I was somewhat surprised to see the movie Halo Legends in my docket for upcoming review. As a long-time Sony and Nintendo gamer, I had never played any version of Halo, and saw no need to, based on my age-related dislike of first person shooter games. Really, my complete knowledge of Halo could be summed up as there was a green armored guy named Master Chief, and you use him to shoot lots of aliens.

As a general rule of thumb, movies based on video games tend to well, lets say, not quite meet expectations. Although there are exceptions to the rule (like Pokémon, or Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within), for each good movie there is three or four bad ones (like Street Fighter or Super Mario Brothers). Read the full story

Anime, (Japanese-style animation), or ‘Japanime’ as it is sometimes called, is a very specific genre that has amassed quite a following worldwide.  With its bigger titles such as Ninja Scroll and Ghost in the Shell, anime continues to see a multitude of financial success.  Entering the fray in this category but on a slightly different level is The Sky Crawlers. It combines traditional Japanese animation with a fair amount of CGI (computer generated imagery).  So will The Sky Crawlers soar above the competition or will it stall on the runway?  Let’s suit up and find out!

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As a kid, I always hoped for more attention for my favorite superheroes. Yeah, we had the MEGO action figures, Underoos, and a few cartoons and made for TV movies of questionable quality, but that’s not close to what is available to fans today. With new toys, clothes, and big-budget movies hitting us rapidly, depending on one’s perspective, it is either a very good time to be a comic book fan, or a very bad time. What I mean to say is that with more mainstream attention being paid to our heroes, our expectations are not always met. Read the full story