Spotlight DVD REVIEW Now streaming and on DVD: 'The Fall Guy' isn't a disposable film BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal Jul 21, 2024 Jul 21, 2024 Updated Oct 24, 2024 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Movie critic Bruce Miller says "The Fall Guy" rolls out every jaw-dropping stunt possible and manages to pull the curtain back on the movie industry. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “The Fall Guy” wasn’t the summer’s big hit, but it still has moments worth watching.kAm$E:== :? 7F== D?2C< >@56[ #J2? v@D=:?8 3@CC@HD 2 3:E @7 9:D z6?\6C8J E@ A=2J r@=E $62G6CD[ 2? 6I46AE:@?2= DEF?E >2?[ 23=6 E@ 5@ 6:89E\2?5\2\92=7 42C C@=6D[ 3FC?:?8 >2? 3:ED 2?5 =@ED @7 7C66 72==D] w6’D E96 5@F3=6 7@C 2 >@@5J DE2C Wp2C@? %2J=@C\y@9?D@?X H9@ 8@6D 2== @FE @77\D4C66?[ ?@E @?]k^AmkAm(96? E96 24E@C EFC?D FA >:DD:?8[ 9:D 286?E Ww2??29 (255:?892>X 2D<D E96 DEF?E 8FJ E@ 7:?5 9:>]k^Am Ryan Gosling, left, and Emily Blunt in "The Fall Guy." 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Movies in a Minute: "The Fall Guy" Movie critic Bruce Miller says "The Fall Guy" rolls out every jaw-dropping stunt possible and manages to pull the curtain back on the movie industry.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Back to Black' shortchanges Amy Winehouse Short on detail, the Sam Taylor-Johnson film doesn’t even give a good sense of what propelled Amy Winehouse's career.
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