Mediocre

Film: ArgylleCast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Samuel Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Dua LipaDirector: Mathew VaughnRating: 1/5Runtime: 139 min. The premise here, about a reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate, being forced to realize that the plot of the new book she`s writing has started to mirror real-world events, in real time, had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, the treatment here is so devoid of energy that you just about manage to…

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Gary Oldman recently critiqued his performance in the Harry Potter franchise. Oldman, who played Harry’s godfather Sirius Black in the movies, believes his portrayal of the character was “mediocre.” The actor’s Apple TV+ series Slow Horses returned for a third season in November.  Gary Oldman recently critiqued his performance in the Harry Potter franchise (Amazon Prime Video) Oldman made the comments on the latest episode of Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I think my work is mediocre in it,” he…

"I honestly think I would've played it differently," the actor admitted in a recent interview Gary Oldman‘s portrayal as Harry Potter‘s tragic godfather Sirius Black is widely regarded as one of the stronger castings in the beloved series, but Oldman himself doesn’t seem to agree. In a recent interview, the actor criticized his performance in the films. Speaking with Josh Horowitz in the latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Oldman acknowledged Black as among his most commonly cited…

"I honestly think I would've played it differently," the actor admitted in a recent interview Gary Oldman‘s portrayal as Harry Potter‘s tragic godfather Sirius Black is widely regarded as one of the stronger castings in the beloved series, but Oldman himself doesn’t seem to agree. In a recent interview, the actor criticized his performance in the films. Speaking with Josh Horowitz in the latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Oldman acknowledged Black as among his most commonly cited…

Every once in a while, an actor will emerge that Hollywood deems to be “the next big thing,” and the success rate is about as spotty as you’d imagine from such a lofty title. Taylor Kitsch’s back-to-back busts of John Carter and Battleship ended his chances pretty quickly in 2012, but Sam Worthington keeps on trucking. The star’s rise from anonymity to billboards around the world was rapid to say the least, with barely anybody outside of his native Australia having even heard of him before he was suddenly sharing top…

Over the course of more than 20 years, any long-running franchise that’s knocked out five feature-length blockbusters, a six-season TV series, two standalone specials, a stage musical, 13 video games, and five theme park attractions is always going to run out of gas eventually, but last year’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish hinted that there may just be mileage left in the sprawling Shrek saga after all. Arriving a full 11 years after its predecessor, there were many expecting Antonio Banderas’ second solo adventure to be…

via Paramount On the surface, teaming up a star and director both equally familiar with the action genre and then handing them a $65 million budget to weave a web of political intrigue as the bullets fly sounds like the perfect fit of talent and material, but 2007’s Shooter was barely above passable at best. Antoine Fuqua and Mark Wahlberg have both proven themselves as talented individuals, but it’s ironic that their weakest work often tends to come within the arena of running and gunning given how often they…