The Dark Knight (2008) -vs- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Smackdown This may turn out to be our All-Time Heavyweight Smackdown — the equivalent of Ali versus Frasier — where both of the fighters are at the top of their games and both deserve […]
2008
Hellboy II (2008) -vs- Hancock (2008)
It really is the height of narcissism. Give a guy powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men and he can still manage to cop a bad attitude. And while neither Hulk nor Iron Man can really be accused of harboring sunny dispositions, the leading men of ‘tude in the summer of 2008 were a couple of anti-heroes on the extreme grouchy side: Hellboy and Hancock.
Which one of these charm school drop-outs made bad look good? That’s the Smack and, believe me, this battle is not for the thin-skinned. […]
Hancock (2008) -vs- I am Legend (2007)
The Smackdown It’s summer and if Will Smith keeps to form, he’ll surely add a few more zeroes to his bank balance. It is beyond dispute: The last 14 movies featuring the Fresh Prince grossed […]
Wanted (2008) -vs- Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
The Smackdown Angelina Jolie loves guns. On top of knowing this, I have a sneaking suspicion that studios love Angelina Jolie with guns because most men do. Who wouldn’t want to see the gorgeous wife/mistress/girlfriend […]
Wall-E (2008) -vs- Toy Story (1995)
The Smackdown Something happened last night that I never thought could happen. I waited in line for a midnight showing of a G-rated movie. I stood in the lobby of the local AMC 20, next […]
Get Smart (2008) -vs- The Nude Bomb (1980)
The Smackdown The Re-Make Express keeps rollin’ its way down the box office tracks with no end in sight. There are re-makes of classic movies. Re-makes of classic TV shows (is “Three’s Company: The Movie†[…]
Hulk Smash Hulk
The Smackdown Back in 2008, the jade giant known as the Incredible Hulk wreaked havoc in the Movie Smackdown arena in a battle that pitted that year’s The Incredible Hulk, featuring Edward Norton, against 2003’s […]
Iron Man (2008) -vs- Batman Begins (2005)
The Smackdown It’s been a dark time for comic book movies since Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins” and Bryan Singer’s “Superman Returns.” Over the past two years, “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “X-Men: The […]
Death At a Funeral (2007) -vs- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The Smackdown British comedies are a class unto their own. They simply have a way of demonstrating the quirkiness of ordinary human interaction in the face of outrageous circumstances that include the inevitable events of […]
The Happening (2008) -vs- The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Smackdown “I see dead people.” When an eleven-year-old Haley Joel Osment whispered those four little words nearly ten years ago, spines were chilled and the world was introduced to a director it would soon […]