Captain America: Civil War is as exemplary as any Marvel film about what they can and have achieved. It uses the past 12 films as a huge canvas to paint a personal story. It maintains the insane balancing act of telling, first and foremost, a Captain America story, second an Avengers…
7. Zoolander 2 Release date(s): February 12 Ah, the Wall Street 2 of comedy sequels. The cultural timing seems right but can it break the comedy sequel curse? Anchorman 2 was supposed to, then missed the mark wide. Skepticism aside, the characters of Derek Zoolander, Hansel and Mugatu (played by…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice vs. Captain America: Civil War The battle of superhero battles is coming. After years of seeing superheroes fight their Rogues’ Galleries on screen, the advent of shared universes like the Marvel Cinematic Universe means we’re seeing more and more crossover between our most famous…
The week is long and hard, that’s why every Friday, you can relax and catch up on everything you need to know in Hollywood and beyond with Sam Flynn’s 7, my breakdown and analysis of the week in film and TV. NOTE: Apologies for my missed Friday deadline, for those of…
Welcome to a new, semi-regular column where I analyze movies past, present and future that seem more-or-less separate at idea-birth. Hollywood is a great big bubble (or womb, to keep the metaphor going) and some ideas keep repeating and cycling out. Or, in this column’s case, franchises can directly affect each other.…
1. Jeremy Renner returns as Hawkeye in Captain America: Civil War, will shoot Story of Your Life this summer I love Jeremy Renner news, mostly because it involves Jeremy Renner. He is a franchise singularity; the underrated and underused Avenger, partner to impossible mission master Tom Cruise, the worthy(?) successor…
