Tagline: There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there’s… “Hancock” centers on a tortured superhero (Will Smith) who crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and tries to transform himself by romancing an alluring housewife, causing chaos in the city. There are heroes… there are superheroes… and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes…
Category: Fantastic Movies
The Happening (2008)
Tagline: We’ve sensed it. We’va seen the signs. Now… It’s Happening. Science will come up with some reason to put in the books, but in the end it’ll be just a theory. We will fail to acknowledge that there are forces at work beyond our understanding.” — from The Happening. It begins with no clear…
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Tagline: Believe it or not, he’s the good guy. The sequel to the 2003 movie based on Mike Mignola’s Dark Horse comic character. Ron Perlman returns to the title role as Hellboy, a humanoid creature born in the flames of Hell and brought to Earth as an infant. Raised in secret, the adolescent “HB” becomes…
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Tagline: And you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. “The Incredible Hulk,” to be directed by Louis Leterrier, will return to the roots of the long-running comic series, combining a well-developed character storyline with incredible action and fun. Zak Penn, who previously collaborated with Marvel on X2 and this summer’s smash hit X-Men: The Last…
Jumper (2008)
Tagline: Anywhere is possible. A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who have sworn to kill them. The science fiction thriller leaps into a new…
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
The blockbuster global “Mummy” franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.” Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O’Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient…