Wonder Woman 1984
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig
For the past nine months, since a real-world viral pandemic swept the planet and forced the shutdown of civilisation as we know it, we ve been reading about how this or that motion picture is the movie we need right now.
Movies don t solve global health crises, but they can distract and inspire us.
In that sense,
Wonder Woman 1984 reminds us how badly we could use a superhero right now, and it s at once a fizzy pop-art distraction.
For those old enough to remember the 1980s, it s like going home for Christmas and discovering a box full of childhood toys in your parents attic.
Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984. Photo by Handout /WARNER BROS. PICTURES.
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LOS ANGELES For the last nine months, since a real-world viral pandemic swept the planet and forced the shutdown of civilization as we know it, we’ve been reading about how this or that motion picture is “the movie we need right now.” Movies don’t solve global health crises, but they can distract and inspire us, they can bring us together when we’re apart and heal the divisions that define our times.