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Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jaws, Inglourious Basterds, the Mad Max movies except the kid read more parts of Thunderdome, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, They Live, Pandorum, The Warriors, Darkman, The Thing, The Untouchables, a good percentage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, B-movies, Westerns

Likes: Mass Effect, ginger, the 1960s Batman TV show, diversity, Fallout, non-iron read more shirts, Angela Bassett, comics, funk, making and/or consuming satisfying meals, xenomorphs, the Elric saga, weird art, volume, She-Hulk, freeze-frame credits, my goofy cats, green things, transdimensional travel, vindication

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Face-Off: Event Horizon vs. Sunshine

Last week’s Face-Off column was a smackdown between A-list action stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Mark Wahlberg, and it seems like the decision was practically split down the middle between the two beefy actors. Dave This weekend finds Marvel...
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Weekend Box Office Report: July 25-27, 2014

Lucy blows away the rest! Scarlett Johansson gunned down the competition this weekend as LUCY opened at #1 with a bullet, grabbing an estimated $44 million! That's the best opening yet for director Luc Besson (and among his movies as...
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Face-Off: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson vs. Mark Wahlberg

Last week’s Face-Off column put the two big-screen incarnations of comic character Judge Dredd against each other, and most of you agreed that 2012’s DREDD with Karl Urban served a death sentence to the 1995 Stallone-starring JUDGE DREDD. Dave This...
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Weekend Box Office Report: July 18-20, 2014

The Apes still rule! The advanced primates continued their reign at theaters this weekend as DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES again claimed #1 at the box office with an estimated $36 million! The sequel dropped 50% from its...
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Face-Off: Judge Dredd (1995) vs. Dredd (2012)

Last week’s Face-Off column was a showdown between two successful tales of survival in a world after a virus outbreak, and more of you agreed that 28 DAYS LATER provided the more satisfying post-apocalyptic thrills over I AM LEGEND. Dave...
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Weekend Box Office Report: July 11-13, 2014

Apes grab the cash! Our future simian overlords asserted their dominance at theaters this weekend as DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES climbed to the top of the box office with an estimated $73 million! The sequel came out...
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Face-Off: 28 Days Later vs. I Am Legend

Last week’s Face-Off column had two previous July 4th weekend’s most explosive “event” releases battling it out, and most of you agreed that INDEPENDENCE DAY deserved the salute over ARMAGEDDON. Dave This weekend brings the sequel DAWN OF THE PLANET...
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