I’M DONE RUNNING FROM MY PAST The Marvel Cinematic Universe has indeed been an incredible, lucrative, and entertaining to ride since its inception in 2008 with the release of Iron Man. This shared superhero movie universe has incorporated many comic book heroes (both famous and unknown) within Marvel Comics back catalogue; producing heightened cinematic fanfare of epic proportions and
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Her world, her secrets, her legacy….as Marvel Studios releases the new official trailer for their upcoming superhero movie Black Widow. View trailer below.
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Get ready to confront the past of Natasha Romanoff as Marvel Studios releases the official final trailer for their upcoming superhero movie Black Widow. View trailer below.
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A SOLID “COMING OF AGE” TRIMUPH In the classic arena of literary works, Louisa May Alcott’s novel titled Little Women has earned it spot amongst the ranks of other fictional greats such as Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. Published originally in two volumes in
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The Phase IV saga of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe is about to begin as Marvel Studios releases the official teaser trailer for their upcoming superhero movie Black Widow. View trailer below.
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WRESTLING WITH HEART Standing alongside the usual line-up of big budgeted blockbusters, run-of-the-mill horrors features, and the plethora of “page to screen” adaptations, the storytelling format of “sports themed” movies are an old staple of cinematic narratives to be told. While these genre of feature films have delved into various sports, including football, baseball, soccer, basketball, hockey, MMA fighting,
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A CHILLING PERIOD PIECE DRAMA
Intro: Lady Macbeth first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September ’16 where it opened to rave reviews from across the board. Most who saw the movie at the premiere were largely impressed with the film overall and so I was puzzled to see that the folks at Roadside Attractions (in the US) and D Films (in Canada) didn’t go with a Fall/Winter 2016 release to qualify the film for Awards Season glory.
Maybe they felt like they had too much competition on their hands and that the title would go unnoticed among the likes of so many other films or maybe they just didn’t see it as an Awards Season Contender, who knows? Regardless, the film is finally receiving a North American run all of these months later and I finally got my chance to check it out recently…
Before I dive in with my review, though, here’s a brief plot synopsis…