I’ve
been
making
more
of
an
effort
to
keep
up
with
movies
lately
and
even
managed
the
rare
feat
of
seeing
one
in
an
actual
movie
theater.
I
saw
Guy
Ritchie’s
The
Ministry
of
Ungentlemanly
Warfare,
which
stars
Henry
Cavill,
Alan
Ritchson,
Alex
Pettyfer,
Elza
González,
Babs
Olusanmokun,
and
others
in
what
I
interpreted
as
a
goofy
spaghetti
western
/
spy
/
heist
film.
I
suppose
it’s
also
a
war
movie,
being
based
(very
loosely)
on
a
true
story
about
a
collection
of
unstoppable
guys
set
on
an
unsanctioned
secret
mission
to
destroy
a
German
U-boat
resupply
ship
during
World
War
II.
It
doesn’t
try
to
ruminate
on
the
weight
of
the
mission,
which
was
to
clear
the
way
for
American
ships
to
cross
the
Atlantic
and
join
the
war
effort.
Ministry
is
all
vibes
and
style.
You
know,
a
Guy
Ritchie
movie.
It’s
also
the
sort
of
mostly
mindless
fun
I
expect
from
the
biggest
movie
that
got
a
new
trailer
last
week:
Deadpool
&
Wolverine.
I
don’t
have
to
sell
the
trailer
for
the
Deadpool
&
Wolverine
movie
to
you.
Between
Hugh
Jackman
(Logan)
finally
wearing
the
yellow
and
blue
Wolverine
suit,
Leslie
Uggams
(Deadpool
2)
inviting
Ryan
Reynolds
(Spirited)
to
do
cocaine
by
making
a
Frozen
reference,
and
Madonna’s
Like
a
Prayer,
you
already
know
if
you
want
to
watch
this.
Besides
Reynolds,
Jackman,
and
Uggams,
it
also
stars
Morena
Baccarin
(Fast
Charlie)
and
Emma
Corrin
(The
Crown).
It’s
out
on
July
26th.
This
year’s
Russell
Crowe
exorcism
movie,
called
The
Exorcism,
is
not
a
sequel
to
last
year’s
The
Pope’s
Exorcist.
I
looked
it
up.
It’s
about
an
actor
shooting
an
exorcism
movie
who
thinks
he’s
backsliding
into
addiction,
but
it
turns
out
he’s
probably
actually
possessed?
The
movie
also
stars
Sam
Worthington
(Avatar:
The
Way
of
Water),
Ryan
Simpkins
(Please
Baby
Please),
Adam
Goldberg
(Running
with
the
Devil),
and
David
Hyde
Pierce
(The
Perfect
Host)
—
a
not-shabby
cast,
all
told!
It’s
out
on
June
7th.
In
the
black
comedy
/
thriller
Blink
Twice,
Channing
Tatum
stars
as
a
probably-evil
tech
billionaire
named
Slater
King
who
whisks
a
group
of
women
to
his
private
island
to
party.
But
of
course,
if
it’s
a
party,
then
it’s
the
creepy
murder
kind
with
some
maybe
spooky
supernatural
stuff
going
on.
First-time
director
Zoë
Kravitz
(The
Batman)
nabbed
quite
a
cast
for
this
movie:
Besides
Tatum,
it
stars
Naomi
Ackie
(Whitney
Houston:
I
Wanna
Dance
with
Somebody),
Christian
Slater
(Freelance),
Geena
Davis
(Fairyland),
Haley
Joel
Osment
(Drug
Store
June),
Alia
Shawkat
(Drift),
and
Kyle
MacLachlan
(Miranda’s
Victim).
It’ll
be
in
theaters
on
August
23rd.
Original author: Wes Davis
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