I appear on “CTV News at 11:30” with anchor Andria Case to talk about the best shows and movies to watch this weekend, including the thriller “Drop” and the drama “The Amateur,” both playing in theatres, and the Netflix docu-series “Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing.”
I join “CTV News Toronto at Five” with guest anchor Zuraidah Alman to talk about new movies in theatres including the thriller “Drop,” the gritty “Warfare,” the Rami Malek revenge drama “The Amateur” and Prime Video’s “G20.”
I sit in with CKTB morning show guest host Karl Dockstader to have a look at movies in theatres including the thriller “Drop,” the gritty “Warfare,” the Rami Malek revenge drama “The Amateur” and Prime Video’s “G20.”
I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk about the new movies coming to theatres including the thriller “Drop,” the gritty “Warfare,” the Rami Malek revenge drama “The Amateur” and Prime Video’s “G20.”
Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to do a high five! Have a look as I race against the clock to pickup what “Drop” is putting down, and tell you about the dramas “Warfare” and “The Amateur.”
SYNOPSIS: In “Drop,” a darkly comedic new thriller now playing in theatres, Meghann Fahy plays a widow whose first date in years takes a strange turn when someone named Let’s Play “drops” a series of mysterious messages on her phone that threaten the lives of her sister, son and date. “You gotta be within fifty feet to send a drop,” says her date, Henry. “It’s someone in this restaurant.”
CAST: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan Spring, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson. Directed by Christopher Landon.
REVIEW: Not since the high-flying blackmail of Wes Craven’s “Red Eye” has a movie embraced its unlikely premise with such conviction.
The story of the worst—but perhaps most memorable—first date ever, fully commits to its story of technical and psychological warfare, no matter how silly the situation gets.
Action-packed, “Drop” is not. Director Christopher Landon trusts the “WWYD?—What Would You Do?— situation and the characters to carry the show as Violet (Meghann Fahy) tries to follow the crazy, texted demands clogging up her phone without alerting her date (Brandon Sklenar). With stylish photography—including some splashy Hitchcock inspired visuals—and the sparkling chemistry between Fahy and Sklenar, the director crafts a rollercoaster ride of a movie.
So, as a viewer, it’s best to leave your disbelief at the concession stand. If you can do that, “Drop” will be a darkly fun and tension filled story that pays off just before you fall off the edge of your seat.
If not, you may find yourself wondering why Henry didn’t hightail it out of there after the first text.