The Weekend Read: All Things ‘Guardians 2,’ Disturbing ‘Cars’ Questions, And An Amazing Horror Festival
In this edition of The Weekend Read, we have movie reviews, interviews, editorials, lists, rankings, and so much more. Here’s every single original feature the /Film wrote in the past week.
Movie and TV Reviews
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2is a soulful superhero movie with a bit of a third act problem, says Jack Giroux.It Comes At Nightis a chilling horror masterpiece, says Alex Riviello.
Jamie Righetti saysThe Endlessis an incredible must-see for horror fans of all stripes.
In his latestFargoreview, Jack Girouxattempts to discern who make the biggest mistakein a cast full of real screw-ups.
Who came out on top in the latest episode ofBetter Call Saul? Karen Hanlooks into it.
Jacob Hall says that the first episode ofAmerican Godspromises one of the most fascinating TV shows in a long time.
Silicon Valleycontinues to be as funny as everin its fourth season, according to Alex Riviello.
Columns and Regular Features
In the first edition ofThe Unpopular Opinion, Anya CrittentontakesGuardians of the Galaxydown a peg or three.
The next edition ofThe Best Movies You’ve Neverseentakes a look at under-the-radar science fiction comedies.
The latestMovie Mixtapeexamines films with secret and not-so-secret connections toGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Anextensive breakdownof the first trailer forThe Dark Tower, by Stephen King fan Jacob Hall.
Lists, Rankings, and Editorials
Everything you could possibly want to knowabout theGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2post-credits scenes, as assembled by Jacob Hall.
All 48 movies released byA24(possibly the greatest modern movie distributor)ranked from worst to best, courtesy of Chris Evangelista.
A look atsome of the most memorable song choices in the movies, from Karen Han.
With fourGame of Thronesspin-offs in development at HBO, Jacob Hallspeculates on what they could be about.
Here are 15 of the most amazing opening scenes in movie history, as compiled by Josh Spiegel.
Why theGuardians of the Galaxymoviesare the best part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, according to Josh Spiegel.
Place your bets:this year’s 2017 Summer Movie Wager has begun!
Film Festivals
An in-depth look atevery single crazy thingthat happened to Alex Riviello at the amazingOverlook Film Festival.
A collection of capsule reviewscovering every single movieAlex Riviello saw at theOverlook Film Festival.
Brief reviews of the 12 best moviesJamie Righetti saw at this year’sTribeca Film Festival.
Everything Cars 3
Where, exactly, do the Cars from theCarsmovies come from? Ethan Andertoninvestigates the disturbing truth.
Ethan Andertonexploreshow aCars 3storyboard evolves into an actual movie scene.
Cars 3director Brian Fee tells Ethan Andertonhow he managed to snag the jobdespite having never directed before.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Interviews
The legendaryKurt RusselltalksGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2andTombstonewith our own Ben Pearson.
Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigeexplains to Peter Scirettahow you make a great post-credits scene in a superhero movie.
The always interestingJames Gunnchats with Peter Scirettaabout writing and directingGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2starChris Prattshares Kurt Russell stories with Ben Pearson.
/Answers and /Response
The staff compiled a list of their favorite comic booksthat need to be adapted into TV shows.
The comics that /Film readersthink should be adapted into TV shows.
