About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier… reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to—F*ck. Synopses are so …
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Time for a Reel IF review
About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends – and what she does with that superpower – as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. John Krasinski’s IF is a …
Time for a Reel FREE GUY review
About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): In Free Guy, a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story…one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy …
Time for a Reel HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD review
About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid …
Time for a Reel POKÉMAN: DETECTIVE PIKACHU review
In the mid-1990s a video game phenomenon was born that was known as Pokémon. Known in Japan as Pocket Monsters, this game consumed the free time of a massive amount of people. In addition to the video games, there have been books, animated films and television shows. Now comes a live-action film version with a …
Time for a Reel ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL review
So, 20th Century Fox has decided to take the very unconventional route of re-releasing a pretty successful film which debuted less than seven months ago, but making some very interesting adjustments along the way. Deadpool 2 had become a fan favorite in this year’s crowded hero arena. And just like the 2016 origin story of …
Time for a Reel DEADPOOL 2 review
It took Ryan Reynolds ten whole years of begging, pleading and scheming before Twentieth Century Fox FINALLY gave in and greenlit the project that Reynolds had been so passionate about. Deadpool (2016) went on to amass an astounding almost $800 million worldwide, becoming the top grossing R-rated ever! And against a miniscule budget of under …
Time for a Reel THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD review
We’re well into the dog days of summer and where August releases are concerned, this usually isn’t a good place to be. Studios typically slate their movies that they don’t think will stand a chance against the bigger (and often better) blockbusters into the final month of summer. All they can hope for is for …