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 | | 4. Howard the Duck | | | Starring: Lea Thompson Director: Willard Huyck | | Format: DVD Release Date: 3/10/2009 |  | Howard the Duck - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/10/2009 8:38 PM | |
While fans and naysayers constantly complain about what he's done to a certain galaxy far, far away, few remember another beloved franchise that George Lucas adopted and then left for dead. In 1986, the writer/director/producer was riding high on the success of his Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Looking for new material to milk, he came across the beloved Marvel Comic character Howard the Duck. Hiring his buddies from American Graffiti, Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, Lucas hoped that he could jumpstart a new series starring the angry, angst-ridden anthropomorphized mallard. What he got instead was one of the worst big screen bungles ever -- and it's still quite bad some 22 years later. read the full review | |
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 | | 8. Batman and Robin (2-Disc Special Edition-Dts) | | | Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger Chris O'Donnell Director: Joel Schumacher | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/10/2009 | | Batman and Robin - DVD Review By: Jeremiah Kipp - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/27/2009 5:25 PM | |
This fourth episode in the Batman series isnt a movie so much as a theme park. It wasnt scripted so much as run through the Hollywood script mill, where every line of dialogue is reduced to a catchphrase. Allow me to break the ice, says Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For its the chilling sound of your doom. That groaner is representative of pretty much every line of Batmans arch-nemesis. He later posits such zingers as, Tonight, hell freezes over! and Youre not sending me to the cooler! This is not character development so much as paint-by-numbers screenwriting, where you can imagine the gang sitting around wondering what incorrigible pun theyll come up with next. read the full review | |
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 | | 18. Spiderman 3 (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Tobey Maguire James Franco Director: Sam Raimi | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/24/2008 | | Spider-Man 3: Special Edition - DVD Review By: Ed Perkis - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 11/1/2007 10:09 PM | | A lot of the story has a "been there, done that" kind of quality. Peter's guilt over Uncle Ben's murder' Check. Harry and Peter in competition for Mary Jane' Check. A basically good person becoming a villain but redeeming himself in the end' Double check. We've seen a lot of this before, and rather than streamlining one good story, Raimi and his co-writers, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent, shoehorn everything into the plot. They never fully form any new characters or take old ones to new areas. read the full review | |
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 | | 20. Batman (2-Disc Special Edition-Dts) | | | Starring: Jack Nicholson Michael Keaton Director: Tim Burton | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/10/2009 | | Batman (1989) - DVD Review By: James Brundage - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/27/2009 5:25 PM | |
Batman has changed over the years. Hes gone from Holy Rusted Metal to hallucinogens, from campy to comedy and then back to campy. Hes been through more first ladies than half of its leading men, and has seen more directors than an ingnue. First up to bat in the Batman movies was Tim Burton, fresh off of Beetlejuice and right before Edward Scisscorhands. Burtons Gotham is a noirish nightmare that grabs you from the opening scene. Batman is still a spook story to criminals, but hes a rumor spreading like wildfire. Bumbling on the trail is jackass journalist Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl), and the girl drawn to the mystery of the bat is Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger). read the full review | |
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 | | 34. Batman Returns (2-Disc Widescreen Special Edition-Dts) | | | Starring: Michael Keaton Michelle Pfeiffer Director: Tim Burton | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/10/2009 | | Batman Returns - DVD Review By: James Brundage - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/27/2009 5:25 PM | |
It was the end of an era. The year was 1992 and the movie was Batman Returns. It marked the end of the Batman franchise as a series of good movies. It was, friends, the last great Batman. Gotham was dark and so was the script. Darkly comic, darkly romantic, and darkly dramatic. This tale told of Michael Keaton as Batman in a love/hate relationship with Catwoman, of a freak raised by penguins, of a power hungry industry giant who sought to leave the legacy of a polluting power plant. The Penguin: a man raised by what became his namesake, seeks to discover the identity of his parents, and then exact vengeance upon the world. read the full review | |
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