Directed by Joe Johnston. Starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones and Stanley Tucci. PG-13, 124 minutes. Previously on Marvel Month… Captain America: The First Avenger opens with two prologue scenes before introducing us to its main character. The purpose of doing this is, one, to…
If there is a stigma against two sequels being filmed back-to-back, there is a more prevalent one yet, the curse of the dreaded threequelitis. It’s not an enviable position to be in, closing out a story that people have great anticipation for. As such, the pressure is on any filmmaker, and most don’t rise to…
People don’t seem to like it when sequels are filmed back-to-back. For some reason, the result of finishing up a trilogy to a wildly successful film by killing two birds with one stone and filming the remainders all at once just rubs people the wrong way and the results are almost never looked upon as…
The ceremony commemorating the best achievements cinema had to offer last year has come and gone. Awards aren’t everything, but it seems to me a grave injustice has occurred in not recognizing what I believe to be the greatest achievement in cinema of last year. I am referring to the globetrotting, decade spanning six story-lined…
