‘Suicide Squad’ Director Urges DC and Marvel Fans To Stop Feuding

An anonymous reader quotes Cinema Blend:
At the beginning of 2019, approximately a half year after James Gunn was unceremoniously fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, it was officially confirmed that he’d be jumping to the DC universe to write and direct The Suicide Squad. Then, just two months later, Disney and Marvel reversed course and rehired Gunn to helm…

What ‘Ad Astra’ and Brad Pitt Get Wrong About Space Travel, Science and Life In the Cosmos

Freshly Exhumed writes: Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and consultant on numerous movie scripts, was excited to watch “Ad Astra,” the new Brad Pitt space thriller. The film was promoted with the promise of scientific realism in depicting a solar system well on its way to being settled by humanity. Unfortunately, Professor Frank finds that despite…

Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can’t save dull space psychodrama

Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can’t plug the plot-holes in this movie’s melancholy heart Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216799-ad-astra-pirates-and-space-monkeys-cant-save-dull-space-psychodrama/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…