Summer Movie Preview: Seven for Summer
Make it a sizzlin’ kind of summer by watching your share of SEVEN different movies. The Film Yap’s Christopher Lloyd shares the list of “what’s hot!”Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The intergalactic gang of misfit super-heroes is back for another round of funny/fun adventures. Star Lord (Chris Pratt) meets his dad and fights some gooey critters.”
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Johnny Depp’s career has been sunk deeper than the deep blue sea, so why not a fifth go-round as Captain Jack Sparrow in a movie franchise based on a theme park ride? Frankly, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley needed a shot, too. Javier Bardem plays the drippy villain.”
Wonder Woman
Female super heroes have been lacking at the local cinema, so Gal Gadot brings a welcome muscular presence as Amazon princess Diana, who leaves her secluded island to take on World War I bad guys and Chris Pine’s lips.”
Cars 3
Unofficially subtitled “Lightning McQueen Gets Old and Busted,” the third go-round with the CGI cars has our hero dealing with trying to come back from injury for a big race. And now I have to go buy 40 new die-cast car characters for my kid.”
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Yes, the THIRD iteration of the friendly neighborhood web-slinger in the last 15 years sees the character return to his roots with Tom Holland taking on the role of the teen wannabe super-hero who gets some tutelage from Iron Man himself (Robert Downey Jr.). Michael Keaton goes all Birdman on him as his opponent, the Vulture.”
Dunkirk
Big-think filmmaker Christopher Nolan (“Inception”) tackles the massive World War II Allied evacuation of Europe. It’s been awhile since we had a really big war picture. Starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy.”
The Dark Tower
Steven King’s sprawling set of novels finally gets a much-awaited and -delayed cinematic translation that reportedly picks different pieces from the books. Idris Elba plays the Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, while Matthew McConaughey is the ageless sorcerer, the Man in Black.”
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