Mike Scott
Features Writer and Columnist at Freelance
Columnist at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Times-Picayune columnist, movie critic. Voting member of Critics Choice Awards, SEFCA and AP Top 25. Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic approved. Former #bluecheck.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Mike Scott
No, the mercury-boiling heat of the New Orleans summer has yet to seize the city in its merciless embrace, but make no mistake: The heat will soon enough be on. When it is, we’ll all be having Plum Street sno-balls for lunch and Hansen’s for dinner, and avoiding direct sunlight like those vampires living in the old Ursuline convent’s attic.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
nola.com | Mike Scott
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Feb 10, 2025 |
nola.com | Mike Scott
Eight. That’s how many Marvel films and TV series New Orleans actor Anthony Mackie has appeared in since his Marvel debut as The Falcon in 2014’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” In that time, he’s done a lot. He fought alongside Chris Evans’ iconic Captain America. He made history as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Black Avenger. He was even “blipped” into oblivion in 2019’s record-setting “Avengers: Endgame” and lived to tell the tale.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
nola.com | Mike Scott
There’s an easier way, of course. There’s always an easier way. In the case of filmmaking, it’s called pandering. Simply check off all the genre boxes that make audiences ooh and aah — big-name stars, dazzling visual effects, a third-act showdown involving superbeings in tights, capes or both — and, with a little good fortune, you’re on the road to a fat box office payday. Lucky for us, RaMell Ross isn’t inclined to take the easier way.
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Dec 27, 2024 |
theadvocate.com | Mike Scott
Despite efforts this past fall by state leaders to — and thus chase the last of the once-booming local film industry to Atlanta — it scrappily managed once more to survive. Like life, inspired storytelling will find a way, it seems. And while that real-life legislative drama captured its share of headlines, it was by no means the only compelling storyline generated by the local production industry this past year.
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