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Action, Comedy, No Spoiler Reviews, Sci-Fi

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024): The Things I Liked…

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The violence in Deadpool & Wolverine is as gratuitous as it is delightful and fun with a capital F! Especially with such remarkable fight choreography, style, music and dialogue – not to mention the smartly hued fake blood.

Director Shawn Levy’s film would be almost perfect, for me, if it weren’t for that one character who was a delight to see until they started to speak. My, my, did I get woken up from the wonderful world of a movie I was so fully immersed in. Luckily, a much-needed quip I wish had come a bit sooner did what it could to alleviate some of the unease caused by this bubble-burster of an occurrence. One forced upon an unsuspecting audience who were in the throes of that pure, cinematic joy the movie created.

Thankfully, said character didn’t speak for too long, and there was another surprise character I was so happy to see that I could continue to enjoy the rest of the movie. Several unexpected characters turn up in Deadpool & Wolverine. Not everyone’s favourite will be the same, but all the characters are fun.

Since the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, phrases similar to ‘pure cinematic joy’ have been thrown around more than once when describing the experience of watching Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s record-breaking summer hit. ‘Fully accurate’ is my response to those descriptions. So, get yourself a slice of the action. You deserve it! 

Happy Film Loving,

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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024): Official Trailer Starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Morena Baccarin, Emma Corrin…

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Read my spoiler-free movie review of Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

The biggest onscreen bromance of the year is soon upon us, courtesy of director Shawn Levy, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, and Morena Baccarin.

For now, though, the below beautiful trailer will do.

By coincidence, I was about to start this reaction section of the post exactly how I did my previous Deadpool & Wolverine trailer post. But now, instead of ‘Wow,’ I’m going with ‘Yes, please!’ as my chosen opener.

Yes, please, to finally seeing Wolverine and Deadpool side by side. A vision that just took me back to my obsession as a young girl with colouring everything in my favourite two colours, red and yellow. For that reason alone, my young inner self is absolutely loving this.

Fully adult me is excited about the fun action sequences, satisfying bromance and all that delightful dialogue. I already love the delivery of all the lines in this trailer, including ‘Look, lady, I’m not interested.’ and ‘Boys are so silly.’

Come on, July!

Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, Rob Delaney, Matthew Macfadyen, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Tony McCarthy, Stefan Kapicic and Patrick Stewart.

Deadpool & Wolverine Release Dates: July 26th, 2024 (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024): New Trailer From Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner…

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Read my spoiler-free movie review of Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and Morena Baccarin are the stars of Deadpool and Wolverine; the third action/comedy/sci-fi instalment of the much loved Deadpool franchise.

Directed by Shawn Levy; Wade Wilson, a.k.a. Deadpool is the irresponsible hero, who’s due to change the history of the MCU with Wolverine.

Wow! I’m more excited than I thought I would be. Thank Heavens for all the actor-Ryans. It’s a Ryan-strong year, 2024, and I’m quite happy about it, actually.

As someone who doesn’t read comic books, I can’t wait for the surprise of how this Deadpool and Wolverine partnership is going to go. Deadpool may just be the only superhero movie franchise I’m not fatigued with. Let’s see how I’ll feel once ‘Marvel Jesus’ has done his thing.

How do you feel about this Deadpool/Wolverine pairing? I’m going to guess about as excited as a Reynolds and Jackman partnership, which is more than reasonably high, probably.

Additional key cast includes Matthew Macfadyen, Emma Corrin, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Tony McCarthy, Stefan Kapicic and Patrick Stewart.

Deadpool & Wolverine Release Dates: July 26th, 2024 (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, No Spoiler Reviews, Thriller

GREENLAND (2020): The Things I Liked…

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Greenland (2020), Gerard Butler, STX Films
Greenland (2020), Gerard Butler, STX Films

Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Andrew Bachelor, Greenland is not a terrible action/thriller, one about a family’s struggle to survive in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh; I generally have no complaints about the special effects or the performances. The only reason I wouldn’t call Greenland a great movie is linked to elements of the story edit and how the movie feels a tad longer than it needed to be.

Additionally, I may be expecting far too much from the government here, yet, I remain unconvinced that they’d have handled the ‘notification of selection’ quite as carelessly as they seem to in this movie.   

Even though Greenland isn’t perfect, I found it adequately entertaining. As such, give it a chance if you’re curious, and especially if you’re into disaster movies/good special effects.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Comedy, Drama, No Spoiler Reviews

ODE TO JOY (2019): The Things I Liked…

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Ode To Joy (2019), Morena Baccarin, Jake Lacy
Ode To Joy (2019), Morena Baccarin, Jake Lacy

Starring Martin Freeman, Morena Bacarrin, Jake Lacy and Melissa Rauch, I laughed several times during Jason Winer’s latest comedy, Ode To Joy. In fact, thanks to a number of fresh jokes I didn’t quite see coming, I can say that Ode To Joy is responsible for some of my most memorable funny movie moments of 2019.

At the heart of the story is Charlie (Freeman), a man who experiences sudden paralysis every time he feels strong emotions – mainly joy. Having developed several techniques for avoiding too much happiness and pleasure over time, things of course get quite complicated for Charlie when he falls in love.

Much of the good comedy in Ode To Joy happens as we learn about the uniqueness of Charlie’s experience of living with his condition, and this is when the film shines most for me. As such, I admit that I found myself wishing that the balance had shifted more in favour of comedy than it did. Especially since when I wasn’t laughing, I was noticing the cliches, imperfections and moments when the suspension of my disbelief was failing.

Overall, I’m still happy I watched Ode To Joy because of the humour, mostly, but also because of the unexpected but welcome reminder that occurred to me as the film played. In other words, the fact that there are many joy-inducing moments out there in the world as we go about our day, if we just pay attention.

Other joy-inducing moments I experienced courtesy of Ode To Joy include Baccarin’s character’s relationship with her aunt, Charlie’s connection with his brother and last but not least, the clip hidden in the middle of the credits. at the end. You’ll miss it if you stop too soon once the movie ends, so don’t.

Watch Ode To Joy. You too may find it, though not perfect but quite refreshing and funny in parts.

Happy Film Loving,


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