Best of 2024: Ryan Silberstein's Top 15 movies
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Here are 15 of the movies I have truly loved and will carry forward into the years to come.
If nothing else, THE FALL GUY is loaded with charm
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
I want to see Gosling and Blunt team again because, even in a lackluster production, these two are a reminder that the idea of a Hollywood star is not dead.
BULLET TRAIN packs a torrent of punches into a confined space
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, Staff Writer
Boy howdy did I have a good time with Bullet Train!
Everything Old Is New Again, Vol. 42 - August 2022
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, Podcast Czar
Howdy everyone, and welcome to Everything Old Is New Again, my monthly column covering Adaptations, Remakes, and Legacy Sequels coming to screens great and small!
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Directed by David Leitch (THE ATOMIC BLONDE director, YES!)
Written by A Trio of middle-aged white dudes
Starring: The Rock, Crank, Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby
Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes (I know!)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“What’s your skin regimen? You look like Shirley Temple.” -Ryan HEARTTHROB Reynolds
I have seen one and half of Fast and The Furious flicks.
Makes ya kinda wonder why I am writing this review, huh? Welllll…the press screening was in King of Prussia (KOP), which is basically like saying I trekked to East Bolivia. In order to travel to KOP one has to utilize the dreaded 76 westbound strip. Despite the KOP theater only being about twenty miles from Philadelphia, it has at times, taken upwards of two hours to travel there due to the miserable highway. Several MJ contribs lacked interest in experiencing this hellacious journey for this particular flick. Therefore, I was tasked with bringing you (aka grabbed the shortest straw), our dear readers the scoop on director David Leitch’s (Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2) latest raucous undertaking.
Read MoreDeadpoo' 2: The Fuckless Boogaloo
Directed by David Leitch
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Fred Savage and Zazie Beetz
Running time: I dunno, the original was 1 hour 59. With all the cuts and adds, it probably shakes out the same
MPAA rating: PG-13 for chopping out all the fucks and reducing the flow and context of much of the action
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
You may or may not have read my review of the original theatrical release of this movie. Well if you didn’t follow the link, I was dealing with a sick pet and that didn’t end up working out too well. The movie was fine but not as over the top as I’d hoped/expected.
Read MoreDeadpool 2 or: How I'm Coping with a Sick Pet
Directed by David Leitch (2018)
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
So, for a sequel to the big, dumb, gross Deadpool you’d expect them to go bigger, dumber and grosser. For better or worse, director David Leitch decided to keep an even keel and it’s pretty much on par with the original. In fact, I’d say that the first half hour was practically reserved!
Read MoreAtomic Blonde
Directed by David Leitch (2017)
by Sandy DeVito
I should probably preface this review by admitting I knew I was going to love Atomic Blonde before I actually saw it; once you get to a certain point, after you've watched so many films, you start to get a good idea of what you're into, what kind of cast you look for, the telltale hints of stylistic choices you prefer. My success rate calling my like or dislike of a film is probably around 85% at this point. David Leitch, who directed the film, was one half of the former stuntman duo that conceived the original John Wick, a film that exceeded my expectations (and, it seems, pretty much everyone else's) in every conceivable way. Atomic Blonde is one part Wick, one part Bond, one part 80's action genre film, one part, I dunno, love letter to nostalgia? Love letter to Charlize Theron's presence on Earth? Love letter to neon and New Wave? All of the above. And love it I did.
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