The Film Yap’s Six for Summer
Check out the summer movie lineup from The Film Yap’s Christopher Lloyd!• Captain America: Civil War
Really this is the third “Avengers” movie, as the team splits apart and battles over proposed government control of super-heroes, with Cap and Iron Man heading up warring factions.”
• X-Men: Apocalypse
The “other” Marvel Comics movie franchise – kept separate due to ownership rights – is back at bat with a new generation of actors taking over the roles of our favorite mutants, as an ancient evil returns.”
• Finding Dory
One of Pixar’s greatest animated gems gets a sequel, as the blue tang fish with short-term memory loss — unforgettably voiced by Ellen DeGeneres — goes on a quest to find her long-lost family.”
• The BFG
Steven Spielberg teams up with “E.T.” screenwriter Melissa Mathison in a thematic return to his early films of child-like wonder. A young girl encounters a “big friendly giant” and finds he’s not the terrible man-eating beast they’re made out to be.”
• Ghostbusters
Some people have backlashed against an all-female reboot of the ’80s comedy classic, but based on the previews it looks like a supernatural hoot.”
• Suicide Squad
D.C. Comics gets its second shot this year at building its own film multiverse. In a twist, the story focuses on super-villains who get recruited by the government to do their bidding. Can Jared Leto’s Joker equal Heath Ledger’s”
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