Jake Schreier
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4 days ago |
letterboxd.com | Matt Minton |Jake Schreier
The first half of Thunderbolts (and not that other title) has the kind of scaled, measure scope - watching the titular characters get literally stuck in a room and forced to work together against their instincts - that has been sorely missing from recent Marvel projects. Physical comedy is at its highest and the cast, for the most part, is firing on all cylinders.
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1 week ago |
letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Jake Schreier
It's all in the asterisk. Superficially, THUNDERBOLTS* may seem to be just that: a footnote to the rest of the MCU, a random collection of rejects from other storylines who had nowhere else to go. And to be fair, that's exactly how Marvel has been promoting it, leaning heavily into the SUICIDE SQUAD angle of a group of castoffs being recruited to work together against their will. Yet while they do end up working together (more or less, anyway), this isn’t really a team-up like the Suicide Squad.
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1 week ago |
letterboxd.com | Ben Errington |Jake Schreier
★★★★ Unexpectedly great for a multitude of reasons despite the recent dip in MCU features making a new release far less of an event these days. The cast of characters that makes up the titular group of loveable misfits shouldn’t work together as well as they do but the writing, along with solid direction from Jake Schreier, allows each anti-hero to thrive in what feels like an honest and raw account of guilt, regret and of course, depression. The latter is realised in a very literal way with...
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1 week ago |
letterboxd.com | Kevin T. Rodriguez |Jake Schreier
“Thunderbolts*” is probably the first movie I’ve reviewed where there is an Asterix in the title. Well, alright, I am aware that Woody Allen’s “Everything You’ve Always Want to Know About Sex* (*But Were Too Afraid to Ask)” exists, but I haven’t written a review for that one (and I’m not going to discuss it in a review that kids will likely read).
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1 week ago |
letterboxd.com | Jeff Lowe |Jake Schreier
★★★★ 87/100 - On one hand, this was a return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but on the other hand, this was a journey into a territory that also felt fresh and new. 'Thunderbolts*' balances out the charm and fun of the MCU but also manages to explore some pretty heavy themes that tie perfectly into the story. There are many familiar beats, but the look of the movie stuck out in a good way, especially the stylistic choices surrounding the main antagonist. It's been a rough patch...
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