At The Movies for Wednesday 14 July 2021
AT THE MOVIES #846 HOW SUPER DO YOU WANT?
Simon Morris looks at three types of superhero movies – the latest from the phenomenally popular Marvel Comics franchise, a uniquely French take on the genre and a remake of a family movie starring basketball superstars and popular cartoon characters.
Black Widow sees Scarlett Johansson finally carry a superhero movie on her own, as the popular member of The Avengers. Also starring Florence Pugh (Little women) and Rachel Weisz (The constant gardener).
How I became a superhero is a French Netflix film about a world where people with superpowers co-exist with ordinary people in an alternative Paris.
And the remake of the popular Space Jam of 1996 sees basketball legend LeBron James sent to a world of Warner Brothers cartoon characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.