This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.
If you were already discouraged by the constant barrage of superhero movies invading multiplexes nationwide then then this a depressing fact. There will be 8, count 'em 8, major superhero released next year. Mind you, a few of these titles look intriguing, especially Patty Jenkins' feminist take on "Wonder Woman", so let's all calm down and see how these turn out.
The Lego Batman Movie (2/20/17) Logan (3/3/17) Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (5/5/17) Wonder Woman (6/2/17) Spider-Man: Homecoming (7/7/17) Untitled Fox/Marvel movie (10/6/17) Thor: Ragnarok (11/3/17) Justice League (11/17/17) What can possibly go wrong? "There's going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen megabudget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that's going to change the paradigm" - Steven Spielberg
