Wolverine 2

The Wolverine [PG-13]
2013
Directed by James Mangold

Grade: B
Down-graded from B.

+1: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman).
+1: Action/ fight sequences.
-1: Jean Grey’s ghost? (Famke Janssen).
-1: Character story arcs- Viper’s (Svetlana Khodchenkova) motivation, Shingen’s Hiroyuki Sannda) long range plans, Mariko’s (Tao Okamoto) seeming lack of plans.
par: Silver Samurai.

[synopsis on Fandango]

Bonus sequence after credits: par.

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim [PG-13]
2013 Warner Bros.
Driected by Guillermo del Toro

Grade: B-
Up-Graded from C.

par: Characters- Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam), Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi), Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba).
+1: Kaiju (monster) and Jeager (robot) design and animation.
par: Improbable science: mind-linked robot controls; using a tanker ship as a club.
+1: Flashback sequence of young Mako (Mana Ashida)
par: Invading aliens’ over-confidence.

[synopsis on Fandango]

The Lone Ranger, vol. 3, No. 1

The Lone Ranger [PG-13]
2013 Disney
Directed by Gore Verbinski

Grade C
Down-graded from B

par: Cast- Armie Hammer (as the Lone Ranger/ John Reid), Johnny Depp (Tonto).
-1: Flashback story structure.
-1: Pace.
par: Eccentric characters- Red (Helena Bonham Carter), Silver (horse).
-1: Physics of fighting on top of a moving train.

[synopsis on Fandango]

End credit sequence: -1

This Is the End

This Is the End [R]
2013 Sony Pictures
Directed by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Grade: A
Up-graded from B.

+1: Cast- Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson
+1: Michael Cera (as Michael Cera).
+1: Monster design.
par: Story.
par: The moral of the story.

[synopsis on Fandango]

The Heat

The Heat [R]
2013 20th Century Fox
Directed by Paul Feig

Grade C-
Down-graded from C.

par: Cast- Sandra Bullock (as Sarah Ashburn), Melissa McCarthy (Shannon Mullins).
-1: Buddy cop characterizations.
+1: Mullins Family.
par: Drug ring storyline.
-1: Pace.

[synopsis on Fandango]

Adventure Time Main Title Sequence in LEGOs

Published Aug. 3,2013

Check out the opening of Adventure Time created with LEGO!
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Star Trek Artist Juan Ortiz Was EVERYWHERE as Comic Con

 

Ortiz is the artist behind the colorful and inventive Star Trek: The Original Series Art Prints, which have inspired posters, books, shot glasses, tee-shirts, coasters, wine bottle labels and more. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that this year’s Comic-Con should have been the Juan Ortiz 2013 World Tour. 

For Comic-Con, he created the Klingon House postcards that StarTrek.com gave away to fans throughout weekend, and he beamed to San Diego for autograph signings on Sunday at the Titan (The Art of Juan Ortiz), Mighty Fine (posters) and Entertainment Earth/Bif Bang Pow! (coasters) booths.

[read the entire article @ StarTrek.com]