Tag: Scarlett Johansson

Black Widow

Black Widow

dir. Cate Shortland (2021)

Film poster: “Black Widow” dir. Cate Shortland (2021)

Not bad, as far as superhero action flicks go. Some character depth is allowed to coexist alongside all the biffy-baffy stunt work, and the actors—most notably Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh, but also the support cast—make the most of it.

Lucy

Lucy

dir. Luc Besson (2014)

Besson_Lucy

Marketed as action SF, Lucy hardly even qualifies as a film. Director Luc Besson oversees a mood collage of philosophy and cod-scientific speculation spliced to a b-grade gangster plot. If not for Scarlett Johansson, this would barely have warranted a direct-to-video release.

 

 

Under the Skin

Under the Skin

dir. Jonathan Glazer (2014)

Glazer_Under the Skin

Stylish, stark, disquieting, yet strangely superficial, this loose adaptation of Michel Faber’s novel is largely art for art’s sake. Scarlet Johansson excels as a vulnerable, predatory alien who while struggling to comprehend the world becomes wilfully subsumed by her own human disguise.

 

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