The Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League franchise continues with a new movie, Cosmic Clash. It’s available now digitally; March 1 if you want to buy a Blu-ray or DVD edition; or if you’re in the Los Angeles area, you can get free tickets to the World Premiere on February 13. The “family-friendly event” starts at noon at The Paley Center for Media (465 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills). It will include a post-screening interactive panel discussion, photo […]

The more I think about Ant-Man, the more I like it. It’s been treated as a poor cousin of the Marvel movie universe, not tying into the big Avengers franchise, but that gives it the ability to operate on its own as a more stand-alone “man finds his destiny through gaining powers and learning to help others” film. And the cast was talented — Paul Rudd as the lovable loser, former thief Scott Lang; Michael Douglas as the jaded scientist […]

We’re living in an age of gluttony when it comes to great live-action superhero projects, so I feel a bit spoiled in saying that I wasn’t terribly excited to rewatch Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, now available on home video. While the idea of a combined, over-arching Marvel universe was exciting and astounding when it came to the original Avengers movie, now, it feels like a driving force that made this film less than it could have been. Between introducing […]

In the goal to make more DVD movies suitable for kids — since no matter how long or often people say it’s not true, some insist on believing that superhero cartoons should always be ok for children — DC and Warner have released Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem. It’s a sequel to Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, which I haven’t seen, and a tie-in to a toy line, which accounts for the different costumes than I expected and the variety of vehicles […]

Out next week is Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom, a new installment in the series portraying DC characters as Lego minifigs. I’ve already written about the voice casting and posted some clips, but now, I’ve gotten a chance to check out the actual film. The first surprise was that this was an actual movie, an hour and 17 minutes long. The greater length allows for more scenes of team-building, as the Justice […]

The direct-to-home-video animated movie Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom (whew!) will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on August 25, or digital HD now. This is the fourth in the series, after Lego Batman: The Movie: DC Super Heroes Unite, Lego DC Comics: Batman: Be-Leaguered (the TV special), and Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League. The home video purchases will include an exclusive Trickster Lego mini-figure while supplies […]

The New York Times jumped on the “bash the Fantastic Four movie” bandwagon earlier this week, opening the article 20th Century Fox’s big-budget Fantastic Four went down in flames at the weekend box office, adding to fears about superhero fatigue and calling into question Hollywood’s willingness to hire novice directors for major films. They point out that director Josh Trank’s previous film work consisted of the “found footage”-style Chronicle, about three high schoolers who get superpowers. Trank was supposed to […]

It’s unsurprising, with the bad press it’s gotten, that the Fantastic Four movie that opened this week is not doing well. I am shocked that its Rotten Tomatoes rating is THAT low, though, with only 9% of critics liking the movie, and less than a third of the audience rating it positively. Most of the discussion about the film before it opened was about casting Michael B. Jordan, who’s black, as Johnny Storm, while Kate Mara, who plays his sister, […]