I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with guest host Graham Richardson to talk the new movies coming to theatres and streaming including the action romance “The Fall Guy,” the silly “Unfrosted” and the adult rom com “The Idea of You.”
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A love letter to the folks who jeopardize their lives so actors can look cool taking risks on the silver screen, “The Fall Guy,” based on the Lee Majors’s TV show of the same name, is an action romance that is easy to like, but hard to love.
Ryan Gosling is Colt Seavers, stuntman for pompous Hollywood action star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). He’s jumped out of tall buildings, crashed countless cars, been lit on fire and jumped through who knows how many breakaway windows in the name of making Ryderlook brave on screen and catching the eye if camera person Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt).
When a stunt goes horribly wrong, Seavers disappears, leaving the business and his relationship with Jody behind.
A year of isolation and recuperation later he goes back to work. But this time around the stunts aren’t the most dangerous part of the job. Moreno, now a director of a big budget action flick called “Metal Storm,” is pissed with him and to make matters worse, Ryder has gone missing mid shoot.
“The Fall Guy” delivers a crowd-pleasing mix of action, romance and high wattage performances from Gosling and Blunt. It is their chemistry that makes this as much fun as it is.
Set to a recurring musical motif of KISS’s “I Was Made for Loving You Baby,” their scenes provide good, old fashioned star power, with charisma to burn. The twinkle in Gosling’s eye, even as he is repeatedly brutalized on and off set, is a perfect foil for Blunt’s warmth and dead-on comic timing.
Together they help smooth over the film’s rough patches. A bit overlong, it gets unnecessarily convoluted in its last act, and loses some of its charm, but the whiz bang action and funny moments—like a fellow stuntman who helps Severs beat up the baddies as he calls out the various fighting styles from movies like “The Bourne Identity”—showcase what the movie does best, and that is deliver a sugar rush.
A cotton candy confection, light and airy, “The Fall Guy” is a bit of fun that leaves you with a sweet taste in your mouth, but not much else.
I’m quoted in a new article by CTV National News Correspondent Heather Wright on CTVNews.ca on the power of nostalgia in the marketing of “Barbie.”
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I join CP24 anchor Jamie Gutfreund to talk about the success of “Barbenheimer” on the weekend.
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I join CTV News at Noon anchor Andria Case to talk about the success of “Barbenheimer” on the weekend.
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I appear on “CTV News at 6” with anchor Andria Case to talk about the best movies and television to watch this weekend. This week I have a look at the movies heating up the box-office, “Barbie” and Oppenheimer,” and “Theater Camp,” another film, playing in theatres, that just might soak up any overflow.
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I join a CTV National News report by Heather Wright to break down what “Barbenheimer” means for the movie business.
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I sit in for NewsTalk 1010 host Jim Richards on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “NewsTalk Tonight” to play the game “Did Richard Crouse Like This?” This week we talk about the satire “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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I joined CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres. Today we talk about the satire “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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