Brandon Sklenar – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

DROP – Review by T.J. Callahan

April 7, 2025April 11, 2025 T. J. Callahan blumhouse, Brandon Sklenar, Chris Roach, christopher landon, Drop, Jillian Jacobs, Meghann Fahy, thriller, universal pictures, Violett Beane

Drop is high tech Hitchcock. Slow burn suspense for the social media savvy where everyone is a suspect. Director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) plays a game of chess with pawns aplenty. Every character is put in the line of fire whether they deserve to be or not. While Landon doesn’t let Drop fall flat, the film lacks buoyancy. The audience treads water for the first hour as the characters are introduced and the build up simmers. The last 30 minutes is a smash…literally.

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IT ENDS WITH US – Review by Susan Granger

December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 Susan Granger blake lively, Brandon Sklenar, Christy Hall, Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, netflix, Ryan Reynolds

The romantic drama It Ends With Us has become far better known for its behind-the-scenes controversy than its impact at the box-office. When actor/producer/director Justin Baldoni optioned Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 novel about a toxic, abusive relationship and cast Blake Lively as its star, he obviously had no inkling about the on-set tension that would erupt. But after filming was completed, Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds deliberately avoided Baldoni and his wife Emily at the premieres. Apparently, Lively, having just given birth to her fourth child, felt Baldoni had “fat-shamed” her about her body and allegedly lingered too long in a kissing scene. So what about the picture itself?

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IT ENDS WITH US – Review by T.J. Callahan

August 6, 2024August 11, 2024 T. J. Callahan blake lively, Brandon Sklenar, Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us, Jenny Slate, Justin Baldoni

It Ends With Us is SensuoUS, sometimes GratuitoUS, BarbaroUS, AmoroUS, CovetoUS, ObvioUS, FictitioUS, GlamouroUS, BlasphemoUS and MalicioUS. Lively is AmbitioUS and CourageoUS playing a woman determined not to let the sins of her past be repeated. She is fabuloUS. It Ends With Us is the perfect Girls Night Out flick.