Month: July 2021

Black Widow (2021)

Even with the COVID pandemic pushing back the release date of Black Widow (and a host of other films), the newest Marvel film indeed seems to be arriving rather late.

Perhaps those who have never seen a film from the MCU won’t feel that way, but for the rest of us, it is inevitable (pardon my Thanos plug there) to feel this film should have come out before the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), where Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johanson) dies. That fact still hovers over the second female lead film of the MCU (after 2019’s Captain Marvel), leading us to feel like those behind the scenes may have screwed up.

Tags 2021, Black Widow, David Harbour, Disney, Florence Pugh, Marvel, MCU, PG-13, Rachel Weisz, Rated PG-13, Scarlett Johansson

5 Stars Movies

Summer of Soul…(or, when the revolution could not be televised) (2021)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date July 10, 2021
3 Comments on Summer of Soul…(or, when the revolution could not be televised) (2021)

Why?

That is the question that was on my mind not long into the documentary Summer of Soul. It continued to grow more and more until the credits began to role. Most of the time, when this one word question is in our heads during a film, it is the beginning of the question “Why was this movie made? It is so bad!”

Tags Documentary, Movie Reviews, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Summer of Soul

1 1/2 Stars Movies

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Maybe I was just Mr. Grumpy pants when I was watching this film.

Perhaps I just was not giving The Tomorrow War a fair opportunity to try to be a semi fun time travel film. I do confess that I can overthink a lot at movies, but it did not take me a long time to realize this film should have stayed in the future. The very, very distant future.

Tags Amazon Prime, Betty Gilpin, Chris Pratt, JK Simmon, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Tomorrow War 2021, Time Travel, Yvonne Strahovski

4 Stars Movies

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date July 2, 2021
2 Comments on The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

Some movie formulas are so much fun you can’t help but want to put yourselves in the character’s shoes.

If it were a body switch comedy (or any genre), you wonder, “Who would I want to switch bodies with?”. If it were a fish out of water plot, where would you as the (hypothetical) fish wish to be? And, if you were stuck in the same day on a constant loop (most notably done in the classic film Groundhog Day), what would you do?

Tags 2021, Groundhog Day, Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Me Before You, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Stargirl