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Zaki’s Review: Black Panther

Zaki Hasan — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:38:59 +0000

Black Panther" title="Zaki’s Review: Black Panther" style="float:left;" />Black Panther is a movie that, of necessity, means different things to different audiences. As the latest entry in Disney’s expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe, it holds a specific appeal to longtime comic fans and those… [more]

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:00:34 +0000

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: A Retro Review" title="Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />When their first Fantastic Four flick grossed more than three times its production budget in 2005, the hoped-for sequel quickly left the realm of the hypothetical for home studio Twentieth Century Fox. And with the cast… [more]

Fantastic Four (2005): A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:00:07 +0000

Fantastic Four (2005): A Retro Review" title="Fantastic Four (2005): A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />The moment that principal photography on Roger Corman’s million-dollar production of The Fantastic Four commenced on December 28, 1992, the ultimate goal of license holder Bernd Eichinger was instantly fulfilled. His hold on the Fantastic… [more]

Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:00:54 +0000

Fantastic Four: A Retro Review" title="Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />While Marvel Comics stablemate Spider-Man took a rather circuitous route to the big screen, that journey almost pales in comparison to what happened to the Fantastic Four on the way to a film franchise they could call their own. [more]

Jurassic Park III: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:00:19 +0000

Jurassic Park III: A Retro Review" title="Jurassic Park III: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />In summer of 1993, most of the world watched and fell in love with the Jurassic Park movie. But while I’m sure countless folks would have loved to make a dinosaur movie after seeing it,… [more]

The Lost World: Jurassic Park: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:00:04 +0000

The Lost World: Jurassic Park: A Retro Review" title="The Lost World: Jurassic Park: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />Believe it or not, I come here not to bury The Lost World, but to praise it. Jurassic Park hit theaters in June of ’93 and the rapturous reception it received at the box office… [more]

Jurassic Park: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:00:08 +0000

Jurassic Park: A Retro Review" title="Jurassic Park: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />When director Steven Spielberg’s dinos-on-the-rampage blockbuster Jurassic Park first hit the screen in summer of 1993, twenty-two years ago now (I’ll let you process that number for a second, and let the reality of how… [more]

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:00:59 +0000

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: A Retro Review" title="Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />After Mad Max 2’s ecstatic reception by both critics and paying audiences, a third entry in the series took on the air of inevitability. It was a question of when, not if. Mind you, that… [more]

Mad Max 2: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 13 May 2015 17:00:06 +0000

Mad Max 2: A Retro Review" title="Mad Max 2: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />“I remember a time of chaos. Ruined dreams. This wasted land.” So begins the opening narration setting the status quo of Mad Max 2 (known to many folks stateside as The Road Warrior). Nearly thirty-five… [more]

Mad Max: A Retro Review

Zaki Hasan — Tue, 12 May 2015 17:00:41 +0000

Mad Max: A Retro Review" title="Mad Max: A Retro Review" style="float:left;" />By the time Mad Max arrived on the scene in 1979, the cupboard of post-apocalyptic cinema was already pretty well stocked. From The Time Machine to the Planet of the Apes cycle to A Boy… [more]

007 at 53: Dr. No (1962)

Zaki Hasan — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:00:56 +0000

Dr. No (1962)" title="007 at 53: Dr. No (1962)" style="float:left;" />Beginning this week (and leading all the way up to Sam Mendes’s Spectre), I’m starting a run of James Bond retro reviews, looking back at the many cinematic exploits of Ian Fleming’s unflappable super-spy. So let’s start at… [more]

Optimus Prime Died So The Transformers Could Live

Zaki Hasan — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:00:54 +0000

The Transformers Could Live" title="Optimus Prime Died So The Transformers Could Live" style="float:left;" />In 1986, Optimus Prime died. And I cried. Not big, wracking sobs or anything, mind you. But it’s entirely possible a single tear rolled down my cheek. I feel comfortable admitting that in a public… [more]

Michael Douglas Adds to Ant-Man’s Legacy

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:00:13 +0000

While Marvel Studios’ Avengers franchise (and appendages) tends to garner the most ink, I have to say I find development on the studios’ secondary properties far more fascinating, as it demonstrates their willingness to continually… [more]

Wally West to Make His Return in DC’s New 52

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:00:18 +0000

DC Comics is looking to make 2014 a year that counts for their swiftest hero, the Flash. A TV series is on the launch pad at the CW, and a new creative team is lined… [more]

Disney to Move Star Wars License from Dark Horse to Marvel

Zaki Hasan — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:52:51 +0000

A couple of days ago Disney confirmed the news that pretty much any fan with some degree of pop culture awareness has seen coming for a year and a half now: this year the Star… [more]