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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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Weekend Box Office Report: July 4-6, 2014

Transformers are First for the Fourth! Everyone likes to see fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday, and not many can deliver explosive spectacle like Michael Bay, whose TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION is once again on top of the box...
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Face-Off: Independence Day vs. Armageddon

Last week’s Face-Off column put a pair of modern action directors against each other, and you gave a slight edge to the style of Zack Snyder over disaster-master Michael Bay. Dave This weekend is the Fourth of July, generally one...
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Weekend Box Office Report: June 27-29, 2014

Transformers triumphant! Master blaster Michael Bay brought his colossal robots in disguise back to theaters this weekend, putting TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION at the top of the box office with an estimated $100 million! Assuming that figure holds true when tomorrow's...
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Face-Off: Michael Bay vs. Zack Snyder

Last week’s Face-Off column put a couple of classic cinematic cops against each other, and most of you agreed that Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dirty Harry had a more impressive police record than Mel Gibson’s LETHAL WEAPON detective Martin Riggs. Dave...
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Weekend Box Office Report: June 20-22, 2014

Think Too gets the jump on 22! Comedy was the preferred option at theaters this weekend, and the sequel THINK LIKE A MAN TOO got the last laugh with an opening of $30 million! Star Kevin Hart continues to prove his worth at...
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Face-Off: Dirty Harry Callahan vs. Martin Riggs

Last week’s Face-Off column was a showdown between Channing Tatum and Gerard Butler with their similar-themed Washington D.C. invasion action flicks, and most of you agreed that OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN jammed a knife in the head of WHITE HOUSE DOWN....
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Weekend Box Office Report: June 13-15, 2014

Jump Street slays the Dragon! There was a new release showdown at theaters this weekend, and the comedy sequel 22 JUMP STREET emerged victorious with an opening of $60 million! The R-rated follow-up far exceeded the original 21 JUMP STREET's $36.3 million...
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