The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog

In the wait for the Avengers: Infinity War conclusion , we get a throwback to the 1990s with a character previously not mentioned in the expansive MCU: Captain Marvel . Can this film tide the masses over until the next $2B entry in the Marvel Movie Money-Printing Machine? From Google: "Captain Marvel ( Brie Larson ) is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories of another life as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers. With help from Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Jackson ), Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secrets of her past while harnessing her special superpowers to end the war with the evil Skrulls."

To get ready to watch this movie, I listened to an audiobook version of Ready Player One , which was actually written as an homage to Stephen Spielberg movies and the 1980s. From IMDB: "When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune."

Really Disney? I know you want to make back the money you paid Lucas to give you Star Wars (and to stop destroying my childhood), but a Star Wars episode every other year, and some stupid filler movie in-between? How can this be any good? And Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ? Stealing the plans to the Death Star? Really? And you had to do some reshoots, so we know the movie probably sucks... Oh yeah, it stars: Felicity Jones , Diego Luna , Alan Tudyk , Donnie Yen , Wen Jiang , Ben Mendelsohn , Forest Whitaker , Riz Ahmed , and  Mads Mikkelsen  -- so it has the most diverse cast in the history of Star Wars. From Google: In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.