Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) in Thor: Ragnarok
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ review: So childish!
Thor: Ragnarok is a slapstick action comedy made by grown children. ?
Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) in Thor: Ragnarok
Movies Coming Soon: October 2017
This post is so late that some of the movies have came and gone, but I didn't want to skip a month, so it'll partially be a review post too. I have only watched two movies so far this month, so that won't be hard.
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Movies Coming Soon: September 2017
September looks like a really boring month. I'm looking at the whole list of films that are coming out and feeling a sense of profound disinterest in almost everything being shown. It is slightly better than August, in that there are three movies I am sort of interested in, whereas I only had two last month, but the movie lineup just looks so unappealing to me. And the trend continues for the rest of the year.
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge’ review: An improvement on the horrible ‘On Stranger Tides’, if not as great as the first three movies
If you've read this blog for long enough, you probably would have come across me ranting about Johnny Depp's falling star and declining quality (and often profitability too) of his movies. But I didn't always dislike Johnny Depp. He used to get me excited about his movies, until On Stranger Tides came out and was so clearly a cash grab in which he just phoned in his oddball schtick and exaggerated his Captain Jack Sparrow mannerisms that I started viewing him with a prejudiced eye. (It didn't help that I am still SHOCKED to this day that Alice in Wonderland, another movie I dislike immensely, earned a billion, undeserving, dollars.)
A closer look
Building my LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier
I bought the LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier two years ago. It was a very expensive item that I thought long and hard over, so when I received a large sum of mall vouchers as a freebie for something else I bought, it sped up my decision to get that.
Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in The Hitman's Bodyguard
Movies Coming Soon: August 2017
August has arrived, and plenty of movies soon will too. There are only two that I want to watch this month though -- the rest just don't interest me for one reason or another.
Chris Pine, Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins at an event for Wonder Woman
Chris Pine and Patty Jenkins teaming up again for TV series ‘One Day She’ll Darken’
One Day She'll Darken is based on the true story of Fauna Hodel, a woman who was given away as a baby by her teenage birth mother to a black female attendant in a casino restroom in Nevada. Her investigation into her past leads her to an infamous Hollywood gynaecologist who was connected to the legendary "Black Dahlia" murder of Elizabeth Short in LA in 1947. Chris Pine stars as a former Marine-turned-paparazzo who was disgraced over a story he wrote about Hodel, but sees an opportunity for redemption in her tracing her roots.
The cast of Thor: Ragnarok in EW’s Comic-Con photo studio. (Image Credit: MATHIAS CLAMER for EW)
2017 San Diego Comic-Con roundup
The 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest and most popular fan convention in the world, mecca to pop culture geeks everywhere, happened this past weekend, and film and TV studios have been busy dropping new footage and peeks at their upcoming shows. There's actually still one more day to go, but the major film and TV panels are done with, so I'll get down to the news that I'm most excited about.
The Avengers cast at Disney's D23 Expo 2017 in Anaheim, California
Exciting Disney updates from the D23 Expo 2017!
Disney held its D23 Expo this past weekend. For the uninitiated, it is their biennial fan event in Anaheim showcasing exclusive sneak peeks at what's happening in the entertainment brands under Disney, including star-studded presentations for their animation and live-action series and films, parks and resorts, and more.
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton: An American Musical
‘Hamilton’s America’: the PBS documentary on ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’
So I finally watched the PBS documentary about the making of Hamilton: An American Musical which I have been planning to for months. It's the record-breaking musical about one of America's founding fathers whom I (and most Americans and the rest of the world) barely knew anything about before Lin-Manuel Miranda created this sensation.
