MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE RELEASE DATES
2016
May 6: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
November 4: DOCTOR STRANGE
2017
May 5: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY vol. 2
July 7: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
November 3: THOR: RAGNOROK
2018
February 16: BLACK PANTHER
May 4: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR pt. I (to be retitled)
July 6: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
2019
March 8: CAPTAIN MARVEL
May 3: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR pt. 2 (to be retitled)
2020
May 1: UNTITLED
July 10: UNTITLED
November6: UNTITLED
Delayed: INHUMANS
MAY 2016 SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW:
Marvel kicks off the month with CIVIL WAR and ends it with APOCALYPSE. What are you most looking forward to seeing in May?
5.6
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR: Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man. Starring: Chris Evans. RDJ. Chadwick Boseman.
5.13
MONEY MONSTER: Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio. Starring: George Clooney. Julia Roberts. Jack O’Connell.
5.20
ANGRY BIRDS: When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to. Starring: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess, Jason Sudeikis.
NICE GUYS: A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger Dir. Tim Burton.
NEIGHBORS 2: After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask for help from their former enemy, Teddy. Starring: Seth Rogan, Zac Efron, Chloe Grace Moretz.
5.27
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska.
X MEN APOCALYPSE: With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Starring: James McAvoy, Oscar Isaac, Sophie Turner. Dir. Bryan Singer.
What fuels the plot of a movie better than the classic hero vs. villain scenario? Rivalries. Why? Because we can all identify with a peer or a competitor wanting what we want and that struggle for supremacy and respect.
For an episode of REEL HOOLIGANS, Tim came up with a quick list of twenty of the greatest rivalries in movies.
#20. Toros and Clovers — Bring it On
#19. Socs and Greasers — The Outsiders
#18. Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa — Pirates of the Caribbean
#17. Average Joe’s and Globo Gym — Dodgeball
#16. Derek Zoolander and Hansel — Zoolander
#15. Cady Heron and Regina George — Mean Girls
#14. Dominic Toretta and Brian O’Connor — Fast and Furious
#13. Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker — Star Wars saga
#12. Crash Davis and Nuke Laloosh — Bull Durham
#11. Woody and Buzz Lightyear — Toy Story
#10. Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty — Sherlock Holmes
#9. Thor and Loki — Marvel Cinematic Universe
#8. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy — Harry Potter
#7. Professor X and Magneto — X-Men saga
#6. Godzilla and King Kong — Toho Studios
#5. Captain America and Iron Man — Marvel Cinematic Universe
#4. Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane — White Men Can’t Jump
#3. Carl Spackler and the Gopher — Caddyshack
#2. Maverick and Ice Man — Top Gun
…and finally —
#1. ROCKY BALBOA AND APOLLO CREED — ROCKY I and II
