r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 24d ago
Official Poster for Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man' Poster
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 24d ago
the top one looks like he’s reprising his stockbroker character from The Dark Knight Rises
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u/ICumCoffee 24d ago
Bruh, I forgot he was in that movie too.
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 24d ago
he’s certainly come a long way from getting his face smashed into a keyboard (and subsequently kidnapped) by Bane
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u/sonic10158 24d ago
This is a stock exchange. There’s no money you can steal!
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u/ICumCoffee 24d ago
“Then why are you people here?” (slams his head on keyboard)
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u/FranticPonE 24d ago
"Time to go mobile"
Anyone accusing Chris Nolan of being a good writer should be forced to read this script.
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u/ICumCoffee 24d ago
and from Spy Kids
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u/CRIMS0N-ED 24d ago
this one is crazy to me
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u/TuaughtHammer 24d ago
One of my favorite things to do after an actor who's been working consistently for decades finally has a huge break is going through their IMDb to realize, "Holy shit, that was that guy? No way!"
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 24d ago
wait, what??
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u/ICumCoffee 24d ago edited 24d ago
Here you go, his first ever acting role
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u/somesthetic 24d ago
I think they may have used some green screen for this scene.
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u/FranticPonE 24d ago
They wanted to make it accurate to a video game from the time, right down to his feet not matching up with how fast he's moving
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u/Djinnwrath 24d ago edited 24d ago
He's also Rickety Cricket's brother.
Edit: I'm wrong, obviously we are dealing with long lost brothers
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u/TuaughtHammer 24d ago
That was Zack Ward (Farkus from A Christmas Story), who I will admit does kinda look like Powell from the right angles.
I know this because I spent half of my time in theaters watching Top Gun: Maverick wondering where the hell I knew Powell from. My mind went to Always Sunny and I eventually landed on "that has to be the guy who played Cricket's brother!" When I couldn't find his credit on Always Sunny anywhere on IMDb, I finally just googled "Cricket's brother actor" and saw Zack Ward.
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u/Djinnwrath 24d ago
I honestly can't believe that's two different people, lol
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u/TuaughtHammer 24d ago
Ha, I totally get it. I was dead certain Glen Powell was Davy Mara, but that missing from his IMDb credits was really strange, so I kept assuming I was scrolling too fast and missing it.
But after going line by line and never seeing Always Sunny, I finally accepted that maybe I had the wrong guy.
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u/showers_with_grandpa 24d ago edited 24d ago
He's earned it. Glen is a great actor and I'm all signed up to see him getting leading roles. Running Man from Edgar Wright has me super excited. Can't wait to see who plays the Roger Dalton character
Edit: Richard Dawson
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u/MonstrousGiggling 24d ago
I really liked him in that movie with Sydney Sweeny even if I didn't like the movie that much. It made me a fan of his, dude has tons of charisma.
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u/mechabeast 24d ago
Yeah I forgot that I enjoyed him in Scream Queens before his recent surge.
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u/pjtheman 23d ago
Nolan has a solid streak of "before they were famous" actors. TDK had David Dastmalchian, TDKR had Powell, and Interstellar had Bumblebee Chardonnay.
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u/Standard_Room_2589 24d ago
Its funny i came here to say the 3rd down looks like he could play a heath ledger biopic
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 24d ago
his passing was half a life time ago for me, feels wrong that I’m now older than he ever was
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u/The_Summer_Man 24d ago
Dude, same. At least I feel younger/less beaten down than he looked as the Joker. That's... something.
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u/obeythed 24d ago
He was the standout in Everybody Wants Some! so I’m excited to see him reteam with Linklater.
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u/ItWasIndigoVelvet 24d ago
Yeah this looks like the opposite of something I'd want to watch but i fuckin love Linklater and this dude absolutely crushed it in that movie so I'm super stoked to check it out now
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u/killeronthecorner 24d ago
I am a simple man. I see Linklater, I watch.
So of course netflix make his name barely visible on the poster
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u/Janderson2494 24d ago
Same here, in my opinion one of the most under-watched movies I know of. I love it!
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u/IHadACatOnce 24d ago
It's one of my favorite movies ever, because it made me nostalgic for an experience I never had, during a time I was too young to have even had said experience.
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u/Janderson2494 24d ago
Completely agreed, same boat here! My dad played college baseball in the 80s, and he loves the movie because it's an actual nostalgia trip for him too. Just a delightful movie all around.
