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 *72 Hours* is a pretty decent movie overall. Going into it, I expected a straight-up comedy given Kevin Hart's involvement, but it’s actually more of a light action flick with comedic touches. The humor is fairly mild throughout; there were barely one or two moments that actually made me laugh out loud. Most of the comedy stems from the situations themselves rather than a constant stream of jokes. The story is reasonably original, though at times it inevitably brings *The Hangover* to mind. It captures that same chaotic vibe where everything that can go wrong does go wrong, yet it manages to retain enough of its own identity to avoid feeling like a mere copycat. Director: Tim Story Writers: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Kevin Burrows Stars: Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding The pacing is good, and the film never drags. It’s nothing groundbreaking or particularly memorable, but it’s an easy watch if you’re looking for something entertaining that doesn’t require too m...

 When watching or reviewing a biopic, I don’t recall spending much time wondering what the real-life subject would think of it. Would James Brown have liked *Get On Up*, the magnificent 2014 drama about his life? He probably would have found something to complain about. Elton John enthusiastically endorsed *Rocketman*, the 2019 film about him—a movie I found to be a ridiculously phony disaster. However, while watching *Tony*—Matt Johnson’s drama about the young Anthony Bourdain and the summer he spent in Provincetown working in a restaurant kitchen for the first time—I couldn’t help but wonder what Bourdain himself would have thought of the film. How could one not? He was a man of strong opinions who had no patience for nonsense; he was a huge cinephile and the sort of person who, far from being flattered by a movie about his life, would have torn it apart for failing to capture the real story. In my view, if a biopic about Anthony Bourdain doesn’t clear the "Bourdain would have l...