Month: July 2013

Clueless Movie Reviews: “The Wolverine”

What makes “The Wolverine” such a profound improvement over the last Wolverine solo adventure and such a solidly entertaining film is the trust that cast, director, and producers finally place in the ability of the character to completely carry a thrilling, satisfying cinematic story without the aid of lots of superfluous mutant characters and plot contrivances.

Clueless Movie Reviews: “Pacific Rim”

As a gifted filmmakers homage to Japanese kaiju (monster) and mecha (giant robot) films, Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” is a triumph. Whether today’s summer movie audiences will fall just as in love as del Toro is with the spectacle of mechanized giants doing battle with stylized dinosaurs remains to be seen, but he’s certainly done his best to make it dazzling to them.