Most Anticipated Films Of July 2022!

June flew by and what a great month it was for film, It’s time for a new month and as usual I’m listing films that I think look pretty interesting, but first I’ll list films that I have already seen whether that be from early screenings, Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW and so on that I highly recommend checking out. But unlike previous months there is only one film this time around which is of course.

Fire Of Love – July 6th (Theaters)

Next here’s the list!

20. Moloch – July 21st (Shudder)

19. Persuasion – July 15th (Netflix)

18. Incantation – July 8th (Netflix)

17. Valley Of The Dead or Malnazidos – July 11th (Netflix)

16. Alone Together – July 22nd (Theaters) and July 29th (VOD)

15. Rubikon – July 1st (VOD)

14. Good Madam – July 14th (Shudder)

13. American Carnage – July 15th (VOD)

12. Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down – July 15th (Theaters)

11. Anything Possible – July 22nd (Amazon Prime Video)

10. Medusa – July 29th (Theaters)

9. She Will – July 15th (VOD)

8. Don’t Make Me Go – July 15th (Amazon Prime Video)

7. Thor Love And Thunder – July 8th (Theaters)

6. The Princess – July 1st (Hulu)

5. Moon 66 Questions – July 8th (Theaters)

4. Not Okay – July 29th (Hulu)

3. Where The Crawdads Sing – July 15th (Theaters)

2. Both Sides Of The Blade – July 8th (Theaters)

1. Nope – July 22nd (Theaters)

And that’s the list for July, there’s a lot more coming out as well so July will be a busy month. Oh yeah it’s my birthday month too (July 5th to be exact).

Marvel Phase Three Movies Ranked from Worst To Best

I will never understand how anyone considers this to be a very good movie in the MCU, I’m sorry but this movie doesn’t do anything new other then have some really “trippy” special effects. Everything else is just incredibly bland and uninteresting. Benedict Cumberbatch definitely tries his best but good god the humor completely ruins the film, again it’s that terrible Marvel humor but in this case I believe is one of the worst cases of it. I didn’t laugh once and none of it was even close to being funny, the villian is also debatably the worst villian of the MCU he’s taken out very easily, he has next to no character development and he’s just overall not an interesting villain. I wanted to like this movie too which is the sad thing but unfortunately it’s just a complete and total mess.
3/10 D-

I’m keeping this short because I’m not wasting my time and energy on this one, this one just doesn’t hold up on a rewatch. The movie isn’t funny, Ghost is a complete missed opportunity, the character development is piss poor. The saving grace is some of the action scenes, also this has to be one of the most forgettable MCU movies to date. If you liked it cool I can definitely understand why, however this movie just didn’t do it for me.
3/10 D-

Sometimes when it comes to film you want to be proved wrong, when you see a trailer for a movie that just doesn’t look good but you really want to be proved wrong because at the same time the movie could have some high potential….sadly this isn’t the movie. This is definitely one of the weakest movies in the MCU In awhile, the movie is a huge step down from the last couple movies in almost every single way. I’ll start with what I liked….well I liked the Stan Lee tribute, the two end credit scenes, Goose the Cat (who’s seriously the best actor in the movie), some parts of the third act and I did think Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson tried their best with a terrible script. Everything else about the movie was a complete and total mess, I understand what they were trying to do with the story but good lord was the execution not well done. It felt like the writers had a very short time limit and just threw random ideas in the movie and just went with it, the movie is also very predictable..the twist has been done before in other movies and it’s been done far better as well. As I said earlier the writing was terrible, again this movie brings back that terrible Marvel humor that is just so painful to listen to and it’s clearly trying desperately to get a laugh. Sure there were some moments that were actually funny but nothing flat out hilarious. The characters unfortunately are just not good this time around, Nick Fury is always great to see he was at his best with scenes with Goose The Cat. Captain Marvel or Carol is unfortunately not a well developed or interesting character, which I partly saw coming. The problem with Captain Marvel is she is basically Marvel’s Superman where she is practically invincible, she comes off bland and feels like a Mary Sue for most of the movie. Which is a huge problem because then that shows the character has no flaws at all and can’t be relatable. Look at Batman or Spider-Man they have their weaknesses and flaws which is part of the reason why they are such great characters. Captain Marvel on the other hand is just not an interesting character, now I’m not saying that all characters who are overpowered are bland. Because that’s not true some other characters actually have a backstory and still manage to have weaknesses. That just doesn’t seem to be the case here, anyway the villains of this movie were some of the worst that has ever come out of the MCU. They are extremely forgettable, not well written and not interesting. Overall Captain Marvel is a huge mess, there are some parts to be enjoyed as I said before. But this seriously could have been a lot better..

