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  • Ryan Reynolds Gets ‘Turned On’ by Carnage in ‘Deadpool’ Trailer

    “With great power comes great irresponsibility” is an apt tagline for Ryan Reynolds as the star in Marvel’s anti-hero flick “Deadpool.”

    The trailer for the actioner made its debut Tuesday and sees Hollywood’s second most-handsome goofball (Chris Pratt takes the top prize) in the titular role as ailing Special Forces operative Wade Wilson, who undergoes a life-saving medical experiment that leaves him with incredible new abilities and a new lease on life with accelerated healing powers.

    Taking on a new identity as Deadpool — clad in a red suit and mask — he goes on a mission seeking revenge against his enemy.

    But his new supernatural gifts has its drawbacks.

    “Oh, god, you are hard to look at,” co-star T.J. Miller says to Reynolds, whose beautiful face is now disfigured following the procedure. “You look like the topographical map of Utah.”

    Reynolds made his first appearance as Deadpool in 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” but his character did not show off his tongue-in-cheek sensibilities as he does in his full-length feature in which he says things like, “I’m so turned on right now” after firing off bullets through henchmen.

    “Deadpool,” co-starring Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano and Brianna Hildebrand hits theaters February 2016.

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  • Critics Say Mind-Swapping ‘Self/less’ Flatlines Early

    Positioned as a sci-fi exploration of morality but executed like a lengthy shoot ’em up actioner, “Self/less” – the movie about swapping consciousness from one body to another – is all brawn and no brain, critics say.

    With a nearly 30 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, many reviewers agree that “Self/less,” starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Kingsley, flatlines rather early during its 116-minute runtime. Co-starring Michelle Dockery, Matthew Goode and Victor Garber, “Self/less” hits theaters July 10.

    For many critics, the film had a promising premise, but sacrificed quality and writing for mind-mush-like thrills and fights.

    “‘Self/less’ is, by and large, shot like cheapo television. There’s more panache in an episode of ‘The Flash,’ and a better spin on far out sci-fi concepts, too” – Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian

    “The more the narrative straightens out into a series of shootouts, punch-outs and car chases, the more monotonous it becomes” – Scott Foundas, Variety.

    “‘Self/less’ resembles nothing so much as a film that stopped trying, or at least a filmmaker, as the good will left over from the solid first half propels the film over the finish line, but only barely. Ultimately it becomes an exercise not in the bravery to actively try something new, but in the fear of accidentally doing so. For a film theoretically about the questioning of identity, Self/less never tries to be other than it is, embracing its faults rather than surmounting them” – Joshua Starnes, Comingsoon.net.

    Director Tarsem Singh, of “The Cell” and “Mirror Mirror,” whose visually stunning photography techniques were lacking in the drama was particularly disappointing for many critics.

    “The narrative outline of ‘Self/less’ is a philosophical theme park, readymade for daring, complex filmmaking. And Singh and his writers never go on any of the rides. “Self/less” is one of those depressing affairs that gets less and less interesting as it progresses” –Brian, Tallerico, Roberebert.com.

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