There is little gray in the Russo brothers’ latest colorful action thriller for Netflix. The Avengers/Captain America franchise directors apply their signature full tilt style of heavy edits, globetrotting locations and high-octane action sequences. Netflix has a pattern of dropping these overly produced action flicks in the summer to rival whatever is playing in theaters. […]
Rian Johnson has found time between “Star Wars” films to drop a savvy whodunnit mystery. “Knives Out” is the latest fan service flick from this fanboy filmmaker. The writer/director has assembled one of the year’s most impressive casts to reinvent “Clue” or modernize “Murder on the Orient Express.” In fact, Johnson even compares Daniel Craig’s
The long-awaited sequel to the “Avengers Infinity War” cliffhanger has arrived and one of two opening sequences, begin with something rarely seen in Marvel movie, consequences. The three-hour epic, again directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, have touted this finale as something that will change the genre forever. The irony for the Avengers franchise is
A fellow critic asked the rhetorical question, “does latest Avengers live up to the hype”. What is hype, the excellent marketing Disney (which owns Marvel) telling fans who were already going to buy a ticket and love the film without seeing it to get excited? “Avengers Infinity War” is the 19th entry in Marvel’s Cinematic
It’s great to have director Marc Webb back to original content after a two-movie stint in the Marvel universe. Gifted is a film we have seen time and time again, two parties fighting over a child’s best interest. This story also has the child genius factor like last year’s hit Hidden Figures, also starring Octavia
The 13th film in the Marvel universe, they just keep feeding us the same stuff. Marvel movies are like dry pet food, your cat and dog will lap up the same stuff daily. But as humans, give us the same food three or four days in a row, and we want something different. Daniel Brühl,
Everything about Avengers: Age of Ultron is exhausting, from the cast list to the running time and especially the never-ending onslaught of comic book movies. We watch the same heroes fight the same battles and save the world over and over. ‘Ultron’ feels in every possible way like any franchise’s middle part. The Avengers (2012)