Tag: Scarlett Johansson
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Marvel’s Black Widow Problem
We watched Black Widow a little while ago, and it was fine! Solid action, and the new characters were great. Especially Yelena. There’s just one problem with the movie – there’s no reason for it to exist in the MCU, except for setting up other shit. The character of Black Widow is currently dead (and…
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Movie Review – Sing
Illumination’s latest movie, Sing, is a song and dance you’ve seen before. Â Heck, the Muppets have done it twice at least. Â Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey as a Koala) grew up loving the theater, and eventually (with financial help from his blue-collar dad) he buys a theater. Â Buster’s not very good at running it, though, so…
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Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War
note: Â some spoilers There’s a huge reason Captain America: Civil War works and Batman v Superman doesn’t, and that’s emotional investment. Â I know Zack Snyder and DC/WB wanted to do thing their own way and not ape Marvel’s so far successful approach, but when you are rebooting two legendary characters and making significant changes, you…
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Movie Review – The Jungle Book
Live-action versions of their classic animated features is a thing for Disney right now, and the next one is The Jungle Book. Â Yeah, I know it’s technically adapted from the Kipling book but make no mistake the classic animated version is the inspiration here. Â Thankfully, it’s a really good adaptation. The first thing that stands…