realizing Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (who wrote 6 Underground) also wrote all three of the Deadpool movies is only confirmation that One introducing himself as "Mr. Worthington" during the espionage scene is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT an intentional choice and not just random chance
like cmon. i thought the superhero jokes were funny enough but it's even better to learn that the writers also worked on multiple x-men franchise movies. and you just know that they're looking at their cast and looking at their script and going 'oh yeah. this is gonna make the nerds very happy'
well, sirs, this nerd is very happy. i love niche in-jokes like that
Twisted Metal is a half-hour TV comedy series based on the video game of the same name. The Peacock series follows “a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” (Peacock)
Twisted Metal stars Anthony Mackie (John Doe), Stephanie Beatriz (Quiet), Thomas Haden Church (Agent Stone), Richard Cabral (Loud), Joe Seanoa / Samoa Joe (Sweet Tooth), Will Arnett (voice of Sweet Tooth). Michael Jonathan Smith serves as writer and showrunner. The series is based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
It looks like the ultimate showdown and team-up between Deadpool & Wolverine. It will rewrite the MCU - hopefully for the better - but in any case, it's going to be an epic adventure!
#DeadpoolWolverine #MCU #RyanReynolds #HughJackman
Writer: Shawn Levy, Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Longelin
Director: Shawn Levy
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfayden, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, Karan Soni
This looks like an action-comedy with superhero layers. Reynolds’ comedic charm is on full display, the glimpses we’ve had of Jackman and characters from the Fox-Marvel universe…
Apple’s action spy rom-com reteams Chris Evans and Ana de Armas as fast lovers thrust into globetrotting danger when it’s revealed the latter is a high-level CIA operative. This crucial piece of information sort of explains why she “ghosted” him despite a seemingly magical first date meet-cute. It’s a fun (albeit unoriginal) concept starring two attractive leads. Too bad so much of the film feels rather generic or blandly executed from the glossy sense of a rushed (also problematic) romance to the fairly lazily drawn together spy/chase elements.
Adrien Brody’s crappy French accent in this movie I could have forgiven, if only I haven’t seen John Wick: Chapter 4 a couple of weeks ago where I experienced the most delightful Parisian mouthing of Bill Skarsgard’s villain, so now Brody’s French-ish slur sticks out like a sore thumb. And boy is this one sore thumb. Everything is not j’aime up in this joint.
Plot: Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie, but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.
This is the third time Chris Evans and Ana de Armas are co-starring in a film together, following the fantastic murder mystery Knives Out and the Netflix action film The Gray Man. As such this pairing on paper seems like a natural one, however upon seeing the new Ghosted film on Apple TV+ I have made quite the peculiar discovery - these two have absolutely zero chemistry. I mean none whatsoever. All their flirting comes of as cringeworthy, the romance is none existent and I didn’t buy into their relationship whatsoever. Their kissing scenes reminded me of that Andrew Garfield/Emma Stone SNL sketch where they don’t know how to kiss on camera. It was just awkward. And when in a rom-com your central couple have no chemistry, well then the movie is doomed to fail as is. Also, talk about a miscast! Chris Evans is supposed to play a farmer boy with an inhaler having an innocent outlook on life, yet it’s so hard not to see him as the alpha male, as such making his casting very questionable. Ana de Armas is usually a likeable presence, however, again, here is very bland and forgettable. And wears a wig. A very obvious wig, made the more obvious by the Twitter community, so thank you guys. It’s a shame really, as one could have easily done a trashy silly spy rom-com with A-list actors. Just look at Mr & Mrs Smith - an absolutely stupid movie but its hard to deny the sex appeal of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together... though obviously that hasn’t aged too well but back then they were fire!
There’s a lot of talent involved behind the camera here. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who are known as the writers of the very successful and entertaining Deadpool movies have story credits here, and Dexter Fletcher is in the director’s chair. Evidently all three must have been undergoing some kind of collective erectile dysfunction causing their creative juices to dry out like water in a desert, as this movie consists of all the possible Hollywood plot cliches imaginable, with a painfully unfunny script, boring direction and general nonsense. Fletcher is fresh off the heels of his previous directorial outing with the Elton John biopic Rocketman that was visually filled with colour and charm, yet here the directing is so shallow and plain. So uninspired. As for the action sequences, they are there I guess. There’s a somewhat passable fight/chase on a bus, but even then, all those stunts you would have seen before.
Ghosted would have been a perfectly acceptable affair back in the early 2000s, however in 2023 it is simply ticking off every generic cliché of a Hollywood action film, only not anywhere as good as the movies its ripping off, nor that funny either. There’s even a few pointless cameos thrown in, and I do mean pointless. So in a nutshell, not worth getting Apple TV+ for anyway, however if you’re wondering about that streaming service, there is a delightful movie about the backstory of Tetris that came out on there recently starring Taron Egerton, and that’s actually much more interesting.
“ A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth. “
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
What a pointless movie this was. This literally feels like an “Alien” wannabe, but worse. The cast is good, and the visuals are nice (I even like the design of the monster), but overall is not a fun movie. Some of the death scenes are cool, I guess.
EL UNIVERSO DE EL HOMBRE GRIS SE EXPANDE CON UNA SECUELA Y SPIN-OFF EN DESARROLLO POR NETFLIX
EL UNIVERSO DE EL HOMBRE GRIS SE EXPANDE CON UNA SECUELA Y SPIN-OFF EN DESARROLLO POR NETFLIX
Siguiendo el rotundo éxito de El Hombre Gris, que este fin de semana debutó en el puesto número 1 de películas en 92 países, Netflix est�� afianzando sus planes para convertir el título en una de las grandes franquicias de espías.El Hombre Gris ya es una de las favoritas de los fans con una calificación de la audiencia de 91% en Rotten Tomatoes, por lo que ya se está desarrollando una secuela…
Will Arnett has joined the cast of Peacock’s Twisted Metal series. Arnett will voice Sweet Tooth, the clown-mask wearing killer who drives a doomsday ice cream truck across “Lost Vegas.” Arnett joins the previously cast Anthony Mackie (John Doe), Stephanie Beatriz (Quiet), and Thomas Haden Church (Agent Stone). The adaptation is based on an idea from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who will both serve as executive producers. Michael Jonathan Smith is writing the screenplay and will also serve as an executive producer.
The live-action Twisted Metal follows John Doe (Mackie), an outsider given the chance at a better life if he and Quiet (Beatriz), a trigger-happy car thief, can deliver a package across the post-apocalyptic wasteland teeming with marauders and their destructive vehicles.
(Image of Will Arnett as Detective Terry Seattle in Murderville)
Flying across the globe to follow someone after one date is absolutely unhinged behavior. Yes, even if that woman is Ana de Armas. But hey, rom com’s be like that sometimes. Check out episode 244 to see what we thought of Ghosted!
Ghosted Review- A Many-Layered and Multifacited Action Adventure Spy Comedy
Spy films come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they come in the form of a romantic action-adventure film. That’s the case with Ghosted. It stars two of the biggest stars on the planet Ana de Armas and Chtis Evens. No strangers to this type of movie. It even has a very respected firrcterattached to it. Dexter Fletcher. Even the writers have had a pretty good career this far in Hollywood. This…