Y Tu Rogue One Tambien

Y Tu Rogue One Tambien

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story introduces itself like another very familiar Star Wars epic, with the words “A long time ago, in a galaxy far away…” While the words are familiar, they’re in cerulean rather than the time-honored gold.  This and the absence of an opening crawl serves to further distinguish this movie from all the others, fostering the sense that yes, this is part of canon but it’s not the story, it’s a story, the odd duck of a brother whose storyline takes place alongside the main event.

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Zootopia

Zootopia

Is there anything worse than being at the movies beside a Chatty Cathy with three kids and a drink who won’t stop talking and flailing about? Yes, I know. Famine, outbreaks, homelessness, Alzheimer’s, the Syrian war, I’m an entitled spoiled brat complaining about minutiae. Still, it’s a bloody theatre. Has civilization so declined we are no longer able to stay calm and collected for two and a half hours? Of all the seats in all the theatre, she chooses the one beside mine. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, indeed.

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Adaptations

It’s been a good week for live-action movie adaptations. By this, I mean their trailers – both adaptations are out  next year.

People on my feed are going gaga for Disney’s latest offering, because Beauty and the Beast is a classic. Here, Hermione Granger dresses up in Belle drag and we all accept that Gaston is the one she really should’ve fallen for, because hello, Luke Evans:

And then along comes the trailer for Ghost in the Shell, which, accusations of whitewashing aside, looks absolutely gorgeous. Sorry, Luke Evans, but my money is on this.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in an Extended PSA for Distracted Driving

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in an Extended PSA for Distracted Driving

Doctor Strange, the latest entry in Marvel’s pantheon of superheroes is the love child of The Matrix and Inception. It’s a trippy, psychedelic, out-of-body experience; it’s also a two-hour cautionary tale of the dangers of driving your Lamborghini and texting at the same time. In a word: don’t.

Stephen Strange M.D., neurosurgeon par excellence, finds this out the hard way.  A genius-level doctor very much in the mold of House, sans cane and pill addiction, he’s a rakish metrosexual with a bloated ego and a thing for expensive timepieces and fancy cars. Since he is one of those people who demand that everyone call them  doctor he’s not an easy man to like – gorgeous New York penthouse be damned. We know a guy this self-involved is headed for a catastrophe of major proportions where  he will… LOSE… EVERYTHING dun dun dunnnnnn! So far, we’re adhering to the Marvel playbook for origin stories.

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