THE MARVELS shines whenever it escapes the gravity of the larger MCU
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The Marvels is a movie that loves its characters, flaws and all, and wants to share that love with the audience.
Captain Marvel
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Screenplay by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, and Lashana Lynch
Running time 2 hours 4 minutes
MPAA rating PG-13 for lotsa buttkicking, 90’s nostalgia, and sassy dialogue
by Jaime Davis, The Fixer
Out of all the Moviejawn writers, I’m probably the least qualified to write about a superhero movie, let alone a Marvel Cinematic Universe effort. Yes, I wrote about both Black Panther and Thor: Ragnarok for MJ, but…like Captain Marvel seems way more complex. Its many, many, many iterations and history of storylines are overwhelming to say the least. Sooooooooooooooooo….I’m just not gonna talk about all that! Problem. Solved.
Read MoreMJ Salutes Ladies in Film: Samantha McIntyre
by Rosalie Kicks!, Old Sport
As a person who speaks to inanimate objects, sports purple hair and has a room in her home referred to as The Lab in which crafting experiments involving copious amounts of glitter are conducted while donning a laboratory coat, it really is not much of a stretch to believe that the movie, Unicorn Store was made especially for me.
Read MoreAnother Kong Movie That Nobody Wanted
Kong: Skull Island
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (2017)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“You are more beautiful than a hot dog and a beer at Wrigley Field on opening day.”
-Hank Marlow, played by John C. Reilly in Kong: Skull Island
When a film opens with a Samuel L. Jackson marketing promo in which he instructs: “trust me you’re going to love my movie," you know the road ahead is going to be bumpy. This guy has been in a lot of movies…a lot of bad movies. The word “trust” doesn’t seem to quite work in this situation.
Read MoreCan't Care - Week of July 4, 2016
Welcome to this week’s installment of Can’t Care, Moviejawn’s weekly roundup of all the entertainment news we just can’t care about.
Rosalie Kicks!, Old Sport
So The Infiltrator starring the Power Ranger dude, opens Wednesday. Has anyone even heard about this thing? You haven’t? Well, good…cause guys, can’t care.
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