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MORBIUS – Review by Susan Granger

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Susan Granger Jared Leto, marvel comic universe, matt smith, Morbius, vampire

Just how bad is the Marvel origin story of Dr. Michael Morbius, the conflicted scientist with a rare blood disorder who mixes his plasma with that of vampire bats? Pretty bad… Michael (Jared Leto) and his best friend Milo (Matt Smith) share this mysterious illness which has left them debilitated, forced to walk with canes. Determined to find a cure, Mobius takes off for Cerro de la Muerte in the misty mountains of Costa Rica, where thousands of vampire bats dwell. Flimsily scripted by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the formulaic saga is directed by Daniel Espinosa, who stages overly shadowy action sequences.

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MORBIUS – Review by T. J. Callahan

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 T. J. Callahan Jared Leto, marvel comic universe, matt smith, Morbius, vampire

Jared Leto is in disguise again. He’s been The Joker and Paolo Gucci and now he’s part of the Marvel Comic Universe as Morbius — Dr. Michael Morbius, that is — a biochemist who is on a mission to cure a rare blood disorder with which he, himself, is afflicted. He develops a serum that’s a mix of human and bat DNA that looks like it’s going to be a miracle cure, but there’s one really noticeable side effect.

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HOUSE OF GUCCI – Review by Susan Granger

November 30, 2021December 4, 2021 Susan Granger Adam Driver, al pacino, House of Gucci, Jared Leto, jeremy irons, lady gaga, ridley scott

Ridley Scott’s extravagant melodrama House of Gucci delves into what led to the 1995 murder of Maurizio Gucci, scion of the Milan-based fashion family.

This sordid saga of love, backstabbing and betrayal begins as Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an accountant at her father’s trucking company, sets her sights on bespectacled Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), whom she meets at a disco party. Although he’s smitten, his suave, snobbish father Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons) spots her as a crass, social-climbing gold-digger.

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HOUSE OF GUCCI – Review by Liz Braun

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Liz Braun Adam Driver, al pacino, House of Gucci, Jared Leto, lady gaga, ridley scott

Every bit as plastique and fabulous as a knock-off designer handbag, House of Gucci is a wildly entertaining soap opera about people fighting over money, from director Ridley Scott. .Based on a real-life story of greed and betrayal and tragedy, in the telling here it is busy and beautiful to look at. There are a couple of leaps in the storytelling that don’t quite add up and a complaint might be lodged about some of the more melodramatic bits — but it’s all so visually dazzling and fun to watch that none of these quibbles add up to much.

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HOUSE OF GUCCI – Review by Diane Carson

November 20, 2021November 21, 2021 Diane Carson Adam Driver, al pacino, House of Gucci, Jared Leto, jeremy irons, lady gaga, ridley scott

House of Gucci chronicles unpleasant events regarding this fashion brand. Based on Sara Gay Forden’s 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, the four elements emphasized in her title pinpoint the essence of the drama. Announced on screen as “inspired by true events,” it has, nevertheless, received extensive Gucci family criticism, the book and the film. No wonder, for no one comes off admirably depicted.

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THE LITTLE THINGS – Review by Susan Granger

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 Susan Granger denzel washington, femicide, Jared Leto, John Lee Hancock, ramiu malik, the little things

The disastrous disappointment of John Lee Hancock’s neo-noir serial killer procedural demonstrates how a compelling script is still the most important element – even with three A-list, Oscar-winning actors. You have odd-couple cops after an elusive psychotic killer – and nary a distinguishable female character within camera range.

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THE LITTLE THINGS – Review by Martha K Baker

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Martha K. Baker denzel washington, femicide, Jared Leto, John Lee Hancock, ramiu malik, the little things

Reasons for not engaging with The Little Things include the range of acting and the too-tricky storyline. It suffers from failure of imagination. The Little Things is one more damnable film about a serial killer of young women. Killing a lot of women as a plot device is not nostalgia. It’s just criminally lame.

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, August 1st to 5th: SUICIDE SQUAD

July 31, 2016June 8, 2020 Dorothy Woodend 0 Comments Action, cara delevinge, Comic Book, David Ayer, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Margot Robbie, Neil Minow, Pam Grady, Sandra Kraisirideja, Suicide Squad, viola davis, will smith

Opening Aug. 5, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Suicide Squad, The latest comic book adaptation to hit summer screens is David Ayer’s hyperbolic super villain extravaganza Suicide Squad. You would have to be in a coma to miss the veritable onslaught of marketing. Read on…