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Week of August 17, 2018
The Bible would’ve sold more if it were
Manga. First up…
Avengers: Infinity War
When uniting a team of 1960s superheroes in
2018 it’s important to first weed out all of the racist characters.
Fortunately, the antagonist in the epic
sci-fi/fantasy happens to be purple and powerful.
In his endless pursuit to amass all
infinity stones and bring balance to the universe, omnipotent extraterrestrial
Thanos (Josh Brolin) invades earth to obtain to the final gem.
Standing in his way, however, are not only
the Avengers (Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris
Hemsworth) but also their intergalactic counterparts Guardians of the Galaxy
(Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper).
Striking a perfect balance between action
and emotion, this third entry in the franchise is the culmination of Marvel
Studios first decade of filmmaking and it offers up a myriad of shocks and
surprises, including an earthshattering ending.
Incidentally, now that his bejeweled
gauntlet is complete, Thanos is going to be hawking shoddy replicas on
QVC. Green Light
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
The easiest way to talk to girls at a party
is when they’re inserting money in to your G-string.
Sadly, the teenager in this romantic-comedy
isn’t anywhere close to being stripper material.
Punk-rocker Enn (Alex Sharp) gets wind of a
show at a club run by the queen of the scene (Nicole Kidman) and crashes it.
In-between mosh pits he meets Zan (Elle Fanning) and they bond over their love
of rebellious music.
Unbeknownst to Enn, Zan is actually an
alien and their relationship is about to ignite an intergalactic war.
Too bizarre for its own good, this
elongated adaptation of a Neil Gaiman love story gets points for creativity and
acting, but with a questionable soundtrack and an out there script that departs
from the 18-page graphic novel it ends up a chaotic mess.
Nonetheless, the nice thing about dating an
alien is that their family lives light-years away. Red Light
The Death of Superman
The hardest part of burying Superman’s body
is figuring out how to bury Clark Kent’s in the afternoon.
Furthermore, the superhero community in
this animated adventure are too distraught to grave dig.
When an alien crash-lands on earth with the
intent of wiping out the human population, the Justice League (Rosario Dawson,
Nathan Fillion) is dispatched.
But when the being defeats them with ease,
it is up to Superman (Jerry O'Connell) to step in. Evenly matched, the titans
tear Metropolis asunder as Lex Luthor (Rainn Wilson) plots his own attack on
the depleted Man of Steel.
With confident animation, apt voice-work
and dynamic action, this 32nd installment in the DC Universe Animated Movies
franchise is a more comic-book accurate adaptation of the Doomsday storyline
than the company’s previous version released a decade prior.
And now that Superman is dead the battle
over his magical space bones can begin.
Green Light
***Average-ers Assemble***
Mystery Men
When assembling a superhero team remember
to get membership fees upfront.
Not to say all caped crusaders are cheap,
but the ones in this comedy sure are.
With Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) keeping
Champion City crime free it leaves little for other heroes like Mr. Furious
(Ben Stiller), The Shoveler (William H. Macy) and The Blue Raja (Hank Azaria)
to do. That is until Captain Amazing disappears and his old rival (Geoffrey
Rush) reappears.
Now the second-stringers must expand their
roster to thwart the villain and save the city.
Twenty-years too early, this lampoon of
comic book troupes would be at home in today’s movie market more than 1999’s.
However, that doesn’t stop this adaptation of the underground comic from being
a hilarious critique of super-teams that still holds true.
Incidentally, one surefire way of getting
yourself on the Justice League is by having the same blood type as Batman.
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