The Marvels (2023)
The Marvels is the Captain Marvel sequel that teams up Brie Larson with two female MCU successors. Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik and Nia DaCosta wrote it.
Genre: Woke Disasters
Reviews of films that traded story for messaging and paid for it at the box office. The failures are instructive; these reviews explain what actually went wrong.
FantasyArtemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material.
Romantic ComedyHe’s All That (2021)
Addison Rae casting reflects social media platform commercial framework. He's All That is the 2021 Mark Waters-directed Netflix teen romantic comedy starring Addison Rae as Padgett Sawyer, a high school influencer whose specific social media career suffers public collapse following…
Woke DisastersMen in Black: International (2019)
Men in Black: International is the franchise reboot that replaced Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. Art Marcum and Matt Holloway wrote.
Woke DisastersOcean’s Eight (2018)
Ocean's Eight is the all-female spinoff of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) trilogy. Ross and Olivia Milch wrote.
Woke DisastersDon’t Worry Darling (2022)
Don't Worry Darling is the psychological thriller whose production controversies generated more public discussion than the film itself. Katie Silberman wrote from a story by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, and Silberman.
Woke DisastersNo Time to Die (2021)
No Time to Die is the final entry in Daniel Craig's James Bond tenure and one of the most divisive Bond films in the franchise's sixty-year history. Cary Joji Fukunaga directed.
Woke DisastersThe Hustle (2019)
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, and Jac Schaeffer wrote across the various adaptations. The film made approximately ninety-seven million dollars worldwide on a twenty-one million dollar budget.
Woke DisastersWhat Men Want (2019)
Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, and Alex Gregory wrote. The film made approximately seventy-three million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.
Woke DisastersFrozen 2 (2019)
Frozen 2 is the sequel to the 2013 Walt Disney Animation Studios film that became the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee co-directed.
Woke DisastersTomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is the reboot of the Lara Croft film franchise built on the 2013 Crystal Dynamics video game continuity. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons wrote.
Woke DisastersBirds of Prey (2020)
Birds of Prey, formally titled Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is the Harley Quinn solo film between Suicide Squad. Cathy Yan directed in her major studio debut.