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REVIEWS
04 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

07 WALK OF SHAME
FEATURES
8 GALAXY PESTS
Jerry Collins examines Guardians
of the Galaxys chances against the other
Summer blockbuster fare.
10 MEET THE GUARDIANS
A gallery of the Marvel films cast
of heroes and villains.
18 GOTHAMS FINEST
From Young Bruce Wayne to Harvey
Bullock- its the cast of FOXs new show!
20 CATWOMAN ON SCREEN
Berry, Hathaway and Bucalova.
ON THE COVER
Zoe Saldana as Gamorra, Vin Diesel
as Groot, Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and
Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon in
Guardians of the Galaxy.
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FROM THE EDITOR
Hello, and welcome to this months issue
of Movie Taco- BuzzHubs monthly, free and
dedicated online movie magazine.
As you may have already noticed, some
major changes have occured on the pages
of this months issue. Movie Taco is now,
you could say, far more organised in its
structure. Theres a contents page, as well
as this Editorial section.
The popular Reviews section of the maga-
zine has been moved to the front, with
our redesign leaving room throughout for
larger images.
This month we continue our long-stand-
ing tradition of dedicating most of the
Features section to one particular film.
We have done this in the past with Star
Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit, Iron Man
3, Catching Fire and X-Men: Days of Future
Past, and this month its Guardians of the
Galaxys turn to get in-depth coverage
including a very interesting feature by
Jerry Collins and a complete gallery of the
films cast of characters!
Also included in the Features section is
coverage of FOXs upcoming TV series
Gotham, with a guide to the charatcers as
well as a gallery of Catwomen Through
The Years which you definitely dont want
to miss!
Thank you once again for reading this
issue. I hope you enjoy it!
DIRECTED BY
BRYAN SINGER
RATED PG-13
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It is to his credit that Bryan Singers return as director of the X-Men franchise
is so seamless that at no point during the latest instalment did this reviewer
consciously notice that they were watching Un Film De Bryan Singer. A cynic
may interpret this as a sign that Bryan Singer leaves no distinctive directorial
mark on Days of Future Past, but if you have any knowledge of what a unique
talent Singer has always been, you wont consider that an option!
For better or worse, Days of Future Past is a very memorable film. It begins
in truly awful fashion, with a clichd Ian McKellen voiceover, cheesy and
irrelevant opening titles and enough shoehorned-in exposition to give
George RR Martin a headache. The gang of new mutants who filled Empire
Magazines recent set of 25 covers for the film, including Omar Sys Bishop
(to please the French audience) and Fan Bingbings Blink (to please the
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
REVIEWS
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Singers return as
director of the fran-
chise is absolutely
seamless
Chinese audience), have no pur-
pose other than to launch the
film with an action scene as they
fight the well-designed but mis-
used Future Sentinels. Ah, yes-
the Sentinels- the ultimate Plot
Device. The story in a nutshell is
that, in 1973, Jennifer Lawrences
blue-boobed Mystique has
assassinated Sentinel inventor
Bolivar Trask (the fantastic Peter
Dinklage), setting off a reaction
against the mutant community
which results in all-out war. In
order to end the war before it
even begins, Patrick Stewarts
Professor X decides within 10
minutes of the film (seemingly
out of nowhere) to go back in
time to stop Mystique from kill-
ing Trask. However, Professor X
is an old dude, and considering
his younger self (James McAvoy)
was practically a morphine addict
in 1973, sending him into his 73
body mightnt turn out so well.
So, who (a) is young and healthy
enough to be sent back and (b)
is a big enough movie star to
carry the plot? The answer: Hugh
Jackman as Wolverine. I absolute-
ly adore Jackmans Wolverine, and
have always been an apologist
for Origins: Wolverine and The
Wolverine, films which had me
won just by featuring Jackman.
That said, I have never been less
engaged with Wolverine than
I was in Future Past- be that
because of how captivating the
trio of McAvoy, Lawrence and
Michael Fassbender is or because
of Wolverines complete lack of
character development (granted,
hes had two solo films since The
Last Stand). Jackmans presence
remains as reassuring as always,
however, and just thinking of him,
Bryan Singer and the team of
McKellen/Stewart all hanging out
together makes me very happy
indeed.
Along with McAvoy/Lawrence/
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Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult is a surprising standout here, giving a far more dedicated performance than he did
in either First Class or Singers underrated Jack The Giant Slayer. In the future, Ellen Page is passable, Halle
Berry gets laughably few lines and everyone else barely registers. Shame on the filmmakers for how little of Ian
McKellen they use. Shame.
