‘Playdate’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Kevin James in the Latest Prime Video Action-Comedy Made to Ignore While Doing Chores

‘Playdate’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Kevin James in the Latest Prime Video Action-Comedy Made to Ignore While Doing Chores

The new Amazon Prime action-comedy includes a director and screenwriter among its credits. But the real creative contributions to the film stem from the casting director and music supervisor. After all, someone had to cast two actors as physically disparate as Alan Ritchson and Kevin James, the most unlikely screen pairing since Arnold Schwarzenegger and…

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#‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Review: Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson in Guy Ritchie’s Slapdash Tale of WWII Derring-Do

#‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Review: Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson in Guy Ritchie’s Slapdash Tale of WWII Derring-Do

With 2023’s compelling Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle, The Covenant, Guy Ritchie took a more serious dramatic turn, away from the flashy action, glib humor and the mashup of period settings with contemporary attitude that had characterized many of his biggest commercial successes. With its typically Ritchie-esque ensemble of quippy rascals, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare sees…

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#Alan Ritchson on Doing His Own Stunts and Theme of ‘Reacher’ Season 2 (Don’t Mess With My Family)

#Alan Ritchson on Doing His Own Stunts and Theme of ‘Reacher’ Season 2 (Don’t Mess With My Family)

[This story contains mild spoilers to the three-episode premiere of season two of Reacher.] During the three-episode opener of Reacher’s season two premiere, audiences found the nomadic muscle-bound former leader of an elite military unit in Lee Child’s bestselling novels trying to live the same discreet unnoticeable life as best as a 6-foot-5 Herculean-framed man…

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