Wonder Woman 1984 costume designer Lindy Hemming talks about creating the Golden Eagle armour, the changes made to Diana Prince's costume, and working with Pedro Pascal, Chris Pine, and Kristen Wiig.
Film Shorts // January 13-19, 2021
American Skin (R) Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the white cop (Beau Knapp) who killed his unarmed teenage son. Also with Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Vanessa Bell Calloway, AnnaLyne McCord, Shane Paul McGhie, Tony Espinosa, and Wolfgang Bodison. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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American Skin (R) Nate Parker (
The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the white cop (Beau Knapp) who killed his unarmed teenage son. Also with Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Vanessa Bell Calloway, AnnaLyne McCord, Shane Paul McGhie, Tony Espinosa, and Wolfgang Bodison. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
2.5 stars
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Lucian Perez, Lilly Aspell, Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen
Rating: PG-13, for fantasy violence
Available via: HBO MAX
By Derrick Bang
The sophomore curse has struck again.
At 151 minutes, director Patty Jenkins’ second shot at the Amazing Amazon overstays its welcome by at least a half-hour. The script by Jenkins, Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham hasn’t anywhere near the depth to sustain such length.
On top of which, while Pedro Pascal may be a pop-culture sensation as The Mandalorian, he makes a truly terrible primary villain here. His Maxwell Lord is a burlesque Trumpian megalomaniac: absolutely not worth Wonder Woman’s time (or ours).
151 mins
Not too long ago, DC had a few disappointments when bringing their superheroes to the big screen for its DC Extended Universe.
Man Of Steel failed to reignite audiences’ love of the… er… the man of steel in 2013. Then it was more of a case of DCEU vs [a lack of] fans with
Batman Vs Superman’s disappointing critical response in 2016, followed swiftly by
Suicide Squad, which put the ‘bad’ in ‘a super group of bad guys get recruited to save the world’.
However, that very same year came a bright red and golden light for DC when
Wonder Woman was released. Directed by Patty Jenkins, the movie saw a change in the tide of the DCEU (kinda… it got knocked back a bit with
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Warning: SPOILERS for Wonder Woman 1984 are ahead!
Thereâs a lot to take in during
Wonder Woman 1984âs two and a half hour runtime, from Diana Princeâs emotional reunion with Steve Trevor to her battle with former friend Barbara Minerva, who had transformed into The Cheetah. But for Gal Gadot, it wasnât any moment where she appeared on screen that led her to shed a tear while watching the sequel, but the very beginning of the movie, when we see the young Diana show off her physical prowess.