Although Vin Diesel is clearly a very successful member of the nerd tribe, his career has been somewhat rocky lately. His last big hit had him playing a Navy Seal taking care of babies in The Pacifier, and since then it’s been a rocky road.  Certainly there’s been no big sci-fi epics along the lines of Riddick.
Babylon A.D. may be the beginning of the comeback trail…
It’s hard to know everything from a teaser trailer, but I’m getting a definite old school action vibe from this. The kind of bombastic …

I think they’re trying hard, but as I’ve said before, it may be impossible to make a great hulk move.
The monster CG looks pretty poor as well, which isn’t going to help.
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I’ve got something to tell you, and you aren’t going to like it:There’s a really good chance Iron Man isn’t going to be as good as you think it is.
No, I haven’t seen it yet. Call it a gut feeling.
But even if it’s just okay doesn’t mean it won’t be fun, or you won’t have a good time. It just may not be satisfying in the way that a truly great movie can be. And that’s the other thing I have to tell you:It isn’t supposed to be.
Movie blockbusters …

In case you somehow missed it over the weekend, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy director director, Guillermo Del Toro, is packing his bags and moving to New Zealand to start work on The Hobbit films.
Record needle scratching noise.
FILMS!?
Del Toro’s moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut and WETA production teams. He’ll direct the two films back to back, with the sequel which will deal with the 60-year period between “The Hobbit” and “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of the “Lord …

Cracked online has run an article breaking down the 8 Pointless Laws All Comic Book Movies Follow. Much like the old magazine it’s “heh-heh” rather than “haw-haw” funny, and works a little too hard trying to make hard and fast rules that don’t always work, but law #8 is the one that got me thinking:
#8. The First Film Requires a Tedious Origin Story
For some unknown reason, tradition states that the first movie must consist largely of something no one in the audience paid to see: The superhero as he lived …