Adriana and I have been watching more movies than we can write full reviews for, so it’s time for our second ever Review Roundup! These will be shorter than our typical reviews, but will still give you enough information to gauge whether these movies are worth checking out or not.  Also, stay tuned for individual reviews for I Saw the TV Glow and Furiosa from Adriana and Thelma and Longlegs from me!  Anyways, these movies will appear in order from least enjoyable to the most enjoyable for me. Let’s dive in! The Fall Guy So flat out, I really disliked this movie. It had a good cast and a solid budget but I was less than enthusiastic about the rest of the team. Helming this movie was David Leitch. The best thing Leitch has done as a director was when he co-directed the first John Wick movie with Chad Stahelski. Since they parted ways, Stahelski has continued to make John Wick movies that, at least in my opinion, have consistently gotten better with each entry. Leitch on the other hand has made, what I consider, to be perfectly forgettable slop that you may enjoy enough when you watch it, but you’ll never think of again. The writer didn’t do much to excite me either, as his credits include movies like Hobbs & Shaw and Iron Man 3.  This is a movie about a stuntman and is supposed to be a love letter to stunt performers. I will take a quick second here to note that the Academy Awards still do not have a category for stunt performers and this is an egregious omission considering the history and importance of stunt work to cinema. However, what Leitch clearly lacks as a director when compared to Stahelski is the ability to really make stunts in his movies shine. I know from clips that there was significant stunt work required for this movie, but they can’t help but make it look and feel as bland and fake as possible.  The real tragedy of this movie though for me is the wasted potential. When it comes to top-tier action cinema these days, it’s coming from the team behind the Mission: Impossible and John Wick films like Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McQuarrie, and Chad Stahelski. I would much rather have seen people like them given this budget and cast to make a movie that’s supposed to be a love letter to stunt performers. At least in their hands it would have been pleasant to look at and fun to watch, none of which this movie was.  Verdict I will acknowledge that I might be a bit of a “hater” on this and general audiences that did turn out for this seemed to enjoy it more. I really did want to like this one, but there just was nothing noteworthy or special here for me. When Ryan Gosling isn’t even able to make your movie good, that’s a big problem. You may have more fun with this movie than I did, but you won’t remember it after you watch it and there are plenty of better movies out there if you’re looking to kill a couple hours. Arcadian This was another one Ty and I watched together because it featured one of our all time favourite actors, Nicolas Cage. Unfortunately, this one falls into the more forgettable of the bunch. There really isn’t much here to enjoy beyond the creature designs, which are admittedly pretty cool. The child actors are fine too, but I just never got really invested in anything that was happening.  The biggest issue for me though is that typically in movies like this, Cage is able to elevate the experience so you can at least have a fun time. Without spoiling anything, Cage is not given much time throughout the movie to do a whole lot. His role could have been played by anyone and the experience would be the same and that should never be true about a role played by Nicolas Cage. Verdict You can definitely skip this one. The reason it doesn’t get a worse score is because this is a really small movie that has at least some redeeming factors, including the creature designs and the serviceable performances. I wanted to like this one more, there just wasn’t enough of anything there for me to really sink my teeth into. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Have you ever wondered what Inglorious Basterds would be like if it was worse in every conceivable way? Well wonder no more, because this is the movie for you! Does this mean the movie is bad though? Not exactly.  Now sure, it’s really unfair to compare this to Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, but if you do watch this you will be blown away by just how similar they are narratively. It even has one of the actors from Basterds as the main bad guy in the film! However, if you can let that go, this is a perfectly fine movie. There is a big ensemble cast here including the likes of Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson who were the standouts here for sure.  The movie never really aspires to be more than it is and that’s definitely to its benefit. Nothing really stands out as particularly memorable or exceptional, but there are some fun action scenes and good chemistry from the main cast.  Verdict It’s definitely not my favourite Guy Ritchie movie, in fact it’s not even close, but if you just need to throw something on that is fun and you don’t mind it being forgettable, you can do a lot worse than watching Cavill and Ritchson slaughtering some Nazis! Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Oh boy, where do I start with this one? I guess it makes sense to properly set your expectations. This is perhaps the most “part one” movie ever. To provide a score here is difficult because this is not a complete movie in