Acting aside, the story plunders along quite nicely (have we mentioned that, after the aforementioned crappy
opening, everything gets good again), filling in gaping potholes with temporary but useful dialogue (and, thanks
to Lawrences blue-boobs, some SEXposition) and lots of cool Peter Dinklage stuff! The visuals are engaging and
the 70s design is incredibly well done (more so than the uninteresting Future China landscapes!)
In terms of the films central set-pieces, anyone who knows me knows there is nothing- there is NOTHING- I love
more than a break-in/heist on a Washington DC building (my shameless love for the National Treasure films sums
this up), and an extended sequence involving Wolverine, Xavier, Hank McCoy and Quicksilver vs The Pentagon had
me applauding with excitement for its entire duration. May I just take a moment to say thank you to everyone
involved in the making of this spectacular sequence- its the best break-in/heist ive seen since Ghost Protocol.
The grand finale involving Magneto dropping an empty stadium onto the White House is slightly underwhelming,
whilst the simultaneous future action is so ugly and irritating it pulled me out of the action entirely.
For those waiting for me to answer the Big Question- yes, the magic is back. Singers brought his A-game, as have
all the members of the cast who have an A-game (eg. NOT Boo-Boo Stewart). Days of Future Past is a pleasantly
short film, with enough brilliantly clever action and intense character drama to keep even the biggest Mutant
cynic entertained. If Halle Berry, Anna Paquin (hilariously credited above Peter Dinklage for a three-second cameo)
and the other unnecessary throwback actors werent around to ruin everything, this might have been a perfect
film. For now, it comes close enough.
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f Adam McKay and the
makers of Anchorman sat
down and wrote a spin-off/
prequel about Veronica
Corningstone, and Ron Burgundys wife/
co-anchor was recast as Elizabeth Banks,
the result would be very similar to Walk
of Shame. Brought to us by Steven Brill,
director of such modern comedy classics
as Little Nicky, Drillbit Tailor and, most
recently, the single most offensive seg-
ment of Movie 43- iBabe, Walk of Shame
has clearly been designed as a vehicle
for Elizabeth Banks to display her comic
skills (which she has in abundance), but
ends up feeling more like the recent,
instantly forgettable road-trip comedies
Identity Thief and Were The Millers.
Banks plays Meghan, a would-be
Corningstone who, on the eve of getting
the Big Network Anchor Job, gets incred-
ibly drunk with her friends (one of which
is played by Communitys Gillian Jacobs,
criminally underused in this film) and
wakes up in James Marsdens apartment
in the middle of the night. She leaves
with nothing but her car keys and an
inappropriately short yellow dress and
faces a daunting quest across downtown
LA to reach her new job.
Hence, Banks gets to interact with violent
Russian taxi drivers, a gang of African-
American crack dealers and several other
Hollywood stereotypes, all whilst being
chases by two cops who mistook her for
a prostitute. Banks comedy chops have
been displayed over the past few years
in films like The Hunger Games and
Pitch Perfect and on Modern Family, but
what the makers of Walk of Shame didnt
seem to notice was that in none of those
does she play the straight woman, and
when she does play the straight woman
(as she does consistently in this film),
she isnt that funny. Sure, shes Elizabeth
Banks- shes beautiful, charming and one
of the most watchable actresses around,
but Walk of Shame isnt the film that will
propel her to Kristen Wiig-level female
comic stardom! A last-act motivational
speech from Banks is about as awful
as last-act motivational speeches get,
especially after 90 minutes of non-stop
cynicism from all sides.
Despite the uninteresting performance,
theres nothing particularly offensive
or unentertaining contained within the
thankfully short running time, and Walk
of Shame comes close to earning its
place as A Decent Rental Film.
WALK OF
SHAME
I
DIRECTED BY
STEVEN BRILL
RATED R
theres nothing
particularly offensive
or unentertaining
contained within the
thankfully short
running time
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illionaire playboy with a flying
supersuit. Long-haired God with
a magic hammer and a sexy British accent.
Ridiculously handsome American boyscout
with a great
p h y s i q u e .
Nerdfy scien-
tist who, when
made angry,
turns into a
giant green
monster. Half-
Russian female
spy who wears
a skintight cat-
suit and makes
sexy quips after
shooting a bad
guy.
These are all
characters who sound like they should be
on the poster of a Marvel Superhero Film.
The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy do not.
