Jonah Hex

You may find it hard to believe nowadays, but there was a time when superhero movies weren't particularly highly regarded. They were seen as nothing but cheap kids movies with no real weight behind them.

Then DC and Warner Bros started up the Dark Knight trilogy. It was darker, edgier and really shouldn't have been shown to children.

So DC thought "Why not try this with other characters?".

Well, we all know why, but BvS will have to wait.

Because right now, we've got Jonah Hex to get through.

Where is he aiming that Gatling?

The Mummy

Whatever happened to Brendan Fraser? His career started out so well, but then he just seemed to vanish. Which is a shame, because he was just so cool.

Speaking of his early career, today's movie is the 1999 classic, The Mummy.

Not to be confused with the god of the Jews.

I feel that I should warn that this movie has some pretty gruesome death scenes, but since they're portrayed via 1999 CGI the shock value's countered by the narm.

Hitman

It's pretty much an accepted fact that movies based on computer games suck.

Which is really annoying, especially when the game is considered a classic.

Because all anonymous hitmen have unique, easily recognisable weapons.

I'm going to give some full disclosure here, I never played the games. I tried to, but let's just say that I didn't get along with it.

In that I repeatedly got killed by the chef.

Anywho, other people loved the game series so much that Hollywood decided to make a film based on it.

Die Hard

There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who think Die Hard is a Christmas movie. And apparently there is a second type of person, but I don't associate with people like them.

People say he's gotten big-headed recently.

This movie is awesome and I'm going to spend far too much time explaining why.

Despicable Me 2

During my last review we saw a story about a supervillain learning the importance of love via the rather daft plot mechanic of adopting three orphan girls.

And the world was forever changed when it was introduced to the Minions.

I promise you that the movie is still about Gru.

Anyway, now that Gru has a family the writers thought it was time for him to get a love life. Even if those two things normally happen the other way around.

So, let's have a watch of Despicable Me 2 and see if it's as good as the first one.

Despicable Me

When it comes to family friendly CGI movies there are two big players. Pixar and Dreamworks, with no real competition. Oh sure, there are other studios, but none have ever really made it big. Mostly due to being terrible (Try watching anything by Blue Sky and you'll see what I mean).

But in 2010 a new player burst onto the scene, Illumination Entertainment.

And despite seemingly coming out of nowhere, they had a massive hit with Despicable Me.

No, the weird yellow person isn't the main character.

As you may be able to tell, a certain breed of little yellow beings stole the show. These guys are called Minions and if you haven't heard of them, can I come and live under your rock?

These guys are everywhere, from duvets to Tic-Tacs.

But dismissing the cash-cow that are the Minions, does the rest of the movie hold up?

Well, there's only one way to find out. Grab your goggles, jump into your overalls and paint your faces yellow, it's time to get despicable.

Dawn of the Dragonslayer 2

I don't know who is designing the DVD covers for this series, but they really need to stop.

Doesn't exactly scream "Quality entertainment".

That two-headed dragon not only looks terribly rendered, but it doesn't even appear in the movie. Instead they re-use the design from the first movie.

Speaking of which, the first movie turned out to be much better than the cover led us to believe. Considering the cover for this film is even worse than the original, can this movie follow it's predecessor and deliver something enjoyable?

Well, let's begin the review and find out.