Given the troubled production history and the reputation of Watchmen as unfilmable, it is remarkable that this ever came to the screen, and was able to reduce the expansive narrative into a digestible chunk. Though the comic book (‘Graphic novel’ is a stupid term – if there is nothing wrong with ‘comic book’ then there…

Leaping at the chance to ham it up alongside a rich cast of puppets cut from felt might seem like a strange choice, but anyone who witnessed the wit and irreverence of its stars could understand the appeal.

Hell, it just might be the first film to ever qualify as both the best and worst of its given year.

In terms of sheer violence, very few films are in The Punisher’s league. Wine glass stem through the throat, chair leg through the eye…

There are no fairy tales in India, no white knights atop majestic steeds saving young damsels from despair and harm. But for the Western world, in which director Danny Boyle is fully ensconced, this former jewel of the British empire continues to hold romantic allure, whether as a destination for weary travelers seeking the succor…