Tag: rubenfleischer
Review: UNCHARTED, Middling Franchise Hopeful Coasts On Charisma
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg star in an adaptation of a video-game series, directed by Ruben Fleischer, opening exclusively in movie theaters.
Review: VENOM, A Cleaned Up, Toned Down, Baffling Misfire
Over the past two decades very few Marvel supervillains have been as visible to non-comic enthusiasts as Spider-Man's nemesis, Venom. Since his introduction to the world at large in The Amazing Spider-Man #300, the evil black goop from outer space...
Interview: Giovanni Ribisi on GANGSTER SQUAD
Gangster Squad has had a bit of a rough time of it, getting caught up in events well outside its control. Originally scheduled to be released last September, it was delayed due to the shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Not...
Review: GANGSTER SQUAD Is a Cartoon That Thinks It's Real
If Gangster Squad had been released last September, as originally scheduled, it would have been forgotten by now. There's a good chance it would have been forgotten by October. Instead, after some reshoots to avoid a coincidental resemblance to last...
Mixed Results In Ruben Fleischer's GANGSTER SQUAD Trailer
I must confess right from the outset that I am something of a Ruben Fleischer skeptic. While Zombieland was a pleasant enough diversion its massive success - and the subsequent elevation of Fleischer to Hollywood's A-list - was something of...
30 MINUTES OR LESS Review
The best comedy of the summer, 30 Minutes or Less is cool and refreshing because all it wants to do is make you laugh. Rather than come to a screeching stop to impart pretentious and trite life lessons, the...