Right: Before
she became one
of the universe’s
most powerful
entities, Carol
Danvers was a
US fighter pilot.
Below: With
her Kree mentor
Walter Lawson
(Jude Law)
Captain Marvel
sends us back
in time to
everyone’s
favourite
decade:
the 1990s.
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Buried past
And speaking of scum, they don’t
come much nastier than the
Skrull: a murderous, shape-
shifting intergalactic mob whose
goblin-faced leader Talos (Ben
Mendelsohn) fancies Planet Earth
as his plaything. Fortunately,
he hasn’t figured on a young
Nick Fury (played by a digitally
de-aged Samuel L. Jackson),
with the future S.H.I.E.L.D.
director trying to convince
Captain Marvel to rally the troops
and join an epic fight that
predates the formation of the
Avengers. And while the Captain’s
epic strength, butt-kicking skills
and unique ‘seventh sense’ are all
powerful weapons, it’s Danvers’
forgotten past that might just
hold the key to humanity’s future.
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Captain Marvel takes
flight on 8 March
Curtains
Another
phenomenon
particular to
this decade
was curtained
hair. Take That’s
Mark Owen has
an awful lot
to answer for!
Friends
Ross. Rachel.
Chandler.
Monica. Joey.
Phoebe. We
lived our lives by
their lives (and
to an extent still
do). Has there
been a TV
sensation like it
since? Not one
with such broad
appeal, surely.
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Captain Marvel and drafted
into the elite Starforce squad to
battle the scum of the universe.
By now, you should know
that the folks at Marvel are
incapable of making a bad
movie – and Captain Marvel is
yet another slam-dunk for the
studio with the midas touch.
Featuring a heroine who’ll
make you think and feel, and an
all-star cast that also takes in
big-hitters like Jude Law,
Annette Bening and Gemma
Chan, directors Anna Boden and
Ryan Fleck will take you on
a rollercoaster ride that pings
between eye-popping aerial
battles, heart-in-mouth scraps
aboard subway trains and
emotional set-pieces that will
leave you shaken and stirred.
As Brie Larson herself put it
during the film’s production:
“Fans should get excited. I’m
really proud of what it is that
we’re making, and I think
that all of the hype and
all of the anticipation
will be worth it.”
In the 90s, this
all-conquering
female four-
piece were
what we really,
really wanted.