Tag: Karl Urban

Frodo's heroism succeeds among Return of the King's endless fighting - and yet he never kills anything himself, a true pacifist's fable.

The Two Towers is an unusually optimistic middle chapter, imperfect, if ensuring Frodo is a notable, memorable hero.

Although using a few interesting story angles, Ghost Ship succumbs to a generic formula after an incredibly brutal and memorable opening.

Glossy Noir Starring Karl Urban & Sofia Vergara A star-studded cast led by Karl Urban and Sofía Vergara headlines Bent, a sleek direct-to-video cop thriller from director Bobby Moresco. …

Ragnarocking Thor: Ragnarok shows how versatile the Marvel Universe can be. It’s a slew of beautiful colors, wacky action, and importantly, a stream of comedy. It’s hilarious. Despite the …

Of Space Witches and Strongmen If Marvel ever tapped Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker – the team behind screwball classics The Naked Gun and Airplane – to write a comic book movie, the …

Into the Beyond The summer of 2016, where even Star Trek wasn’t well enough to survive. Inundated with visual effects and superfluous action, the story never finds its footing …

Trekk’d Out Somewhere in Star Trek Beyond, underneath a cavalcade of nauseous visual effects and motorcycle chases, might be a Star Trek movie. Dialog only glances the philosophical (and …

Walking would be less corrupted if Patchi began a choreographed Hakuna Matata dance routine backed by fireworks and a top hat clad T-Rex.

Into Darkness is aggressive and brash, yet hosted by a commendable recreation of Captain Kirk whose engaging attitude mimics overall reboot/sequel intensity.

The film turns its brain off so you can do the same to yours.

We have vampires that have been sent to interment camps, the Catholic Church which rules over a Blade Runner society, and a finale pulled from the most inept western …