The animated Marvel series debuts on the Disney Plus streaming service. Where does the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe lie as it enters its fourth phase? The answer may be found in the Marvel Streaming Universe. The first three … Continue reading Review: ‘What If…?”‘ Strongly Suggests ‘Why Not?’
I can imagine French filmmaker Leos Carax has wanted to make a musical for decades now. Just picture the exuberance captured in the single take of Denis Lavant writhing down the street to David Bowie’s “Modern Love” in the 1986 … Continue reading Review: ‘Annette’
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in an action adventure, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Cheerily haphazard in nature, Jungle Cruise quickly reveals its instinct for precisely-timed, jam-packed action sequences that are entirely plucked from the minds and imaginations of people … Continue reading Review: ‘Jungle Cruise,’ Road to Nowhere
Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps and Rufus Sewell star in the latest thriller from director M. Night Shyamalan. Adapting Sandcastle, a graphic novel by writer Pierre Oscar Levy and artist Frederik Peeters that was first published in 2010, filmmaker M. … Continue reading Review: ‘Old,’ Melancholy Masterpiece in Thriller Clothing
I would never have guessed the next documentary about a well known actor coming down the Hollywood pipeline would involve Val Kilmer, but here we are. Yes it can be a bit self indulgent at times, but it’s also an … Continue reading Review: ‘Val’
More than ten years ago, Scarlett Johansson appeared as Natalie Rushman in Iron Man 2. Hired as a personal assistant to Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), she is eventually revealed as Natasha Romanoff, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Johansson returned to … Continue reading Review: ‘Black Widow,’ Dysfunctional Family Member Extraordinaire
