By Carter Phillips
The eve of summer is nearing, giving way to longer workdays and relaxation. What better way to take a break from the crushing world of education than to go to your local cinema and watch some of the latest movies. This article shows you what to expect.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and other blockbusters
Yet another MCU movie is coming out, and this one is a sequel to the 2016 hit Doctor Strange, both starring benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character.
The mystic superhero began in the comics, dating all the way back to the year 1963.
Nowadays, Doctor Strange is one of the frequent recurring characters of the MCU having appeared in the massive and sprawling Avengers Infinity War and Endgame mini-duology as well as nostalgia extravaganza Spider-Man Far from Home.
Each film leads to the next until the ticket sales run out. It’s half soap opera like how Dark Shadows merged horror and melodrama, each episode ending with a cliff hanger, begging the viewers to tune in next week.
Killers of the Flower Noon and other productions from the greats
Now onto some prestige. Many of the old auteurs have been working on upcoming films or film-related projects: Dario Argento (Dark Glasses), Francis Ford Coppola (Megalopolis), and David Lynch (Wisteria) some of which are coming out this year.
Scorsese is returning to the screens since 2019, his last being The Irishman. Even this far into his career, his films are still popular with critics and audiences alike.
Superhero fans tend to boycott him, which I find incredibly ironic because they also praise Joker which was so heavily inspired by his movies that it barely does anything new. He was even involved with the project for a short time.
Being one of the major directors of the 1970’s onward, he has directed some of the most important films of modern Hollywood, but you probably already know that and have already seen some of his films.
Killers of the Flower Noon is a western crime-drama, which is noteworthy. This is his first western. Directors like actors, can be typecast. As Hitchcock once said, “If I made Cinderella, people would immediately be looking for the body in the coach.”
He’s talked extensively on the genre before, often while giving recommendations so if anybody should do a western, he would be the one.
The genre is slowly coming back, which to me, is worthy of celebration. So far, I haven’t seen any masterpieces to top the great spaghetti westerns (or they’re prestigious classic Hollywood counterparts) but this film, coming from a talented filmmaker who has spent decades evolving his style and who knows cinema in and out, has plenty of potential.
Nope, directed by Jordon Peele
Horror filmmaker Jordon Peele is one of the few filmmakers that can get funding for an original story in the contemporary era.
Although the title suggests a comedy opposed to horror, the film is promising, considering the rapidly growing hits adding to his reputation.
Peele’s first hit Get Out in 2017 made him a household name. He followed it up with 2019’s Us and also hosted the Twilight Zone remake show.
Much of the plot is kept secret but seems to use supernatural intrigue and desolate country life.
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