Thunder Force is just another addition to the never-ending list of 'forgettable movies' that in retrospect is perhaps not that bad, but with a genre that has been struggling for space on the 'big screen', it certainly is not the superhero comedy it needs right now.
Love or hate her brand of comedy, there’s no denying Melissa McCarthy is one of the most energetic, fearless actresses working today. The same goes for Octavia Spencer, an Oscar winner who can just as easily, and skillfully, jump between playing a serial killer or a rocket scientist. Put them together in a superhero comedy Netflix’s
Thunder Force and you’d expect these two incredible women to knock it out of the park.
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McCarthy and Spencer star in the
Thunder Force written and directed by Ben Falcone which is now streaming on Netflix. It follows two long-time friends, Lydia (McCarthy) and Emily (Spencer) who could not be more different. Lydia is a slacker who wears rock t-shirts. Emily is a smart overachiever who lost her parents to a group of people called Miscreants. You see, in this world, super-powered beings exist, but the mutation only happens to bad people, and Emily dedicates her life to figuring out a way to give good people superpowers to battle the
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There’s always been something faintly hilarious about superheroes, both the naked fantasy of abruptly gaining special abilities and becoming superior to everyone else, and the idea of celebrating that specialness by putting on a colorful, skintight suit and running around punching people. But pure superhero comedy has always been comparatively rare. Making fun of power fantasies undercuts them, and makes them less thrilling. And even full-on superhero comedies still generally have to come around to some kind of thrill or emotional catharsis in the end which usually means looping back to a straightforward approach, and competing with the stories that are grapple with the exact same content without irony or amusement.
Here s the list of all the new shows and movies arriving to Netflix in April
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There s plenty of new additions coming to streaming giant Netflix s catalogue in time for Easter and across the month of April.
Check out the full list of titles below:
NETFLIX ORIGINAL TV
Prank Encounters: Season 2 01/04/2021
Hosted by Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things), each episode of this terrifying and hilarious prank show takes two complete strangers on the surprise ride of a lifetime. It s business as usual until their paths collide and their one-day assignments turn into supernatural surprises. Where fear meets funny, Prank Encounters is the most elaborate hidden camera prank show ever devised.