CTV ATLANTIC: RICHARD AND TODD BATTIS ON NEW MOVIES IN THEATRES!
I join CTV Atlantic anchor Todd Battis to talk about the thriller “Drop,” the gritty “Warfare” and the Rami Malek revenge drama “The Amateur.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
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RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL WEEKEND REVIEWS FOR FRIDAY APRIL 11, 2025!
I join CTV NewsChannel anchor Renee Rogers to talk about the thriller “Drop” and the gritty “Warfare.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
CKTB NIAGARA REGION: THE STEPH VIVIER SHOW WITH RICHARD CROUSE ON MOVIES!
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.”
Listen to the whole thing HERE!
CFRA IN OTTAWA: THE BILL CARROLL MORNING SHOW MOVIE REVIEWS!
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.”
Listen to the whole thing HERE!
YOU TUBE: THREE MOVIES/THIRTY SECONDS! FAST REVIEWS FOR BUSY PEOPLE!
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.”
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DROP: 4 STARS. “The story of the worst—but perhaps most memorable—first date ever.”
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.
YOU TUBE: THREE MOVIES/THIRTY SECONDS! FAST REVIEWS FOR BUSY PEOPLE!
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 tell you about “The Monkey’s” damn dirty ape, the family story “The Unbreakable Boy” and the Canadian drama “Morningside.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL WEEKEND REVIEWS FOR FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2025!
I join the CTV NewsChannel to talk about “The Monkey’s” damn dirty ape, the family story “The Unbreakable Boy” and the Canadian drama “Morningside.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
THE UNBREAKABLE BOY: 2 STARS. “winds its way to a feel good, happy ending.”
SYNOPSIS: Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name, “The Unbreakable Boy,” a new family drama now playing on theatres, is the true story of how Austin LeRette, a boy born with autism and Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, transforms his parent’s world. “I wish I could enjoy anything as much as my son enjoys everything.”
CAST: Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval, Drew Powell, Patricia Heaton. Directed by Jon Gunn.
REVIEW: At one point in “An Unbreakable Boy” Austin’s younger brother Logan (Gavin Warren) accuses a schoolmate of being “a cliché,” but he could be talking about any of the movie’s characters.
Given Austin’s various conditions the story is somewhat unique, but the situations surrounding the character are not. It feels like a series of platitudes cobbled together to garner maximum emotional impact as it winds its way to a feel good, happy ending.
Father Scott (Zachary Levi) is an alcoholic, drinking away his career while opening up a schism within the family. Mother Teresa (Meghann Fahy) is frustrated, prone to tears and lashing out. Both characters exist as a reaction to the boy’s diseases, and how they shape the family’s dynamic, rather than being about the boy himself.
It is the much more common story about a man and his moral failings as a husband and a father—“This is not what I thought it would be like,” Scott says. “I feel like I’m failing every day. And the harder I try the worse I do. I can’t seem to figure him out.”—than it is the story of Austin triumphs.
It’s also an example of how tough it is to convincingly play drunk on camera. It’s not about lurching about and slurred speech, it’s about doing your best to not appear drunk. Scott’s alcoholism, like so many other things in the film, is heightened for cinematic effect, which blunts the power of it.
“An Unbreakable Boy” presents as a look at a child with unique needs but is more about the effect Austin has on the family than Austin itself. What could have been an interesting study of Austin’s world is, instead, a typical family drama content with skimming the surface.
