‘Captain America: Civil War’

Five spoiler free thoughts for those of you who are going to see Captain America: Civil War this weekend: Up until it happened, if you would have told me they figured out a way in modern times to make Captain America a bad ass, I would have laughed in your face.  But here we are. The debut […]

The Beautiful One

Insatiable. Little Red Corvette. Sexy MF. I Hate U. (my all time favorite single of his) Diamonds and Pearls. Scandalous (from the 1989 ‘Batman’ soundtrack, which in case you forgot was ALL him.) How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore? AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON WITH THE CLASSICS. On a personal level, […]

‘Deadpool’

Well then! So the usual primer: I know my comic books and comic book films, but really, knew next to nothing of Deadpool. (Which probably made me the target audience for this film.) Just my opinion, but I think you have to go back to the first ‘Avengers’ to find a comic book film this […]

2015: Playing My Part

Where to begin? The past 12 months have been many, life altering things to me. Have to start with ‘Trojan War’.  An idea two years back, many chess moves behind the scenes that don’t need to be aired out (and are truly par for the course if you have any idea how hard it is […]

Batman: Arkham Knight

Well done, WB Games! Much like ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ Arkham Knight isn’t quite the best of the series, but it’s a satisfying conclusion to the interactive story that started years ago with Arkham Asylum. The big selling point for this edition of ‘Grand Theft Auto: Batman’ is the inclusion of the Batmobile.  The default […]