Men in Black III (MIB³) will likely play as a pleasant distraction only for those who don’t generally pay attention to what they’re watching. J (Will Smith) and Retro K (Josh Brolin) stumble from adventure to adventure on the road to the film’s conclusion at the Cape Canaveral launch of Apollo 11, underutilizing nearly every potential element of it’s fun time-traveling premise beyond by a well-played but ultimately throwaway cameo from Bill Hader as Andy Warhol. No real mention of Vietnam, The Beatles, Woodstock, Charlie Manson, or Martin Luther King Jr. (who was assassinated a mere year prior to the film’s proceedings). Continue reading “Rack Focus: Men in Black III”