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Ryan Reynolds-starrer is a video game movie about hope in the face of grim realities

TORONTO - Ryan Reynolds admits he's not always as chipper in the morning as his character in the new comedy film "Free Guy," about an uber-positive bank teller who discovers he's actually a background player in a violent video game.

TORONTO - Ryan Reynolds admits he's not always as chipper in the morning as his character in the new comedy film "Free Guy," about an uber-positive bank

Alerts Image credits: Left: Free Guy (Alan Markfield/20th Century Studios), Right: Shang Chi (Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios) It’s been a rough year-and-change for the theatrical window, that quasi-mystical arrangement between studios and theaters, designed to keep home video from (hypothetically) totally crushing the going-out-and-watching-movies business. Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Disney has tried to walk a middle line on the issue of film releases in a world where there’s nowhere for films to release: Not quite the “delay everything except a handful of VOD releases” approach fav...

In ‘Lupin,’ Omar Sy Puts a New Twist on a Classic French Tale In the international hit from Netflix, the actor plays a modern gentleman thief, inspired by the charming rapscallion Arsène Lupin. “If I were British, I would have said James Bond,” said Omar Sy, the star of the new French series “Lupin,” about being asked to pick a dream role. “But since I’m French, I said Lupin.”Credit...Netflix Jan. 14, 2021 In 2011, a star turn in the French blockbuster film “The Intouchables” propelled Omar Sy to a César award for best actor and a ...