Seldon's Blog

Usually I would list my ten favorite summer movies of any particular year. However, since I had only watched ten new releases during the summer of 2016. Due to the limited number, I decided to rank the films that I saw: ( Read more... )

"LAST VEGAS" (2013) Review

When I first saw the trailer for "LAST VEGAS", my first impression was that it was some kind of senior version of "THE HANGOVER" or one of those comedy road trip movies featuring four friends. It did not strike me as an original movie, but it looked entertaining and I decided to go see it anyway. ( Read more... )

"OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN" (2013) Review

During the late winter/early spring of 2013, the American public found itself bombarded with constant media coverage of militaristic chest thumping from North Korea. By some strange coincidence, Hollywood released two movies featuring the North Koreans as the main villains between September 2012 and March 2013. One of those movies turned out to be the recent action thriller called "OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN". ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my ten favorite movies featuring comic book heroes: ( Read more... )

"THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" (2012) Review

After seven years, Christopher Nolan's three-movie saga about the D.C. Comics character, Batman, finally came to an end. The saga that began with 2005's "BATMAN BEGINS", ended with this year's "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES".( Read more... )