It’s a jam-packed week on The Weekly Reel as Mike and Aaron trade hot-takes on everything tearing up (or flaming out at) the multiplex:
🎬 Movie News & Reviews
- Fantastic Four fizzles—why Marvel’s retro reboot couldn’t out-soar Superman and how even Pedro Pascal couldn’t stretch past a paper-thin script.
- Happy Gilmore 2 swings onto Netflix 30 years later—dumb fun or franchise foul? We break down the record-shattering 47 million-view debut.
- Focker-in-Law announced! Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Ariana Grande, and…more milking of the Parents-verse?
- The Social Network Part II: The Zuck Strikes Back—Sorkin writes and directs, Jeremy Strong steps into Zuckerberg’s hoodie, and we ask: do we really need this sequel?
- James Cameron’s next frontier: adapting Joe Abercrombie’s dark-fantasy bestseller The Devils. Why the 70-year-old legend calls it “off its tits.”
🍿 Early Buzz Spotlight
- The Naked Gun reboot (91 % RT) delivers rapid-fire gags—does it honor the Leslie Nielsen legacy?
- Together: real-life couple Alison Brie & Dave Franco bring squirm-inducing romance-meets-body-horror.
- Sam Raimi’s Send Help test-screening reactions—gleefully twisted return to form or too mean-spirited?
- Blue Moon early raves crown it a “perfect work of art”—but one critic begs to differ.
📺 Trailer Talk
- First look at Blue Moon, Zootopia 2, and James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash—our instant reactions.
💬 Join the conversation: Drop your take on the Fantastic Four flop or tell us which sequel you’re actually excited for in the comments!
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