The above image comes from the single best scene in the new sci-fi blockbuster, John Carter, a gladiatorial battle royal that pits the titular hero against a pair of monstrous white apes from the planet Mars… uh, make that Barsoom.  It’s a tense, exciting sequence distinguished by strong effects work and action choreography.  If the rest of the movie were on the level of this one scene, it’d be a classic.  As it is, it’s a supremely messy, but fitfully entertaining contraption.  I go into more detail in my review on TWoP.  Follow the links below to read more.

John Carter: He’s Got 99 Problems But the Princess of Mars Ain’t One
Silent House: Housebound & Down
Indie Snapshot
Adam Scott Q&A
Animators Turned Live-Action Directors
I Want My DVD
TV on DVD
It Actors