Tag Archives: James Marsden

Unfrosted review — The (Fake) History of Pop Tarts

Directed by Jerry Seinfeld | Written by Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Andy Robin, and Barry Marder | 93 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix Jerry Seinfeld, the one-time king of television comedy about nothing, has directed a feature film about breakfast pastry. That's not nothing, but it's not much. It’s also the secret to this movie's success,… Read More

X-Men Original Trilogy review

This review was assembled just before the release of Dark Phoenix.  I recall reading the studio was planning three films to tell the story of Jean Grey's transformation into the cosmic power of Phoenix, an operatic tale of good and evil—previously attempted in the third X-Men film, X-Men: The Last Stand—but I guess those plans were… Read More

2 Guns review

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur Written by Blake Masters, adapting the Steven Grant graphic novels When I saw the generic poster and trailer, looking like another boilerplate action thriller from Denzel Washington, this time with Mark Wahlberg along for the ride, there wasn't much about it that grabbed me. The director has 101 Reykjavik and Contraband on… Read More