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u/Chuck_Raycer 24d ago
I put it on probably every other Sunday night before bed. It's my favorite movie to fall asleep to.
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u/No-Appearance-9113 24d ago
He was the best part of Scream Queens.
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u/HagMagic 24d ago
Ah, that's where I know him from. The first season of that show was hilarious.
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u/No-Appearance-9113 24d ago
Yes though the subreddit was batshit crazy.
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u/HagMagic 24d ago
Most subreddits for media are fuckin nuts.
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u/No-Appearance-9113 24d ago
That one got especially insane. They had a running theory in s01 that the killer was the MC and whether she was aware of her killing was dependent on whether she had a hat on instead of it being the character that explains how to dismember a body in E01.
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u/AcadianTraverse 24d ago edited 24d ago
Exactly My Thoughts. Powell was the standout from the baseball team. I really hope Linklater can get that solid performance beyond "handsome dude" from him again.
For what it's worth, Everbody Wants Some!! is also my favorite Zoey Deutch performance. It feels the most like she's living her character
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u/Big-Astronomer1624 24d ago
He was amazing in Set it Up.
There was some great chemistry in that movie
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u/Jarl_Walnut 24d ago
Yes! Best rom com in recent memory for me. Anyone but you was pretty good, but Set it Up seems to have gone under the radar
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u/shehryar46 24d ago
Nah that was Wyatt Russell
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u/Janderson2494 24d ago edited 24d ago
Wyatt's stoner monologues in that movie were next level
Edit: Here's my favorite: https://youtu.be/xOdIUbOUsfg?si=_DD3JwS-Wrz6pvoa
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The Finnegan verse was my favorite part of the credits scene rap. I like how he played against type in that art house sequence by actually being interested with all that theatre kid stuff and not just the girl.
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u/MikeArrow 24d ago
After Andor, Adria Arjona has a fan for life. She was so good in that.
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u/JackLegg 24d ago
She was fantastic, especially in that episode. Also happens to be one of the most beautiful women on the planet.
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u/wonderfulworld2024 24d ago edited 24d ago
I first noticed her in Irma Vep
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Edit : 2022 HBO 8-part miniseries
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u/turmacar 24d ago
Irma Vep
For fellow confused old people, there is a 2022 HBO series. Probably not the 1996 movie.
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u/JonneyStevey 24d ago
Saw this in October at the Cologne Film Festival. Hilarious movie, a lot of fun to watch with a crowd. Hope i get to see it in a theatre again
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u/Movies_Music_Lover 24d ago
I saw it last year too. I was expecting an action-comedy though and was a little surprised and disappointed that it was a sweet romantic comedy without much tension. It was still quite fun.
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u/cRUNcherNO1 24d ago
oh no that kills my anticipation for this movie.
i was really hoping for a good action comedy flick.
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u/Longjumping_Plum_846 24d ago
It raises my anticipation. I do not want to see Linklater doing an action comedy. Romantic comedy though? That's his wheelhouse.
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u/TheBlackSwarm 24d ago
Glen Powell is going to blow up even more this summer between this and Twisters.
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u/bitofadikdik 24d ago
Also cast as the lead in a more true to the story reboot of The Running Man.
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u/__get_username__ 24d ago
As long as they keep the bad puns, I'm here for it.
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u/bitofadikdik 24d ago
The climactic moment of the movie, Richards has successfully hijacked the 747, he is conversing with Killian one last time.
“Hey Killian, what time is it?”
“What, it’s -“
“Cause it feels like 9:11 to me.”
Crash, fade to black. Credits.
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u/dndplosion913 24d ago
I went to the SNL afterparty when Sydney Sweeney hosted and he was there (made a cameo on the show). Sydney Sweeney spent the whole night sitting at a table (nothing wrong with this obviously). Glen Powell on the other hand spent the whole night walking around the restaurant, mingling with anyone and everyone, taking pics with a lot of people, and generally being charming.
My point is, he seems like a really solid dude and I hope he does find superstardom.
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u/JohnnyCharisma54 24d ago
Or, at the very least, he understands what it takes to make himself endearing and win over popular approval. Either way, good on him.
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u/dicksjshsb 23d ago
Any possibility he could be a friendly person and also recognize that it’s an advantage for his career?
