Captain America: Civil War (2016). D: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo. DP: Trent Opaloch. W: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. Starring: Chris Evans/Robert Downey Jr./Anthony Mackie/Scarlett Johansson/Sebastian Stan/Don Cheadle/Paul Bettany/Elizabeth Olsen/Chadwick Boseman/Emily VanCamp/Tom Holland/Daniel Bruhl/William Hurt/Martin Freeman/Marisa Tomei. I know you probably feel like you just sat down to watch a Marvel movie only a…
A Villian’s Movie
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). D: Anthony & Joe Russo. DP: Trent Opaloch. W: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. (Based on the Marvel comic books by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.) Starring: Chris Evans/Samuel L. Jackson/ Scarlett Johansson/Robert Redford/Anthony Mackie/Sebastian Stan/Cobie Smulders/Emily VanCamp/Hayley Atwell/Toby Jones/Frank Grillo. This will be a season of sequels, now to…
Backtracking Through Exes, Feminism & Dignity
What’s Your Number? (2011). D: Mark Mylod. DP: J. Michael Muro. W: Gabrielle Allan & Jennifer Crittenden. Starring: Anna Faris/Chris Evans/Ari Graynor/Blythe Danner/Ed Begley Jr./Heather Burns/Eliza Coupe/Kate Simses/Chris Pratt/Joel McHale/Zachary Quinto/Jake Annable/Martin Freeman. (Note: Based on Karyn Bosnak novel “20 Times a Lady.”) In the world of romantic comedies what really works anymore? Delusional romance…
A Heroic Attempt
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). D: Joe Johnston. DP: Shelly Johnson. W: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. (Based on the Marvel comic books by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.) Starring: Chris Evans/Huge Weaving/Tommy Lee Jones/Stanley Tucci/Dominic Cooper/Hayley Atwell/Toby Jones/Sebastian Stan/Neal McDonough/Derek Luke/Kenneth Choi/JJ Field. As summer slowly winds down, the last of the comic…