Now You See Me was my first Guilty Pleasures review and of course
in June of last year a sequel came out. Do I like it as much as I did the first
one, in many ways, actually kinda more but I will explain that later.
Now You See Me was a dumb movie, dumb but
extremely fun to watch because of character dynamics and spectacle. Now You See
Me 2 was not as successful either critically or commercially as the original.
So, what does the sequel have in store? Let’s take a look
You may remember way back
when I reviewed Ultimate Avengers 2, a not particularly well received sequel to
a better, though far from perfect movie that was Ultimate Avengers. I’m not
going to review that movie. But there is a movie I am going to review and it
came in the same collection. Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow.
I don’t have a lot to say
about this one so let’s just dive in.
Doctor
Strange is one of Marvel’s most beloved magical characters, back in January I
did a 4 issue test of his ongoing title, now I’m going to take a brief look at
the animated title just as the movie reaches its the end of its second weekend in cinemas. Released by Lionsgate in 2007, it has a fairly mixed reception
with fans. Let’s take a look.
I had to get
to this one eventually. Comedy is not something I tend to cover very often. You
can’t really make jokes about a good comedy without just repeating the jokes
the movie makes, conversely there are only so many times you can say…
Regarding a
bad comedy. But there are times where a line is crossed. Sometimes you can make
great jokes out of it. Shows like the Simpsons and Family Guy use this tactic
with mixed success (I never want to see clips of herpes ever again, Family guy)
here, there are some serious issues being tackled as well. Cancer, family rows,
divorce proceedings, the death of a loved one and others, but I’m sad to say it
doesn’t work very well here.
What we did
on our holiday was released in 2014 in the UK and 2015 in the US and made a
modest return on its £3.5m budget. It was produced by the BBC and features some
great British talent including former Doctor and crazed mind-controlling
psychopath David Tennant; Rosamund Pike, who was nominated for an Academy Award
in her next movie, Gone Girl; Ben Miller, who in the same year starred in my
least favourite Doctor Who episode of that year (Robot of Sherwood), and one of
Scotland’s comedic icons Billy Connolly.
Can this
drama/comedy work, let’s take a closer look.
