
Anime to live action adaptations have a troubled history. Unless I’m forgetting something, I don’t believe there has ever been a successful or well-done adaptation of an anime movie or television show. Of the most recent ventures,
Dragonball: Evolution and
Speed Racer were both critical and box office failures, and that’s putting it nicely.
Ghost in the Shell, then, had quite the mountain to climb to overcome past grievances and honor both the original anime movie while introducing the story to non-anime audiences. While it’s not perfect...

While I have loved many Marvel movies of the past (
Iron Man,
Thor,
The Avengers), the first installment of this franchise,
Captain America: The First Avenger, just like this sequel, left me disappointed.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (what is it with these super long titles?) is full of action, comedic life,...