Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is based on the Rick Riordan novel of the same name and the sequel to the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief. The new movie, directed by Thor Freudenthal, continues the adventures of Percy Jackson, the son of Greek God Poseidon, who embarks on a journey with his
From Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (2012’s Contraband) comes his new action comedy 2Guns. Based on the BOOM! Studios comic series of the same name, the movie stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as two under cover agents: one DEA, the other NCIS. While investigating one another believing each is stealing money from the mob, they find out they have
This summer has been full of superheroes fighting evil and standing up for good, but out of all of them, The Wolverine stands alone. Unlike Superman, The Lone Ranger, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, Wolverine has been played by one actor only, Hugh Jackman, who at this point has Wolverine down to a perfect science.
One of the greatest moments of any comic convention is turning a corner and bumping into the person who created something you love. That jaw-dropping moment where you blink and say: “It’s you! You made that awesome thing! And you’re right here!” And that’s exactly what happened at San Diego Comic-Con when I dodged a
The Conjuring is the dramatization of a little-known account from the 1970s case files of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson). Director James Wan (Saw and Insidious) pulls out all the stops in this very sophisticated supernatural horror film. The movie is laced with all the right amount of creaky
There are plenty of video game studios out there, but there are very few that “get it.” High Moon Studios on the other hand has more than proven their Geek cred, especially after the Transformers game franchise. After rumblings of High Moon Studios working on a Deadpool video game, it seemed like a match made in heaven. But
In Pacific Rim, Sons of Anarchy take on giant monsters with the help of Heimdall, It’s Always Sunny… and everyone’s favorite, Hellboy! When giant monsters called Kaiju rise from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the world unites to create a line of defense called Jaegers. These equally giant robots are controlled by two pilots
If you had given me The Ocean at the End of the Lane with no cover or title page, without telling me anything about it at all, I’d still know it was a Neil Gaiman story. Out of all my favorite authors, Gaiman has the most comfortable, clever, and satisfying style of writing.
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the massive blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, comes Disney/Bruckheimer Films’ The Lone Ranger, an adventure infused with action and humor in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the