4/10 D+

I’ll keep this very short, while it’s not the masterpiece everyone makes it out to be, the movie is still one of the strongest in the MCU. It’s miles better than the first two Thor movies, the movie is vastly different due to Waititi’s direction which gives the movie life. The acting is generally pretty good, the movie does have some genuinely good humor in it, the inclusion of The Hulk was actually really great. Hela was actually a pretty solid villian I wouldn’t say as good as Thanos, Killmonger or Ego but she’s still a pretty well done villian. The movie does have it’s issues with some of the humor completely missing and the pacing did feel very weird at times. But as I said still a strong movie…but people really need to chill out with calling this movie a masterpiece.

8/10 B+

I’ll keep this short
Chadwick Boseman is absolutely fantastic here, he does a great job in his role. Same can be said for the rest of the cast as well as Michael B. Jordan. Killmonger is also one of the few really great villains from the MCU, he actually has a motivation and actually does get character development. The world building is also fantastic and actually quite beautiful, the only knocks I have against this movie is as I said in my first review….the “WHAT ARE THOSE??” Joke which comes right out of nowhere for no reason. And some very minor script issues that aren’t really that important, it’s not the masterpiece everyone says it is but it’s for sure one of the best of the MCU

8/10 B+

People are always going to have their favorite Spider-Man movie, some people say Spider -Verse is the best Spider-Man movie, some people say one of the first two Sam Rami movies are the best ones (I personally think Spider-Man 2 is the best) and then some people say Homecoming is the best one. This was another movie I was worried about revisiting mostly because I was worried it was not going to hold up at all, but it does hold up well. Tom Holand does a fantastic job in his role, the movie has some pretty good humor and this movie is another one in the MCU that actually has a very good villain. The Vulture’s Design was actually really well done some people have complained that it didn’t match the comics but think about it. It would come off WAY too cartoony if they went with the comic, besides all they did was just give him a mask. I still do have the same issues I did with the movie the first time around, Liz wasn’t a very interesting character, Iron Man being included overshadowed Spider-Man at times and some of the humor was a miss. But it is overall a very strong movie in the MCU.

8/10 B+

I will admit I do think I’ve been a little hard on this movie in the past, the movie is definitely much better from what I remembered. Spider-Man and the airport scene are the show stealers however, the airport scene is one hell of an action scene and is very memorable. The action is incredibly well done and really shows off all the characters at their finest. I will say this movie does take awhile to get going, it’s very slow at times and sometimes it does feel frustrating. However once it does get going it quickly gets really interesting and pretty well done, the acting is overall generally good and the writing this time around is pretty darn great. Overall there really isn’t much else to say about this one, I still don’t find this movie to be top 3 tier MCU movies like a lot of people do but it’s a very good movie that I’ll gladly rewatch in the future.

8/10 B+

I will say that this is one of the darkest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it does have some jokes in it but unlike some of the other Marvel movies the jokes are far and few in between and they actually make sense. Thanos is single handily one of the best villains in awhile and hands down the best of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thanos wasn’t one of those villains that’s just evil for the sake of being evil or just wants to rule the word, he wants more then that! Plus it’s really refreshing to see a villain that has a personality, most villains (not only in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) tend to be one dimensional characters that are flat out uninteresting. Josh Brolin kills it as Thanos, he fits as Thanos and I honestly think nobody else could have done as good as Josh Brolin did! The acting and writing are very well done, there’s a lot of scenes that are actually pretty powerful and surprisingly some quiet moments. Which I say surprisingly because Marvel does not typically do a lot of quiet moments (I mean sure there might be some but none of them compare to the ones in this movie), the action scenes were really well shot and perhaps some of the best the Marvel Cinematic Universe has to offer. But the thing that I mostly liked about this movie was the fact Marvel did not hold back at all, in a lot of the movies you can definitely tell Marvel holds back. With this one however they really deliver and show they mean business! Overall Avengers Infinity War is a huge crowning achievement, a series of movies that have been going on for ten years leads to this big moment and they 100%. nailed it. I highly recommend to go see this movie, it’s one hell of a ride from beginning to end!

