August 2015 - Film
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In terms of new films this month, here are two recommendations that you may find entertaining in the cinema this month.
Films in August:
20th Century Fox is rebooting the Fantastic Four comic book movie franchise next year; and, in case you’re just tuning in, many people online aren’t so happy about the version that director Josh Trank (Chronicle) appears to be putting together. The project, for quite some time, has seemingly been drawing from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book continuity – which, like any superhero comic iteration, has its fans and detractors alike – and the film’s official synopsis provides further confirmation of just that. Trank’s film, like the Ultimate comics, features versions of the titular super-powered group that are younger than their counterparts in more traditional F4 comics as well as the live-action films of the ’00s. The cast includes rising stars Miles Teller (Whiplash) as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara (House of Cards) as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Jamie Bell (Snowpiercer) as Ben Grimm/Thing, and – most controversially – Michael B. Jordan (who worked with Trank on Chronicle and co-starred with Teller in That Awkward Moment) as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. My rating 8/10.
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe. My rating 9/10.
In terms of new films this month, here are two recommendations that you may find entertaining in the cinema this month.
Films in August:
20th Century Fox is rebooting the Fantastic Four comic book movie franchise next year; and, in case you’re just tuning in, many people online aren’t so happy about the version that director Josh Trank (Chronicle) appears to be putting together. The project, for quite some time, has seemingly been drawing from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book continuity – which, like any superhero comic iteration, has its fans and detractors alike – and the film’s official synopsis provides further confirmation of just that. Trank’s film, like the Ultimate comics, features versions of the titular super-powered group that are younger than their counterparts in more traditional F4 comics as well as the live-action films of the ’00s. The cast includes rising stars Miles Teller (Whiplash) as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara (House of Cards) as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Jamie Bell (Snowpiercer) as Ben Grimm/Thing, and – most controversially – Michael B. Jordan (who worked with Trank on Chronicle and co-starred with Teller in That Awkward Moment) as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. My rating 8/10.
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe. My rating 9/10.
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