Eternals: first trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Marvel movie released | Chloé Zhao
[ad_1] The first trailer for Eternals, a new Marvel movie directed by Oscar-winning film-maker Chloé Zhao, has been released. Zhao shot the film back-to-back with Nomadland, her elegiac drama about van-dwellers in America, using the same camera and operating rig. Such continuity has led many superhero-sceptic cinephiles to entertain unusually high hopes for an MCU […]
Can anyone solve the puzzle of Paul Dano’s Riddler in The Batman? | The Batman
[ad_1] The Riddler has always been a Batman supervillain with a penchant for thorny posers. And yet usually the question marks are set by the caped crusader’s mischievous nemesis himself, as spiky traps for Gotham’s dark knight to fall into. In the case of Matt Reeves’ forthcoming The Batman, it looks as if they might […]
From Black Widow to unseen Beatles footage: what films to see as cinemas reopen | Movies
[ad_1] Nomadland Frances McDormand delivers the performance of her career in this triple Oscar-winner from Chloé Zhao: best film, director and actress. It is a docu-fiction about the American phenomenon of “nomads”: sixtysomething retirees pauperised by the 2008 crash and roaming the country in camper vans looking for seasonal work. McDormand plays a fictional “nomad”, […]
Justice League, zombies and Rod Stewart: post your questions for director Zack Snyder | Zack Snyder
[ad_1] In next Friday’s Guardian, Zack Snyder – one of the most successful and sometimes most polarising directors of the modern age – will be answering questions from friends, peers and Guardian readers. That’s where you come in. What would you ask the man who directed Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole and […]
Emily Blunt must be Hollywood’s last hold-out against the Marvel machine | Movies
[ad_1] Why doesn’t Emily Blunt want to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Sue Storm, AKA Invisible Woman and a powerful, leading member of the Fantastic Four? We might point to the execrable nature of every single previous big screen adaptation featuring the awesome foursome, but Marvel Studios were not in charge of those movies […]
The new Marvel megatrailer: just go limp and let it stomp all over you | Superhero movies
[ad_1] Bit of a rollercoaster, that Marvel trailer, wasn’t it? The misty eyed reminiscences. The clip of a packed cinema collectively losing its mind at Endgame. And then, the climax – a punishing rabbit-punch of forthcoming MCU releases. Our first look at Eternals. Confirmation that Marvel is releasing four new movies, including the new Spider-Man, […]
Can Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings fix Marvel’s ‘Asian problem’? | Movies
[ad_1] When it comes to Asian superheroes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has left a lot to be desired. Keen to avoid a backlash when depicting the traditionally stereotyped Mandarin supervillain in Iron Man 3, the studio cleverly cast part-south Asian actor Ben Kingsley as a drunken English luvvie, Trevor Slattery, who was only ever playing […]
After the Snyder Cut, all bets are off for a new Ben Affleck Batman movie | Movies
[ad_1] Zack Snyder certainly pulled off a shock with his completely transformed, outlandishly extended cut of Justice League, a genuine lockdown treat that managed to prove DC ensemble movies can be easily as beguiling as those made by Marvel – provided film-makers are given the time and space. The problem is, Warner Bros-owned DC has […]
Thunder Force review – Melissa McCarthy gets superstrength in rote superhero comedy | Movies
[ad_1] Melissa McCarthy’s moderate new superhero comedy vehicle stars McCarthy opposite Octavia Spencer, and is written and directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, who has a cameo as a hapless henchman called Kenny – the subject of what may or may not be a South Park gag. In an alternate universe where the US is […]
How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Film
[ad_1] I started England’s second lockdown last year with good intentions: I was broke and underemployed, and since it didn’t look like my economic circumstances would be improving anytime soon, I was determined to emerge from the pandemic rich in cultural capital. I decided to work my way through the British Film Institute’s directors’ poll […]