In My All Time Favorites A+

Just when you think it can’t get even better, when I saw this movie when it first came out I was seriously amazed. Mostly because of how emotional it was, I was seriously not expecting it all. Something I did mention in my original review was that one of the most unexpected things that was in this movie was that it was a character study film. I still stand by what I said, there is so much character development in this film it feels like everyone is given time to shine which is something I really do appreciate. This movie also has one of the best villains of the MCU, Ego is something that the MCU needed for a very long time and it finally got it. Ego gets some really good character development and is actually very interesting as well. The movie also does have a ton of emotional moments (particularly the ending where I did start shedding a few tears even on this rewatch) they are so well done mostly because of how well the character development is. I seriously don’t know what else to say about this one, it’s quite honestly one of my favorite comic book movies period and hands down my favorite of the MCU so far!!

10/10 A+

Marvel Movies Phase Two ranked from worst to best

I’ll keep this short, the movie is terrible…it makes the first Thor seem like a masterpiece, my main issue with this movie was again like the first movie it seemed like they still had no idea what they wanted to do with Thor yet. The villian is one of if not the worst of the MCU, he gets taken out very easily and he’s just not an interesting villian at all. He also has next to no character development at all. This is one of the movies in the MCU that has way too much of that awful Marvel humor and it really does effect this movie big time, I really don’t have anything else to say a lot of people consider this to be the worst of the MCU for a reason.

2/10 F

This was another one I was very afraid of revisiting, I remember seeing it in theaters and absolutely loving it and then I saw it at home and thought it was nowhere near as good. I do like it a little better this time, but this was such a step down from the first film. What really ruined this movie for me was the humor, once again it’s another movie afffected with that awful Marvel humor, to be fair there were a few moments that I did laugh at. But for the most part it really didn’t work for me. What I did like however was the action scenes, the acting for the most part and the introduction to Scarlet Witch and Vision, Ultron as a villian wasn’t terrible I must say. He definitely had his moments that were great, but then he also had his moments that were not so great. I respect what they were trying to do with his character but I’m not exactly sure if it worked, his character development was definitely present but it really could have used some more work. The movie is fun for what it is but don’t expect it being something as great as the two guardians of the galaxy movies, Iron Man and a few others.

6/10 C+

Didn’t actually mind this one too much, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Michael Pena make this movie. The humor is genuinely pretty funny with some jokes that I thought were actually clever. The action scenes are very well done, with some very creative cinematography that’s actually quite beautiful to look at. The two biggest knocks against this movie is the villian and how basic parts of the movie is, the movie does feel formulaic at times which is probably to be expected so I can’t really complain too much. However the villian is just painfully uninteresting, it’s another one of those power hungry villains that wants technology. I will admit the idea of Yellow Jacket is fine enough but he just comes off as painfully uninteresting and really not well developed at all. But really besides that I actually enjoyed this one and it’s a solid movie for what it is.
7/10 B

First movie of Phase II in the MCU, I was very worried about revisiting this one. I saw this two times in theaters back when it first came out and then I saw it again a few years later and remembering not really enjoying it that much. But luckily I actually quite liked it, yes the movie has a ton of flaws which I will go ahead and get out of the way. The writing can be very shaky at times, the writing does offer some really great character development for Tony Stark but at the same time there are a ton of stupid moments. Such as the whole Mandarin reveal which was incredibly stupid I will say, plus the villain once again was a power hungry asshole only this time he wanted Pepper. Plus even the concept of the villain isn’t really great either he’s just some regular guy who shoots fire. Not to mention the character development for him is not great at all, with that said there are a ton of good things such as the action scenes, most of the acting and some actual character development for some of the characters. This was a huge step up from Iron Man 2, this movie may not be up there with Gurdians of the galaxy 1 or 2, Infinity war or the first iron man. But it still has a lot to like about it.
7/10 B

Going back into this movie I was very worried I was not going to like it very much at all, thank god that was proven wrong because this movie still kicks ass. Talk about an improvement over the last Captain America movie, this movie not only explores Captain America in a much better detail but it actually takes risks and does have pretty spectacular hand to hand combat. Which is quite honestly some of the best in the MCU, this is also probably the best use of Sam Wilson in the MCU by far. And at the time this was definitely a better use of Black Widow as opposed to Iron Man 2, the cinematography is spectacular and really does get you into the movie. The movie also goes for this political thriller aspect which I definitely think was needed in the MCU especially at the time. Rewatching this movie I can easily understand why a lot of people consider this to be one of the best if not THE best of the MCU.

