In Fighting With My Family, a former wrestler whose kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) are given the opportunity of a lifetime.
Written/directed by Stephen Merchant, this is the true story of Saraya-Jade Bevis, a.k.a. former WWE wrestler Paige.
Key cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Florence Pugh, Vince Vaughn and Nick Frost.
At first I wasn’t sure about this, but then the humour came and I realised that Dwayne was playing himself. Another element I’m drawn to is the sister’s journey after she gets picked.
Lastly, I’m curious about Merchant as a feature film director.
Hannah Rae, Paul Wight, Kim Matula, Jack Lowden and Stephen Merchant also star.
Since I tend to enjoy so much of Jon Favreau’s recent work, I wanted to check out one of his earlier projects. I chose Swingers, a Favreau-written comedy in which he plays Mike, a twenty-something aspiring actor in Hollywood.
Mike is down in the dumps because he left his girlfriend behind in New York. Mike’s friends, who are also coping with the mysteries of life and women, decide to help him feel less lonely.
To get straight to the point, I enjoyed some humorous moments in Swingers and I’m sure the film was a special feat at the time of release. Nevertheless, I didn’t fall in love with Swingers. Reason one being just how annoying Mike became because of the seemingly ceaseless moping. I actually spent a good portion of the movie wondering about when his friends were going to lose patience with him because I already did, a while back. Reason two, the overuse of the phrase ‘you’re money.’ I’m sure it was likely very cool for some people to say that and often, back then, but in the present day, I personally have little to no time for ‘you’re money.’
I know that Swingers isn’t exactly a terrible movie. Granted it’s definitely a film guys will likely enjoy more than ladies. Still, the best I can say is that there was a slight Superbad (2007) vibe – if Superbad was setseveral years post high school. It’s of course not lost on me the idea that Swingers probably inspired Superbad, That still doesn’t mean that I have to like it now; does it?
Have you seen Swingers? Is there something great that I missed to recognise about this movie? Feel very free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
In Brawl In Cell Block 99, Vince Vaughn is a former boxer-turned-drug runner who ends up in jail after a deal goes sideways.
Written/directed by S. Craig Zahler; Don Johnson and Jennifer Carpenter co-star.
My main reason for watching is the hope that Vaughn is branching out and playing a character not too similar to the ones we’re used to seeing him play.
Andrew Garfield is the star of Mel Gibson’s latest film, Hacksaw Ridge.
Garfield plays real-life WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, a man who joins the army but refuses to kill people.
I don’t know what the word is for how this trailer makes me feel, but I know I’ll have to be in the right mood to sit and watch.
This trailer gives off a kind of Forrest Gump (1994) quality but somehow manages to pull even harder at the heartstrings; all of which makes me think that the end product is going to be, dare I say, overly sappy.
Perhaps I’d be more intrigued had the trailer not revealed so much. All that has been left out of this trailer appears to be the presentation of the Medal of Honour. As continues to be the case, I find myself missing the good trailers of the past that cleverly showed you only enough but never too much.
My favourite Mel Gibson-directed movie will likely always be Apocalypto (2006).
Sam Worthington, Ryan Corr, Luke Bracey, Vince Vaughn and Hugo Weaving also star.
Vince Vaughn has an intriguing new movie and it also stars Bill Paxton, Hailee Steinfeld, Jon Favreau and Taraji P. Henson.
I’m extra hopeful because of John Favreau, Hailee Steinfeld and Bill Paxton’s involvement. Favreau, because of his work in Chef (2014) and I Love You, Man (2009), Steinfeld for True Grit (2010) and Paxton because of what he achieved with 2 Guns (2013). And he’s just generally very good.
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