Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania – What the hell? (***)
Ant-Man is fun, but it’s definitely the lesser of the series by a longshot.
Criterion: Coma (***1/2) is a compact thriller
Crichton understands well enough how to keep the viewer involved, even if the story is compacted to get the viewer in and out in standard time.
Another Look: Falling Down (****) everybody hurts
Schumacher was an easy director to poke fun at, but this is one film that doesn’t give one many opportunities for that pastime.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (*****) builds on success
The one who benefits most from this arrangement is Lilly’s Hope, who continually marches through each predicament with the smarts of Hermione and the physical prowess of Wonder Woman. She is the best part of Ant-Man and The Wasp. Nothing she does is done for the sake of being a woman or in spite of it. She’s out to accomplish objectives.
Ant-Man (*****): It’s about damn time
This movie is Paul Rudd, through and through. It is the role he’s deserved after a career of being the best part of every film he’s made. He does not waste his moment in the spotlight, and the film is all the better for it. There is heft to the film, but with his performance, it doesn’t have to be an obnoxious weight. If he’s not as serious as Captain America, he is every bit as earnest. Marvel’s Cinematic Universe needs Rudd every bit as much as it needs Downey, Jr. or Pratt.
Haywire: Soderburgh gets the comfort of knowing that he tried action
Haywire -2012 Directed by Stephen Soderbergh Starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas Screenplay by Lem Dobbs Gina Carano looks like she’s taken out more […]
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 