Mayday Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Maria Bakalova, David Morse Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Running Time: 115 minutes Rated PG-13 Grade C “Top Gun” is a prerequisite for “Mayday”. Rare for a new film to be written around a retro classic, and its effect on the cinema zeitgeist. In the case of […]
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (R) Dir. Shawn Levy The ‘Merc with a Mouth’ joins the multiversal mayhem of the MCU, making a meaningful, yet mightily meandering Marvel movie full of madcap violence and mischief Grade B- (3.5/5.0) “I am…Marvel Jesus.” Perhaps one of the most iconic – certainly most sacrilegious – bits of dialogue from
The last decent Michael Bay movie was Transformers (2007). Since then the action director has delivered a buffet of discardable sequels and ornamental Wal-Mart shelf one-offs. Up to now, everything was done under the studio system, and while it’s true the 2013 Pain & Gain (based on a very violent true story) was an attempt
The trailer for this film falsely states that this time around, “Pokemon” isn’t just for young kids. Despite casting Ryan Reynolds, whose most famous role to date is as a foul-mouthed superhero, “Detective Pikachu” is solely for children ten and under. From the director of “Goosebumps,” this is more of a pacifying adventure for young minds
Most of the original gang returns for this sequel except for director, Tim Miller. Creative differences arose between Miller and producer/lead actor Ryan Reynolds, who’s really calling all the shots here. Despite different directors, an inflated budget, “Deadpool 2” is more of the same, a lot more. More violence, more crude jokes and a dizzying
From the director of “The Expendables 3” comes a film that’s as predictable and by the books as you can get in the action genre. If there are surprises along the way, it’s at the monstrous running time and complete change of direction in subject matter. “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” has a tonal problem. Poor Gary
At the rate Hollywood is turning out space films, there isn’t much left to discover in the genre it seems. Director Daniel Espinosa (“Child 44”) certainly makes a run at it though, reteaming with his “Safe House” star Ryan Reynolds. “Life” is an action thriller, it’s sort of a contagion film mixed with all the
From the moment the opening credits hit the screen you know this superhero movie is going to be unlike all the rest. And thank-goodness, because I am way beyond my tolerance for that mess. This isn’t however the first appearance of Deadpool in the Marvel universe, he appeared in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, also played by
There are countless films that address the subject of gambling, whether it be the obsession, addiction or demise, in 2015 we have seen virtually every angle to the gambling flick. Mississippi Grind stars Ryan Reynolds (yes he shows some skin as usual, for those who only like him for the physique) so inevitably, lower
Ryan Reynolds annoys me, there, I said it. Self/Less biggest problem is the baggage that Reynolds brings with him.