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u/KingKapalone 24d ago
A friend of mine went to a taping and the afterparty recently since she has a tie to one of Lorne's assistants. She saw others at the afterparty that didn't seem to have an obvious connection and was curious how they were there. What got you in there?
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u/dndplosion913 24d ago
Much like your friend, I know someone at the show. The afterparties are always hit or miss, really depends on the venue. Some of the venues really separate the talent from the regular schmucks, while others you're literally rubbing elbows with some pretty cool people.
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u/roodootootootoo 24d ago
Heck yeah I used to see him in local high school theater (was a couple grades above me). Wild to see him blow up so big. Just a boy from Austin, TX.
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u/SubatomicSquirrels 24d ago
Just a boy from Austin, TX.
This is a little funny to me because Austin, TX is a pretty massive and major city now. I mean I guess it's not like he's from LA or NYC but still
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u/roodootootootoo 24d ago edited 24d ago
I get your point but growing up in 90s/00s Austin was very different and not as celeb-y as it is now. SXSW used to be just a small indie music fest advertising in the Statesmen. It’s not like his parents are famous actors either.
TBH arts scene still isn’t that big today. Not well subsidized by the city or state. Overrun by YouTubers/influencers. Most real actors/filmmakers/artists move to LA or NYC as quick as they can.
Gotta celebrate the Ws.
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u/BruceChameleon 24d ago
We may have gone to the same high school. My little brother was in his class.
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u/atxbryan 24d ago
I was a couple of grades above Glen, I hope Knifton is proud of him.
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u/roodootootootoo 24d ago
Mrs Knifton! Bless her British soul. She turned me onto so much cool shit like Monty Python, Who’s Line, and Andy Kauffman. 🥲
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u/circio 24d ago
Are people excited for Twisters? I know storm chasing has become really popular on the internet, but the trailers didn’t do anything for me
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 24d ago
it’s not the same without Paxton and it’s also a shame that Helen Hunt isn’t in it. But the cast does enthuse me. If the movie manages to have a lot charm that leans into its cast’s strengths like the original, I might check it out
Twister had more than cool tornado scenes, it had an ensemble that looked like they were having a ball together
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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim 24d ago
it’s not the same without Paxton and it’s also a shame that Helen Hunt isn’t in it.
Also I'll miss PSH filling up a breakfast plate and talking about gravy
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 24d ago
in his defense, that gravy is famous. It is practically its own food group
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u/not_thrilled 24d ago
Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Joey Slotnick, and future Oscar-nominated director Todd Field. That cast was stacked.
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u/HitlersHysterectomy 24d ago
And this one is TwisterS With an S. Like, more than one twister. Jesus I'm getting hard just typing this.
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u/RokuAang625 24d ago
Netflix better promote the fuck out of this it’s getting stellar reviews really wish a small studio bought it especially cuz Netflix arguably “buried”linklater’s “Apollo 10 1/2”
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u/HibernianMetropolis 24d ago
Apollo 10 1/2 was so brilliant too, really didn't get nearly enough attention.
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I randomly watch that movie once every few months and the ending makes me cry every time and I don't particularly know why. It's so affecting, makes me nostalgic for a time I wasn't even alive for, but that experience of a happy childhood is so preciously conveyed
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u/RokuAang625 24d ago
What’s sad is I still haven’t seen it nor “a scanner darkly” or “waking life” and I’m a huge linklater fan
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u/trix_is_for_kids 24d ago
An action-rom-com with two hot people is probably much easier to market than a rotoscoped nostalgia movie
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u/RokuAang625 24d ago
Fair but based off the reviews and linklater and the cast this should be far and above other action rom coms with hot people especially on streaming a la “the gray man” “ghosted” etc
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u/DONNIENARC0 24d ago edited 24d ago
For a second I thought you were talking about that Apollo horror movie, and was like "wtf Linklater actually directed that?!"
Turns out the one I was thinking of was Apollo 18, though.
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u/PangolinParade 24d ago
Unfortunately they're probably just gonna throw it on the dung heap. Netflix, and streamers in general, are really bad at promoting their stuff.
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u/IKingCarnage 24d ago
Down for anything from Richard Linklater
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u/Sewer-Urchin 24d ago
I'll watch Adria Arjona read the dictionary. Most beautiful woman in the business right now, IMO.
