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Week of September 22, 2017
Gender fluidity is the best alter ego for a
superhero. First up…
Wonder Woman
The toughest part of an all-female society
is not having men around to blame your problems on.
Thankfully, a scapegoat has just fallen
from the sky in this action-adventure.
Fashioned from clay and raised on an
Amazonian island, Diana (Gal Gadot) yearns to be a warrior like her aunt (Robin
Wright), but is forbidden by her mother Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen).
When an American spy (Chris Pine)
crash-lands on the isle with news the outside world is imperil, however, the
naïve demigod must enter man’s world to save it from the God of War.
The first-ever live-action Wonder Woman
movie in the female icon’s 75-year career, this beloved DC Comics heroine
finally gets her due. Unfortunately, this excessively long and overhyped
adaptation comes imbedded with abysmal CGI, puerile dialogue and shoddy acting.
Incidentally, if Amazons are to live
amongst us then Victoria’s Secret will need to stock up on 1-cup bras. Red Light
The Big Sick
The best thing about being in a coma is
that you don’t have to eat hospital food.
Unfortunately, as this comedy points out,
life also goes on while you sleep.
Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) is a Muslim
stand-up comedian who starts dating a white heckler, Emily (Zoe Kazan), to the
chagrin of his mother who is constantly arranging wives for him.
When Emily is put into a medical induced
coma early in their relationship, Kumail signs the forms. But when her parents
(Holly Hunter, Ray Romano) show up, Kumail must convince them he is A) Emily’s
boyfriend and B) Not a terrorist.
While it is an unconventional love story
based on Kumail’s real-life experience, this Judd Apatow produced rom-com is
long-winded and light on belly laughs that don’t involve Kumail’s religion or
Westerners misconception of Islam.
As for the one thing that Muslim extremists
and stand-up comedians have in common: Suicide.
Yellow Light
Death Note
If humans could instantly kill anyone they
wanted then rush hour would be a mortuary.
Thankfully, only one person in this horror
movie can control the fate of others.
Light (Nat Wolff) is a wimpy teenager who
discovers a magical book that will kill whoever’s name is written in it and
will use whatever method is detailed by the author.
This omnipotent power not only attracts his
crush (Margaret Qualley) – who wants to help Light wipe out criminals around
the world as the antihero Kira – but also the book’s demonic owner, the God of
Death (Willem Dafoe).
Adapted from the popular Japanese manga,
this whitewashed version only hangs its poor interpretation on the bones of the
original.
Ignoring the source material, the story
still feels abridged. But at least the graphic death scenes aren’t muted.
Incidentally, things could get really ugly
if an illiterate were to ever own this book.
Yellow Light
***Girl Power Struggle***
Supergirl
The unique thing about female superheroes
is that they turn into super-villains every 30-days.
Luckily, Kryptonian woman, like the one
featured in this action-adventure, don’t have periods.
Tracking the Omegahedron, an all-powerful
energy source, from Superman’s home world to his adopted planet, Kara not only
assumes his Earth lineage but also Clark’s alter ego.
Enrolled at an all-girls school where she
falls for the caretaker Ethan (Hart Bochner), Supergirl must battle the witch
Selena (Faye Dunaway) for Ethan’s heart. Unfortunately, Selena is in possession
of the Omegahedron and a shadow demon that she’ll use to conquer humanity.
Existing in the same world as Christopher
Reeve’s Superman, this 1984 adaptation of the DC Comics character was an early
prototype of the shared superhero universe. Unfortunately, Superman fatigue had
set in by the time this underrated romp was released.
Moreover, it’s nice that Superman finally
has a sexual partner he won’t annihilate.
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