![]() ‘Hit Man’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Fun True-Life Lark About a Dweeb Who Goes Undercover as a Contract Killer ‘Hit Man’ Review: Glen Powell Teams With Richard Linklater For A (Sort Of) True Comedy Noir Thriller Romance That Hits The Target – Venice Film Festival The Hollywood Reporter September 5, 2023 ‘Hit Man’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Sexy Comedy Makes a Star Out of Glen Powell Here’s a quick glance at what some of the critics are saying: It’s a killer premise, and it’s surely a must-see in Linklater’s hands. Now Gary’s in a bind-he plays the kind of man who can help Madison, but he’s not that guy, right? He’s the guy who lures people like Madison into handcuffs, but what happens when he falls for one of his marks? What happens if he actually wants to commit the crime? Then, he meets Madison (Adria Arjona), a beautiful, bereft young woman who wants to off her abusive husband. In Hit Man, Linklater has Powell, a standout in Top Gun: Maverick as the cocksure pilot Hangman, credibly playing a dorky guy who begins to live out his wildest fantasies without ever actually having to hurt anybody. Linklater’s film is based on a 2001 Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth-the same journalist who inspired Linklater to write his 2011 film Bernie, starring Jack Black as a caretaker who turns into a killer. The desk jockey becomes an undercover agent, a dream many a dweeb can relate to. Soon, Gary becomes the NOPD’s go-to guy when it comes to impersonating a man, in various guises, accents, and wardrobes (whatever the situation calls for), who will kill for money. ![]() Gary takes the role and then, Gary takes to the role. Without a lick of training, Gary’s asked by the NOPD at the last minute to go undercover and impersonate a contract killer. Hit Man centers on Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), a part-time teacher who works as a tech consultant for the New Orleans Police Department, helping them record sting operations. Linklater’s latest, Hit Man, is very close to being the polar opposite of Fincher’s The Killer, with Linklater’s tale lifted from a true story and molded by the writer/director into something even better than true, something winning. This brings us to Richard Linklater, a writer/director who knows how to bring a good time, even when he’s dealing with characters a little less than morally sound and stories that dip into the queasier precincts of human behavior. While things are very clearly in flux in the entertainment industry with the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, this deluge of quality films from passionate filmmakers can make even the most pessimistic movie critic or fan imagine a brighter future. Bradley Cooper’s biopic Maestro, centered on the iconic composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and his decades-long relationship with his wife, the actress and activist Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan), has come in for enthusiastic reviews. David Fincher’s The Killer offered a lurid yet still surprisingly humorous look at the life of an assassin starting to question when everything went wrong. ![]() Ava DuVernay made history in Venice with Origin, her look at the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Isabel Wilkerson, becoming the first Black woman director in competition in the festival’s 80-year history. Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos wowed with his twisty take on a female Frankenstein’s monster, Poor Things, starring a stellar Emma Stone. Buzz, big acquisitions, and just a hint of good feelings, even hope, can be felt. It appears to be made largely of genuine stop animation footage of Legos, like the kind of home movie a kid would make playing with their favorite toys.With the 80th Annual Venice Film Festival still going and the venerable Telluride Film Festival bowing this past Sunday, reviews for some of the fall’s most intriguing releases are starting to pour. It's that "boop-boop" that makes viewers realize, right as we're about to leave the Lego world behind, what makes it so special. ![]() Peter sneaks into the bathroom, throws on his Spider-Man outfit, and answers the call with a quick but hilarious "boop-boop" sound that's clearly coming from someone's mouth, not a sound effect. ![]() An editor's note explains that this is Earth-13122, but we only see a little bit of it. Among them? Lego Peter Parker (voiced by comedian Nic Novicki), who's in the middle of his day job at the "Aily Bugle" (the D Lego fell down) - getting yelled at by J.K. Quick scenes show Spider-Men across the multiverse placing calls to group leader Miguel (Oscar Isaac). The scene comes fairly early in the film when Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) first finds out about the league of Spider-People working together to save the universe without him. ![]()
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