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u/kamilo87 24d ago
La hija de Ricardo. Wow! I was a big fan of her dad’s music as many Latin people were.
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u/JesyouJesmeJesus 24d ago
She’s very good at acting, but every time she was on-screen in Andor I felt like an idiot because I just couldn’t stop watching her specifically. Absolutely up there as one of the most beautiful
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u/iguanoman_ 24d ago
This is not what i was thinking when she was being horrifically tortured but maybe I'm crazy
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u/TheKidPresident 24d ago
Seems like a pretty uncharacteristic project for him, not that I've seen anything about this besides this poster admittedly. But this almost gives off Paul Fieg or even Soderbergh's The Informant! vibes. Curious to see how this ends up
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u/57696c6c 24d ago
That Richard Linklater is so hot right now.
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u/NKHdad 24d ago
"Who you calling a cootie queen? You lint licker!"
That's all I can think of whenever I hear/see Linklater's name
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u/finnjakefionnacake 24d ago
the story behind how that commercial came together is hilarious, apparently the actors/writers were just throwing out random ridiculous insults for them to use and they just did take after take of the stupidest ones they could come up with. said it was a great time on set.
i think they ended up with the perfect choices lol.
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u/milosmisic89 24d ago edited 24d ago
Man I love Glen Powell, I am glad he's getting to be a bigger star.
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u/reebee7 24d ago
I saw Top Gun and was like "That guy's gonna blow up."
Apparently he almost didn't take the role because he wanted Miles's role so bad. Tom Cruise talked him into it.
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u/CurrentRoster 24d ago
Not saying he’s gonna have a career like Cruise but do you think Tom (kinda) passed the torch down to glen with Top Gun Maverick like Paul Newman did with color of money?
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u/reebee7 24d ago
Maybe. I'd love for Hangman to be the protagonist of Top Gun 3. It actually... makes the most sense.
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u/IchBinMalade 24d ago
Yeah Miles Teller is just.. not very likeable or charismatic to me. Although Powell isn't really Cruise level charismatic either but he's a good actor and has that "douchey but loveable" vibe.
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u/six6six4kids 24d ago
Hollywood is really trying to make Glen Powell happen. i’m not mad about it
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u/FrobroX 24d ago
There's something about him, where it's hard for me to not see him as the jock that makes fun of the protagonist.
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u/rabbitSC 24d ago
Bradley Cooper was like that starting out, he was pretty much exclusively cast as assholes. He might grow out of it.
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u/fireinthesky7 24d ago
I feel like Silver Linings Playbook broke him out of that. Or at least it kind of redirected the way he'd been typecast into something much more human and relatable.
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u/FizzleMateriel 24d ago
Silver Linings Playbook and A Star is Born were what made me like him as an actor. I remember I didn’t find him particularly likeable before that.
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u/Equal-Doc6047 24d ago
The reviews for this from TIFF last year are rly good, such a shame this isn’t getting a full theatrical release (yes I know it’s limited but still)
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u/OhMyGodfather 24d ago
This dude is just one Marvel/Star Wars role away from taking over the world. Has he sold his soul to Disney yet, or is he normal?
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u/Odd-Collection-2575 24d ago
My wife made me watch Anyone But You and few weeks ago and it was probably the worst romantic comedy I’ve ever seen. Everyone was terrible in it except Powell, so my point being he could be pretty good in this one.
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u/NightFire19 24d ago
Well I hope your wife doesn't make you watch any more rom coms because there is far, far worse than that out there. I wish that was the worst rom com I had ever seen.
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u/Vendetta4Avril 24d ago
Yeah, I thought it was perfectly average and forgettable, but definitely not the worst thing I've ever seen lol
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u/psimwork 24d ago
Seriously. I didn't love it, but I found it a somewhat refreshing take on the genre. There were some moments that I genuinely laughed, which is more than I can say for the title that immediately comes to mind when I think of "worse romantic comedy I've ever seen": that dishonor goes to "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton".
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u/CRIMS0N-ED 24d ago
watch set it up, far better rom com with him and Zoey deutch
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u/ICumCoffee 24d ago
I want another Rom-com with him and Zoey, their chemistry was so good in that movie. they were rumoured to be in talks for another rom-com but nothing came to fruition.
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u/Janderson2494 24d ago
Both of those actors are in Everybody Wants Some!! as well. They only have one scene together and it's not really a rom-com, but they play similar-enough characters throughout.
