by Hans A. Carpenter Director: Zach Snyder Release Date: May 14 Starring: Dave Bautista, Ella, Purnell, and Omari Hardwick Mister Marquee Says: Dumb Fun Number: 4/5 Scott (Dave Bautista) is contracted by a billionaire casino owner to recover $200 million from a Las Vegas vault after the city is overrun with zombies and is on…

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: April 23 Director: Simon McQuoid Starring: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, and Josh Lawson Mister Marquee Says: FINISH HIM Number: 3/5 Cole Young (Lewis Tan) thinks it’s odd to see an LA street freeze in July. It’s even more odd that the freeze seems to be coming from a magic ninja.…

by Hans A. Carpenter Mister Marquee Says: put on a pot of coffee… Number: 4/5 Oh boy is this one of the strangest cases in recent memory. In 2017, Warner Bros released Justice League, the culmination of Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Wonder Woman, and it was awful. How a movie that expensive…

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: September 3 Director: Christopher Nolan Starting: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki Mister Marquee Says: LEGENDARY Number: 5/5 An unnamed CIA Agent (John David Washington) stumbled onto a secret called Tenet that holds the key to time itself and must solve a complex mystery with the fate…

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: August 28 Director: Josh Boone Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Alice Braga Mister Marquee Says: Soon to be the Old Mutants Number: 3/5 Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) sees her reservation destroyed and wakes up in a secluded hospital for mutant teens with Illyana Rasputin (Anya Taylor-Joy), Sam Guthrie…

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: August 21 Director: Derrick Borte Starring: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, and Gabriel Bateman Mister Marquee Says: The Movies Are Back! Number: 3/5 In this thrilling but horrific documentary, a film crew follows Russell Crowe around the streets of Los Angeles as he lashes out violently at anyone and anything.…

by Hans A. Carpenter This summer is the 20th anniversary of Fox dropping X-Men, a serious summer blockbuster based on superheroes. While that may be the norm now, in 2000, superheroes were considered box office poison. X-Men changed that. For better or worse, the franchise rode ups and downs straight into being bought by Disney…

by Hans A. Carpenter Once again friends, we are months into the pandemic’s decimation of the movie scene, and I’m sick of writing about streaming titles. I love streaming as much as the next millennial, but as I’ve written previously, there’s nothing like the theater experience. That can be said for another somewhat abandoned piece…