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A Safe, Funny Level Up SCORE:  68 /100 Directed by: Shawn Levy Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Joe Keery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery Synopsis: A bank teller discovers that he's actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game.  ****BEWARE POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD**** REVIEW: I wasn't expecting anything with Free Guy. I knew I would get some usual Ryan Reynolds humor, with perhaps a few jokes at the gaming industry's expense, and maybe some unique action. This movie did deliver on all of those, and actually managed to surprise me.  Before I review the film, I need to address something that nearly ruined the experience for me. If you choose to go and see this movie, which I would recommend based on your love for gaming OR Reynolds, I would advise that you go to a late showing or an early showing. While it was fun to sit in a populated theater again, it was filled with kids. From 12 to 17, the exact age of kids that are unbearable to watch mo...

Deadly Good SCORE: 88 /100 Directed by: James Gunn Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker. Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, Taika Waititi, Mayling Ng, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis Synopsis: Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of D-list supervillains join the shady Task Force X, and are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.  ****BEWARE POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD**** REVIEW: There was no way this wasn't going to be better than 2016's Suicide Squad. That film was poorly written, poorly executed, and mostly poorly acted. I'm glad to report that the new film from James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy, is a complete reversal of that. Even if it doesn't quite stick the landing.  Notably, James Gunn was announced to direct this after being fired from Marvel and before his subsequent rehiring. He is undoubtedly ...