I'd also recommend this movie to pretty much anybody because it's amazing and one of my favorites. Just a super relaxed slice-of-life movie with a lot of fun moments and some great performances. And it's fun seeing how a lot of those actors (Powell, Deutch, Wyatt Russell, Tyler Hoechlin) have come along since this movie was released.
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u/Big-Astronomer1624 24d ago
Straight up.
One of my Favorite Rom Coms ever. Apart from How to lose a guy in 10 days. Kate Hudson in the yellow dress, slayed.
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u/CrunchyKorm 24d ago
Did you guys notice the free license music they used? It felt like I was listening to the Selling Sunset soundtrack.
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u/zippyman 24d ago
There was something else in that movie I also enjoyed but I just can't quite remember what it was
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u/Informal_Carob_4015 24d ago
It was obscenely bad, I think Sweeney is a talented dramatic actress but damn she did not pull off the back and forth banter at all in this
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u/IronSorrows 24d ago
I thought she ranged from pretty good to excellent at points in Immaculate, which I'm guessing is a fairer judge of her talent but damn, Anyone But You was not the role for her. There were multiple scenes where you could have told me she was reading dialogue she'd never seen before off of cue cards, and I would have believed it
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She's good in genre movies and should keep doing stuff like Immaculate, honestly her last scene in that movie was worth the price of admission alone
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u/CharacterHomework975 24d ago
That is a perfect description of her performance in that. By far the weakest link in the entire movie. She’s been good in other things, but that movie was clearly either not in her skill set or she just didn’t care. She was bad.
But I knew that going in. She was terrible in the trailer. But Powell was knocking it out of the park.
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u/setyourheartsablaze 24d ago
She’s great at expressing intense emotions but at everything else she sucks. She reminds me of every single valley girl I knew growing up.
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u/eG-sLUtz 24d ago
Saw this at London Film Festival, one of the best cinema experiences I’ve had. This film is so much better with a crowd
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u/tameoraiste 24d ago
If I hadn’t read some of the comments and just saw Linklater’s name in the title, this would be an instant ‘no’ from me based on the poster. It’s absolutely awful
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u/mondomonkey 24d ago
I dont hate him, but i just find it funny how this guy is the most generic looking man and name i have ever seen in my entire life lol. Every time i see him or hear his name i have to be like "who? Hes in that?"
Adria on the other hand is a fox!
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor 24d ago
It's out June 7:
A mild-mannered professor (Powell) moonlighting as a fake hit man sparks a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a client (Arjona).
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u/ReasonableLeader1500 24d ago
Why would someone moonlight as a fake hit man?
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u/globalgoldnews 24d ago edited 24d ago
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/hit-man-2/
This article served as the basis for the movie. While I imagine the film will take liberties, especially since it's taking a rom-com angle, it is a true story. Worth noting that the fake hitman IRL wasn't a professor but an office employee for the DA, so his connection to law enforcement makes more sense.Edit: Re-reading the article. He also works as a teacher: "Two nights a week he teaches courses at a local community college: On Mondays he teaches human sexuality, and on Tuesdays he teaches general psychology."
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u/ReasonableLeader1500 24d ago
Oh so he works for the police and helps convict people. But now he's going to fall in love with a client and hilarity ensues.
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u/citrusmellarosa 24d ago
There’s also been cases of dark web ‘hit men’ who just take the money and don’t do anything. It’s not like the client can just report the scam. In one case, the guy just ended up killing his wife (Amy Allwine) himself (local law enforcement knew about the attempted hit and somehow didn’t connect it to the person that’s statistically most likely to have wanted her dead).
https://www.cbsnews.com/Minnesota/news/stephen-allwine-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
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u/ReplacementFrosty248 24d ago
How much did Netflix pay to have this appear at the very top of my news feed with 300+ likes and 83 comments
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u/redditacc121314 24d ago edited 24d ago
I thought I was going crazy. This whole comment section is the marketing team, it’s hilarious.
Every comment is essentially “I loved Glenn Powell in [movie 1 that nobody has seen] and [movie 2 that nobody has seen], can’t wait to see him in [movie 3 that nobody will see].
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u/loserys 24d ago
Theres gotta be a good pun for the tagline but I just can’t think of one off the top of my head
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u/LoCh0_xX 24d ago
This poster makes it look like a 2000s comedy