On the surface, “Ninja Assassin” is nothing more than an action-packed, overly-gratuitous gore fest. While it is happily these things, with James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”) directing, the Wachowski Brothers producing and J. Michael Straczynski (comic book legend and personal hero) behind the screenplay, this film offers more than expected. “Ninja Assassin” Rated R • [...]

Editor’s Note: I’m presenting this article the way it arrived in my Inbox. What you need to know about Matt Rayford is… the boy ain’t right. The preface to this submission read: “None of these trailers have anything to do with Will Smith, or ‘Face-Off.’ I’ll write about ‘em anyway, but they already have two [...]