Led by sitcom actor Chris Pratts bumbling
but wisecracking, Hans Solo-ish Peter Quill,
the Guardians are a team of scallywags so
scallywaggy that Tony Stark would use dis-
infectant before entering the same room as
them- especially if he saw the gangs two filly
CGI members- Bradley Coopers space gun
brandishing Rocket Raccoon and Vin DIesels
tri-syllabic Groot (he only says I am Groot,
yet a major
Hollywood star
voices him?!)
Director James
Gunn may be
best known
for his writing
work on Scooby
Doo and its
sequel, but his
two previous
(R-rated) direc-
torial features
were both quite
well received
(His second,
Super, clearly being the reason Kevin Feige
and Marvel chose him for this project). Pratt,
Zoe Saldana, Lee Pace, John C Reilly, Glenn
Close and Benicio Del Toro are all good tal-
ent, so theres no reason why this shouldnt
be as much fun, as exciting or as unique as
Marvels very best work!
GALAXY
PESTS
B
BY JERRY COLLINS
Since Joss Whedon gifted the world The Avengers in 2012, Marvel Studios output has
been passable, if not spectacular, fare. Thats all set of change as James Gunn reveals
his genre-shattering sci-fi comic book adventure Guardians of the Galaxy
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PESTS
TURN THE PAGE FOR OUR GOTG CAST GALLERY>>>
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BRADLEY COOPER
ROCKET RACCOON
Bradley Cooper cited Tommy DeVito (Joe
Pescis character in Goodfellas (1990)) as
an influence on Rocket Racoons voice.
According to the filmmakers, Rocket
Raccoon in this film is a unique product
of experimentation: Hes a little animal
that was taken and experimented on
and pulled apart and put back together
again and implanted with cybernetics
and hes half-machine and half-raccoon.
And hes a gnarled, miserable, angry crea-
ture because theres nothing else like
him. And thats something not easy to be.
James Gunns brother Sean Gunn was an
acting double for Rocket Raccoon during
filming.
efore Bradley Cooper was announced,
Adam Sandler, David Tennant, Sharlto
Copley, Jim Carrey and H. Jon Benjamin
were amongst the actors considered to
voice Rocket Raccoon.
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Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne,
Jensen Ackles, Lee Pace, Wes Bentley,
Jack Huston, Cam Gigandet, Sullivan
Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green,
Garrett Hedlund, Chris Lowell,
James Marsden, Jim Sturgess, Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, Michael
Rosenbaum and John Krasinski audi-
tioned and screen tested for the role
of Peter Quill/ Star Lord. Pace was
cast as Ronan the Accuser.
Chris Pratt revealed that he signed
a multi-picture deal with Marvel
Studios to portray Star-Lord in future
installements.
Chris Pratt went on a very strict
training regimen and diet for 6
months and dropped another 60
pounds eventually getting a six pack
for his shirtless scenes. Chris Pratt
said that it was a lot of hard work,
almost torturous, but when he was
filming his shirtless scenes and saw
the playback on the monitor, he felt
the effort was well worth it and he
was extremely excited to see the
best possible physical version of
himself.
CHRIS PRATT
PETER QUILL
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Olivia Wilde turned down the role of
Gamora, while Gina Carano, Rachel Nichols
and Adrianne Palicki auditioned before the
role went to Zoe Saldana.
Gamora is initially introduced as a villain
working with Ronan and Nebula whilst
being associated with Thanos and has a
reputation as the deadliest woman in the
galaxy,
Chris Pratt read for the lead role of Captain
James T. Kirk in J.J Abrams Star Trek (2009),
which went to Chris Pine. Zoe Saldana
(Gamora) played Nyota Uhura in J.J Abrams
Star Trek.
ZOE SALDANA
GAMORA
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According to producer Victoria Alonso,
Rocket Raccoon and Groot will be created
through a mix of motion-capture and
rotomation VFX.
Groot is a species that happens to look
like trees and is somewhat communica-
tive if one can understand the different
inflections in the way he says I am Groot.
VIN DIESEL
GROOT
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DAVE BAUTISTA
DRAX
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GOTHAMS FINEST
DONAL LOGUE
HARVEY BULLOCK
CLARE FOLEY
IVY PEPPER
JADA PINKETT SMITH
FISH MOONEY
CORY MICHAEL SMITH
EDWARD NYGMA
ROBIN LORD TAYLOR
OSWALD COBBLEPOT
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GOTHAMS FINEST
BEN MCKENZIE
JIM GORDON
DAVID MAZOUZ
BRUCE WAYNE
SEAN PERTWEE
ALFRED PENNYWORTH
CAMREN BICONDOVA
SELINA KYLE
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CATWOMAN
ON SCREEN
BY NICK HARRIS
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