Tag: Dave Batista

Dubios-er It’s difficult to create a more non-manly archetype than Stu (Kumail Nanjiani). He doesn’t use guns. He works at a retail store. Nutrition matters to him. Stu cried …

Assembled Over the past decade, Marvel brought audiences toward this melee, beginning in Iron Man’s militaristic fantasy before turning into a wild, uncontrolled spectacle of comic book fiction. Avengers: …

Stark’s Arc The hero of the Marvel universe isn’t Tony Stark. Captain America couldn’t save us all either. Marvel’s movies – some 52 hours of storytelling – belong to …

Plenty of Vacancy The world of Hotel Artemis is a capitalist hell hole. On this night, Los Angeles’ population riots on the street against the company who privatized the …

Please Let Viewers Escape Escape Plan 2 comes from a mix of Chinese/American production companies and 33 (!) co-producers, also a mix of Chinese and Americans. The cast too, …

Running Away Full disclosure: This Blu-ray was provided to us for review. This has not affected the editorial process. For information on how we handle review material, please visit …

Well Guarded It’s a shame to see science fiction played without rules yet stay so close to formula. If director James Gunn waited his entire life to expend creative energy …

Van Damme reboots the Kickboxer franchise with fantastic results One of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s most memorable roles early in his career was his starring turn in the original Kickboxer …

Guarding the Blu-ray Galaxy Marvel turns off their once strong sense of reality for this off-the-wall adventure through space with a mismatched crew who are out to save… well, …

It is easy to pick on the abysmally edited, slow fight scenes, where elbows and kicks clearly miss their target.