Here are some awesome comic characters that movie-makers would nevertheless be wise to avoid including in their next comic-to-film adaptations.

It would be easy for the elements of 'Amiss' to slip into a derivative crime drama, but instead the film crafts a mystery where overlapping narratives deepen character and widen the scope of an intimate story. This is a very assured piece of filmmaking from a pair of first-time feature directors without the eagerness or mimicry common to other debut films.

If nothing else, 'Edge of Tomorrow' allows Tom Cruise detractors the chance to watch the actor die over and over.

'X-Men: Days of Future Past' is incredibly entertaining, fun, and jam-packed with so much mutant goodness that it could work as the film franchise's lone end of world storyline. It won't, but it could.

Whereas most 'Godzilla' movies have favored distant shots of mass destruction, this time we're on the street watching from the ground-up as titans stomp down bridges and collapse buildings like crumbling paper.

May H.R. Giger's black soul be basking in some dark, biomechanical netherworld, eternally fornicating demons, aliens and robots with indiscriminate glee.

In a recent commentary for CNN, Lewis Beale laments "How ‘Star Wars’ ruined sci-fi." Here's why he's wrong.

We don't yet know what kind of character Max von Sydow is going to play, but it would be a waste if he doesn't play either a Jedi or a Sith. That might not work out plot-wise, but von Sydow really would be excellent as some wise, elderly emissary of the Force and here are five pieces of evidence to support this.

If you weren’t a fan of the 2012 reboot, chances are you won’t be a fan of this second installment either. On the other hand, if you did like the reboot (as I did), then depending on the reasons you liked it there’s a good chance you’ll find this to be a solid sequel.

Noah is a big risk by a brilliant director which leaves a lot to complain about and not enough good to wash its sins away.

For anyone who feared that the good-but-not-great Thor: The Dark World was indication that the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise was losing some steam, there’s nothing to fear: Captain America is here.

Before Marvel, before DC, before any comic books period, my love affair with sequential art began with cartoon strips as a little boy. And the first strip that really got me hooked was Peanuts. This is why it warms my heart to see this first trailer for the upcoming CG-animated Peanuts movie.

Here's a great new advert for Chevrolet in which the actors in the trailer for Captain America: Winter Soldier are replaced with kids.

I think this powerful, 1 minute and 30 second short film from SavetheChildren.org is best watched without too much introduction. It's not hard to imagine this young girl as your own daughter.

Like most years, the Oscars 2014 had its share of funny or amusing moments as well as its sweepingly or quietly emotional moments. Of course, every year also has its share of excellent speeches and here were my personal favorites from this year.