Look, I LaughedDeadpool & Wolverine isn’t particularly good. But it’s so determined to beat you down with its incessant irreverence that you might submit anyway.
ByBilge Ebiri
drama mama
Oopsy! Deadpool Might Have Scabbed.Blake Lively said that Ryan Reynolds rewrote the rooftop scene from It Ends With Us. Why didn’t her director Justin Baldoni know?
You’ve Seen This One BeforeThe Colleen Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us plays like an overfamiliar Lifetime movie with a lot more gloss and only slightly more grit.
He’s So AnnoyingFor years, being “sexy” didn’t work for Ryan Reynolds. It took him too long to realize being irritating did.
ByJesse David Fox
the industry
Is Shawn Levy the Future of Populist Cinema?With Deadpool & Wolverine, he became the first director to also write and produce his Marvel movie. Disney hopes he’ll save Star Wars, too.
Welcome to Wrexham Is Kind of Bizarre, Right?It may present as a feel-good sports docuseries, but there’s something oddly unpleasant going on in this elaborate piece of branded content.
The Adam Project Feels Like a Fake MovieDerivativeness in and of itself isn’t always a problem. But when it’s all handled this shoddily, what comes through is crass, careless opportunism.
