Tag: suicidesquad
Destroy All Monsters: Maybe The Trailers ARE Better
The nicest thing about a trailer is that it can't hurt you. If you're not loving the vibe, any anxieties can be immediately dismissed with a simple "meh, it's just the trailer." If everything about the trailer, though, seems doooooope...
Gamera Obscura: The Problem with the "Sexy, Troubled Girl" Trope
With the movie season in these parts bracketed, roughly, by Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn and White Girl’s Leah, I initially thought it might be good to pause a sec and cast a jaundiced eye at the “Sexy, Troubled Girl” trope....
Destroy All Monsters: Was This The Worst Summer We've Ever Had At The Movies?
The summer is dwindling to a close and film folks are taking stock of the season, both financially and creatively. It's looking tepid on both fronts. We'll lose some franchises that shouldn't have come as far as they have; and...
Destroy All Monsters: As The DCEU Burns, The Studio's Model Needs To Change
There are two general narratives among film fans with respect to superhero movies, which somewhat overlap: 1. The Marvel Cinematic Universe films are samey studio product with predictable beats and styles, lacking the stamp of directorial control; (I don't really...
Review: SUICIDE SQUAD, Not So Painless
Warner Brothers has aggressively set out to course-correct its still-fledgling DC Comics Cinematic Universe with Suicide Squad - a villain-fueled movie that wants you to believe it's off the hook, man! It's no lie that director David Ayer's (Fury, the...
SUICIDE SQUAD: The New Trailer, It's What Bad Guys Do
Well, here you go. Here is the new trailer for DC's Suicide Squad, due out on August 5th. I imagine that all eyes are going to be on Margot Robbie this Summer. By the looks of it she gets a lot...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Here's That Comic-Con Footage Everyone Got Excited About
Even if you weren't paying attention to the goings on in San Diego this weekend you probably know someone who, over the past 36 hours, was making a big deal about the Suicide Squad footage shown at Comic-Con. And they...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Here's Will Smith As Deadshot
One of the immediate questions that came up from the cast of Suicide Squad in costume shot released earlier this evening was if that was the complete costume of Will Smith as Deadshot. Where was his cybernetic eye, asked the...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Here Is The First Pic Of The Cast In Costume
Here you go. The first pic of the cast of Suicide Squad in costume. Director David Ayer tweeted the pic around an hour ago with the caption, "Task Force X assembled and ready."LtoR: Adam Beech as Slipknot, Jai Courtney as Capt. Boomerang,...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Your First Look At Jared Leto As The Joker
Well. This is certainly a little more Sex Pistols than I was prepared for. Suicide Squad director David Ayer unveiled Jared Leto's Joker today via his Twitter account. The Suicide Squad wishes you a Happy Anniversary Mr. J! I have long been...
SUICIDE SQUAD Just Got Less Purdy. Tom Hardy Drops Out. (UPDATED. Sort of)
Huh. Well this is a shame. THR's Heat Vision blog is reporting that British actor, future Mad Max, and off-and-on nemesis to the Peaky Blinders, Tom Hardy, has left the adaptation of The Suicide Squad scheduled to begin shooting here...
Destroy All Monsters: I Don't Want To See A Movie Called SUICIDE SQUAD
It's the title of an existing comic book, and I understand that; and given DC's track record, at least since Watchmen, it's likely to be a hit-and-fade barrage of generic marketing bolstering a bafflingly undercooked Guardians of the Galaxy knockoff...
