Archived copies of Mister Marquee movie reviews and additional commentary. Note: there may be some spoilers.
The Suicide Squad
by Hans A. Carpenter Director: James Gunn Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, and John Cena Mister Marquee Says: LEGENDARY Number: 5/5 Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) sends a team of villainous convicts into a Latin American island nation to destroy a project that could be potentially dangerous to the United States. Bloodsport (Idris Elba) is forced…
Read MoreBlack Widow
by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: July 9 Director: Cate Shortland Starring; Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, and David Harbor Mister Marquee Says: Average MCU Number: 4/5 Between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson) must team with her fake spy family to defeat the program that turned her into a…
Read MoreF9
Director: Justin Lin Starring: Vin Diesel, John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez Mister Marquee Says: Meh Number: 2.5/5 Dom (Vin Diesel) is brought back into the spy game when his long-lost estranged brother Jacob (John Cena) turns up on the hunt for a WMD. Dom must face his past and stop Jacob by driving a lot of…
Read MoreNetflix – Army of the Dead
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…
Read MoreMortal Kombat
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.…
Read MoreStreaming Justice League – The Zach Snyder Cut
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…
Read MoreTenet
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…
Read MoreThe New Mutants
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…
Read MoreUnhinged
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.…
Read MoreThe Fox X-Men: The Great, the okay, and the Ugly.
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…
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