10/10 A+

What can I really say? This is still one of my absolute favorites of the MCU, I remember back in 2014 when this came out a lot of people were expecting this not to be very good. However this movie really changed so much when it comes to comic book movies, it has so much in it…incredible acting, a very hilarious script, really strong characters, very strong character development. Also I don’t think people don’t give the finishing move to Ronan the Accuser enough credit, it was such a badass move and you really feel that final attack that finishes him off. I definitely agree he wasn’t the best villian but the movie was going for a more comedic tone which is definitely more fun than someone like Whiplash from Iron Man 2. It’s a beautiful film from beginning to end and seriously one of the greatest the MCU has ever done.

10/10 A+

Marvel Phase One Movies Ranked from Worst to Best.

The direct opposite of the first movie, going into this movie again I was hoping that maybe this wouldn’t be as bad as I remembered, somehow it’s worse than I remembered. Robert Downey Jr is the only thing about this movie that is worth watching, everything else just feels like a huge downgrade from the first movie. Whiplash is an incredibly bad villian, not only is he way too over the top but he’s just not an interesting villain. Mostly due to how poorly developed he is, Black Widow feels very poorly introduced is a huge a shame. I have nothing else to really say about this one…
2/10 F

This is one of the movies of the MCU I was dreading to revisit and I still feel have the same feeling after watching it. The acting in general isn’t too bad especially from Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, again the Stan Lee cameo was pretty great and I guess I did like the action scene between Thor and The Destroyer. But everything else really felt not that great, a lot of the characters in this movie were just not very well developed like at all, especially King Laufey who would have been an actual okay villian if he had much more development. The humor in this movie for me really doesn’t work that well, sure there’s a few laughs to be had but otherwise it’s just not that funny. I think the major problem is the movie felt way too long and it felt like they had no idea what to do with Thor at the time which I guess is understandable since it was very early in the MCU. Overall I know a lot of people that like this one just fine and I’m glad, however this one really did not do much for me.

4/10 D+

There’s absolutely no denying that this movie is very important to the franchise, however when you take away all of that it’s nothing more then just a very bland comic book movie. Chris Evans tried his very best with a script that wasn’t exactly interesting at all, the filming was also pretty decent but that’s where it really ends for me. The movie has very bad pacing that takes forever to get going, Red Skull is completely wasted and feels way too over the top. Red Skull is also lacking in the character development department, the acting from everyone else ranged from bad to below average, it was a very dumb decision to have Joe Johnston direct this…

4/10 D+

This is one of the movies in the MCU I remembered nothing about at all, all that I remembered was that it was very generic and that was exactly it. The two things this movie has going for it is the Stan Lee cameo (which I found hilarious) and the final act. If the whole movie was what the final act was this could have actually been a decent movie. This is yet another movie in the MCU that takes way too long to get going, the romance feels very cheesy between Edward Norton and Liv Tyler, both are passable in this movie but they are nothing memorable at all. Speaking of which Edward Norton does an okay job as The Hulk but he is no Mark Ruffalo, you can easily see why many people consider Mark Ruffalo the actual Hulk and not Norton. As far as villains go Tim Roth plays Abomination which does lead to a very entertaining battle with The Hulk, however the character development just isn’t there at all. Tim Roth’s character came off as a typical power hungry asshole who wanted to be like The Hulk and that’s it. Overall it’s not as bad as I remember it being but like I said before it’s very generic, it hasn’t aged very well at all and it’s just one of those MCU movies a lot of people forget and rightfully so.

5/10 C

Not going to comment much on this one because it really speaks for itself, this is easily one of the better movies of the MCU. This is a movie that could have easily been terrible but luckily the direction, acting and writing were all there to give this movie a great advantage. The movie still holds up really well and all of the characters are great here, Loki is a very solid villain and there’s tons of memorable scenes as well. This is rightfully one of the most memorable movies of the MCU

8/10 B+

Easily one of the best of the MCU, it’s fantastic movie that still holds up to this very day. Robert Downey Jr is fantastic here, the origin story is very well done, the writing is spot on and the movie has some incredibly done action scenes. What else can be said?

9/10 A