Cabin in the Woods, a new horror film from Cloverfield Scribe Drew Goddard and produced/co-written by fanbase-supported Joss Whedon, wants the viewer to know that it knows how awful the…

If you mix together seven superheroes, soak it in half a century of fantastical lore, sprinkle it with Hollywood movie-making magic, and then bake it all to the tune of $220 million, what do you get? A soggy punchline? A half-baked cheesecake? A new 3D blockbuster release for Mr. and Mrs. Movie Goer to waste their money on? And if the final result is actually the Marvel Studios conglomeration film The Avengers, do you think about taste? Does that even…

There is something odd in the latest science fiction horror film to hit theatres, a puzzling divisiveness that both helps and hurts its overall appeal. Pandorum, in all of its conceptualization and attempts to present a complex but unified story, comes off as more schizophrenic than satisfying film.
Set in a ship stranded in the nether-regions of space, Pandorum focuses on a disoriented character named Bower, played brilliantly by Ben Foster. He finds himself wakened from a cryogenic slumber to…

In the last decade, the cinema has experienced a healthy revival in post-apocalyptic movies. From zombie attacks to biological plagues to nuclear warfare, mankind has undergone the worst of fictional maladies in a number of movies both good and bad. The latest to join the genre, The Book of Eli, offers the most atmospheric attempt at life-after-civilization but in a manner that ultimately fails to please.
The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington as a foot traveler across the deadly…