The Film Father - Making an Offer You Can’t Review

Starring : Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew McFayden and a bunch more you’re probably best to not know about until you see them for yourself. Directed by : Shawn Levy Where It’s Available : Movie theatres! (I actually went to one. I’m as shocked as you are) Also Disney Plus around November or so I guess? Well, it’s happened. The Merc with a Mouth dropped over 100 f-bombs paid for by the Mouse House. The film is big, bombastic and chockful of cameos, in-jokes and meta-narrative and it’s backed by one of the most eclectic soundtracks you’ll ever see. And it fucking ruled. Deadpool & Wolverine opens with Deadpool visiting Logan’s grave from.. well.. ‘Logan’ (spoilers for a 7 year old comic book movie classic, sorrynotsorry). Some.. things happen and then Deadpool finds himself engaged in an adventure across the multiverse. Honestly, talking about the plot is effectively impossible because half the fun is seeing who shows up and what happens. Suffice it to say that - a...

Starring : Jake Gyllenhall, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor (!), Post Malone (!!) Directed by Doug Liman  Where It’s Available : Amazon Prime It takes a lot for a movie to surprise me nowadays. I’m not talking about plot twists or swerves, I mean more in the “Wow, this movie was shockingly (good/bad) and I wasn’t expecting it.” It pleases me to say that Doug Liman’s remake of Roadhouse starring a very likeable (and *hot*, my god - he’s got more abs than Finn Balor - wrestling reference. Use the Google and you’ll see what I mean) Jake Gyllenhall surprised me in the best possible way. Now let me get this out of the way - is the film ‘good’? Well…it’s competently made. Gyllenhall smiles at the camera with just enough charm. Conor McGregor is… well, he’s terrible, but he is terrible with an effusive charm that’s forgivable. I think calling it ‘middling’ would be fair as far as technical showpieces. BUT, is the movie *entertaining*? As someone who appreciates goofy B-movies (and the P...