February film preview: an ant, a wasp, and two bears walk into a theater…
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Magic Mike's Last Dance, 80 For Brady, and a certain cocaine-powered bear top the month's movie offerings
Film Features Dolly Parton
If The Revenant convinced you that bears are nothing like the cuddly plush toys of your youth, then prepare have your childhood memories further shredded at the multiplex in February. Not only does one of literature’s most beloved bears go murderously feral in Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey but a 500-pound black bear then goes on a rampage after hitting the nose candy too hard in the self-explanatory Cocaine Bear. Of course, there are plenty of less beastly movie options in February, including the latest from the MCU, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, as well as a return to the stage with Magic Mike’s Last Dance, and streaming premieres starring Reese Witherspoon in a rom-com and Julianne Moore as a con artist in a thriller from the director of Sherlock and The Crown.
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the film is based on a true story about a bear who, back in 1985, ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine and went on a rampageThe actual bear did not go on a rampage. It just died of an overdose.Aline Brosh McKenna is also the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which I would have expected the AV Club to remember better than the Annie remake.
The editors of AV Club can barely remember to include what show or film their header images comes from.
geez, imagine if every cocaine overdose resulted in a rampage.
RAAAAMPAAAAAAGE!
I have never felt so profoundly apathetic towards a Marvel movie than Quantumania.
Yes, you seem quite adamant about your indifference.
May as well go all in. Or don’t. What do I care?
He’s extremely indifferent. More indifferent than anyone’s ever been about anything!
Did you say “Adamant”…?
Think about all the product placement they will work into the movie. Doesn’t that get you excited? I can’t wait to see if Baskin Robbins still can afford to appear in a marvel movie!!!!!!
I’ve felt that way since Endgame and it hasn’t let me down.
Emma Mackey, best known for Netflix’s Sex Education, plays Emily.
Emma Mackey: For when your budget won’t accomodate Margot Robbie or Samara Weaving.
I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eatin’ crackers . . . or baguettes . . . or whatever French chicks eat in bed.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
“Finish the Fight.”
More like Bill Sienkiewicz artwork on the Cocaine Bear poster than Frank Miller, IMO.
Following a lackluster sequel that he did not directYou mean the wildly triumphant celebration of male friendship and female pleasure, Magic Mike XXL? Winner of one of AV Club’s best film scenes of the year 2015 for its use of “I Want It That Way?” That lackluster sequel?
it was better than the first one! also i was under the impression he basically ghost-directed it. someone else is credited, but soderbergh was also in that weird ‘i’m retired!’ period where he…directed a ton of shit anyway and then just quietly kept directing. he’s also the cinematographer and editor, so it’s not like he wasn’t involved.
“Universal isn’t actively promoting the fact that M. Night Shyamalan’s latest suspense story, Knock At The Cabin, is based on Paul G. Tremblay’s novel, The Cabin At The End Of The World, possibly because-” based on the trailers he’s fucked it up.
Which one’s Ant-Man? They all look like Wasps to me.
It’s the one driving the flying blue beetle… oh wait, that’s Blue Beetle.
Why do superheroes like having colours associated with them so much?
I guess brand-building is the obvious answer.
The old school reason is that comics had limited color palettes due to cheap printing processes, so bright primary colors were easier to create than, say, nuanced skin tones. Same reason there’s so many red-headed love interests in comics.
I thought it was because they were reading my diary.
“The name’s Phillip Marlowe” Ok, Boggart he’s not, but maybe just maybe it’ll work.
I like that Jane Fonda is in not one but two movies about four horny grandmas this year: 80 For Brady and Book Club: The Next Chapter.
We all know Cocaine Bear can’t possibly live up to its premise….But I’m gonna see it anyway!