A career retrospective for Shawn Levy? Is the take “In retrospect, not great!”

I feel like once you release Part 1, you’re kind of locked into the Part 2 title. The movie has come and gone with the Part 1 title, the posters and Bluray covers are printed, we’re locked in. It will be very odd to not have the Part 2 acknowledged. Not that I love it, it should have always had its own title. Dead…

I agree with the stagnation of Marvel and the lameness of their effect on the movie industry at large (which is less the fault of Marvel and more the fult of everyone who is trying to be them), but I find it hard to take this sort of criticism seriously from the makers of similarly okayish films.

I don’t think rewards contention is a primary driver in the delay at all. If that were the case, it would have been moved to next fall, not March. Studios typically release their potential Oscar films late in the year so they are more likely to be part of the Academy voters’ conversations. It’s knd of silly, but it’s…

Interesting about the script focus change. I can’t wait to see this.

Which Bond was in The World’s End? I remember Dalton in Hot Fuzz.

The Cornetto trilogy is a thematic trilogy, not the same world or characters. They are genre comedy films that center on struggles with maturity, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, directed by Edgar Wright, and written by Wright and Pegg. They also feature a lot of the same supporting ensemble (Martin Freeman, Bill…

Could not be more excited to see this. Scorsese, the cast, the incredible true history at the center. I read the book about five years ago, and was blown away by the details and injustice.

Replacing writers and even showrunners isn’t all that uncommon and doesn’t always make a splash, it really only blows up when either the creatives involved are known as a big deal, like an Aaron Sorkin or Ryan Murphy, or the project itself is under the microscope, like an MCU or Star Wars project. 

The Mandalorian and Andor were the only ones who came from creatives with a story pitch. It shows. Series like Kenobi come from mandates like “We can get Ewan Mcgegor and need Disney+ content, create an Obi-Wan Kenobi series for X release date.” It also shows. This has been the problem with Disney Star Wars since…

I found Ezra’s eyes to be deeply unsettling.

I haven’t seen this yet, but the trailer gave me a really strong feeling that I had seen this already, a comedy-horror film with a high schooler transported back in time to a 1980s slasher situation. With the core of the story comin from teaming up with the younger version of the main girl’s mom.

His comments on the lack of a plan for future installments despite an announced trilogy does not surprise me at all. The arc of the recent Halloween trilogy was pretty baffling. If you showed me the three movies in a vacuum, without credits, and then told me it was a planned trilogy from the same filmmakers, I would…

Such an odd review, with such odd, hyperspecific critiques that don’t speak to the overall quality.

I like the look of this. Looks like a decent amount of monster action, but definitely from a more human-focused point of view than the last few movies. It feels more in line with the conspiracy tone of the 2014 Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island than the more heightened and silly King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs.…

Pardon my naivety, but the main reason for movie date reshuffling is that Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet won’t be able to do promotional appearances? Thos sort of thing is really seen as that important to the box office results? I see a lot of movies, but I rarely see anything with actors promoting them, aside form the…

I have definitely noticed a lot of fans who didn’t watch Rebels feeling like they are being left behind by Ahsoka, but the reality is that despite featuring a bunch of returning Rebels characters, what’s going on in Ahsoka isn’t any clearer to Rebels watchers. Ahsoka featured prominently in a handful of Rebels…

I mean, if we are talking ABC TV MCU, Agents of SHIELD already put Secret Invasion to shame with their LMD arc, and that is way more of a 1:1 premise. An infiltration conspiracy storyline that was full of tension and really made the “who can you trust?” premise work. Secret Invasion was supposed to be a paranoid spy co…

I guess they didn’t feel the need to rush on this, when no one cared or reacted when the second season was released.

Poor guy deserved a couple of tickets to a premiere, and didn’t even get a screener. He’s no dummy, artists from yesteryear all saw what happened with Kate Bush and “Running up that Hill.” Even if it was a punchline and regained relevance as a meme, getting in on a pop culture phenomenon is going to get yourself and…