"Free Guy" is a cleverly programmed wedding of star (Ryan Reynolds) and subject matter, in a movie that's silly, handsome-looking and a great deal of fun, in roughly inverse proportion to how much one sweats the details. Traveling inside videogames doesn't always end well cinematically, but this "Guy" braves that familiar scenario and comes out ahead.
After putting the wind in "Moana's" sails with his music and lyrics, Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his stage-honed chops to another animated movie in "Vivo," a sweet if slight love story built around an inordinately resourceful kinkajou. Premiering on Netflix, Miranda's songs elevate a small-boned effort -- call it cute, without that being pejorative -- with an unabashedly romantic streak.
"The Suicide Squad" is a rather ironic title for a do-over, but that's what DC and Warner Bros. have essentially done, taking another stab at the team of super-villains five years after a prior effort. On the plus side, writer-director James Gunn's movie is superior to its predecessor on most every level. Balancing that, the R-rated mayhem becomes a trifle numbing, blunting the overall effect.
Years after Kathy Griffin shaved her head in solidarity with her sister who was undergoing chemotherapy, the comedian and actress has announced she has lung cancer.
