{"id":43149,"date":"2018-03-02T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=43149"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:02:46","slug":"new-releases-march-2-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/02\/new-releases-march-2-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases; March 2, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We have two alternate takes on classic anti-heroes in this week’s new releases.<\/p>\n

\"\"1. Red Sparrow (Fox, 3,056 Theaters, 139 Minutes,\u00a0Rated R for strong violence, torture, sexual content, language and some graphic nudity, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: 51% Fresh<\/a> [139 Reviews]): <\/strong>So, Marvel’s Black Widow’s origin in the comics was that of a young girl drafted by the KGB to join a “Red Room,” where they are physically and mentally conditioned with other women to become the perfect spies called Black Widows. Eventually, one breaks away to become the hero Black Widow.<\/p>\n

This film’s plot is\u00a0 that of a young girl (Jennifer Lawrence) drafted by the KGB to join a “Sparrow School,” where they are physically and mentally conditioned with other men and women to become the perfect spies called Sparrows. Eventually, she breaks away to become a double agent.<\/p>\n

In case you were wondering who ripped off who, the Marvel version hit comics no later than 1999, and this film is based on a 2013 book by Jason Matthews. So there.<\/p>\n