“I live, I love, I slay, and I am content.” So says our barbarian hero during this newest film adaption. And really, that kind of sums up the appeal of the new film, as well as how well it keeps to the source material. Read the full story

Oh yeah, I remember playing this game when I was five!

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After ten years, it ends. If that sentence doesn’t choke you up at least a little bit or get the eyes slightly damp, this movie isn’t for you.

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There are times when I become horribly confused as to what the majority of critics are thinking. This is one of those times.

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More like Pirates of the Meh-ribbean, am I right?

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It almost sounds like a bad joke. I mean, can you name one movie based on a video game that truly captured everything that made that game loved enough that people would want to see a film based on it? And with Capcom’s popular Street Fighter franchise, the joke just seems worse. We’ve had two Hollywood films come out that completely missed the point of the game (I prefer the one with JCVD as Guile over the chick from Smallville as Chun-Li), and then there’s the ridiculous Future Cops from Hong Kong, which makes the Hollywood films look like Oscar caliber . But then, we get a film that manages to capture everything of the games, and be awesome.

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Sometimes, the universe is good to me. Take the night at WonderCon this year when this made its world premier. One of the things that Warner Bros. has done well is their DC Universe animated films. This year’s media storm featuring Hal Jordan and his ring-slinging friends means lots of decent tie-ins, like comics, games, toys and this little number. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is yet another animated anthology film, like Batman: Gotham Knight and Animatrix. This one is different from those, but is it a stronger entry?

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What the f*@& did I just watch…

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Back when this site was known as World of Meh, I wrote a retrospective of the adaptions of Robert E. Howard’s work. I talked about how they stacked up to their literary counterparts, and basically acted like a big time geek. And now I get to talk about the most recent adaption based on the great writer’s work, his second greatest creation after the legendary Conan. The great Puritan warrior, Solomon Kane. Read the full story

I have been sick (on and off) the last two weeks, so Netflix is becoming one of my good friends.  Last night I was feeling kind of low energy, but I wanted to watch something a bit faster paced.  I know some of you are looking at the title like… seriously??  – I assure you, I am NOT talking about the film co-staring Johnny Depp, though, that was actually a pretty good movie if you haven’t seen it.  But I digress, and this is something I wish to stay on topic for.

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