Thursday, May 12, 2016

Be Kind, Please Rewind

He’s a Soldier of Fortune Cookies. He’s the…

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Week of May 13, 2016

You never see hired gun booths at the career fair. First up…

Deadpool

When the random shooter jobs are all taken, mercenary work is the next best option for ex-military.

However, the garrulous gunman in this action-comedy proves you can do both.

Mercenary Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) undergoes cancer treatment for his girlfriend (Morena Baccarin). But instead of a cure, the formula activates his mutant healing ability and leaves him disfigured.

With help from some X-Men (Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić) he adopts a mask, a moniker and a light-hearted outlook on his off kilter quest for revenge on the perpetrator (Ed Skrein).

From Reynolds on-point portrayal, to the cartoony violence and the fourth-wall narrative, this reappearance of Marvel’s merc with a mouth after his ill-fated debut in an earlier X-film is a ribald and refreshing reboot that is as faithful to the self-aware smart-ass as can be.

Furthermore, it shows burn victims a jazzy costume is all they need to reacclimatize to society.  Green Light


The Boy

The best thing about babysitting British kids is they’ll believe your skulking boyfriend is actually a magical chimney sweep.

Unfortunately, that fib wouldn’t fly with the inanimate child in this horror movie.

After a breakup stateside, Great (Lauren Cohan) gets a nanny gig at an English manor where she’ll be looking after the Heelshire’s (Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle) son, Brahms.

When she arrives she’s shocked to learn Brahms is really a doll the homeowners believe to be their deceased son. While they’re away, Greata must adhere to Brahms’ strict schedule, or face his cruel wraith.

Relying on the played out premise of a possessed doll to deliver its hackneyed scares, this horrible haunter has no redeeming qualities to speak of, including the toy’s design or it’s failed attempt at an eerie ambiance.

Besides, the only way to rid yourself of a haunted doll is to give it to your dog.  Red Light

***Dead Pool Cleaner***

The Dead Pool

To successfully predict celebrity deaths, you must first know which stars are addicted to Percocet.   

Thankfully, the detective in this action movie has a cheat sheet of likely victims.

Renowned police inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) and his new partner (Evan C. Kim) investigate a singer’s (Jim Carrey) death on the set of a music video.

When the producer is also killed, a list of names surfaces that reveals a morbid game in which participants bet on the life expectancy of famous people, including Callahan.

On a tip from the director (Liam Neeson), Callahan’s turned on to a schizophrenic super-fan (David Hunt).

The final Dirty Harry movie, this iffy fifth installment in the franchise doesn’t do much in the way of delivering a memorable departure, save for its title, which Marvel later used for a comic-book character.

Nowadays, when a singer inadvertently dies on-set they just activate their hologram.

He’s a Third World Tour Manager.  He’s the…

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