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Top New OTT Releases This Week: Showtime, Ricky Stanicky, Maharani Season 3, Merry Christmas

Streaming platform releases this week include the biopic based on the life of an Italian adult film actor, dark secrets of the seemingly glamorous film industry, a fantasy adventure where a princess fights a fire-breathing dragon, an R-rated comedy, and a political thriller. The biggest Indian original this week has to be Disney+ Hotstar’s Emraan Hashmi starrer Showtime, where he is seen playing the son of a successful film producer. Another big Indian title to make its digital debut is Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi’s Merry Christmas, a crime thriller that actually begins as a romance. Here you’ll see the two strangers dealing with a dead body on the first night of their meeting. For those looking for a no-brainer and entertaining light watch, we recommend Zac Efron and John Cena’s Ricky Stanicky, which is bound to make you laugh. Here you’ll meet three childhood friends who invent an imaginary Ricky Stanicky, whom they can use as a handy alibi and put the blame on for all their misconducts. Things take a hilarious turn when …

Ricky Stanicky Review: John Cena Does an Impressive Job in This Light-Hearted Comedy

Prime Video’s latest original, Ricky Stanicky, is a light-hearted comedy you can enjoy with your brain switched off. It is about three childhood friends, Dean (Zac Efron), JT (Andrew Santino) and Wes (Jermaine Fowler), who have been blaming all their shenanigans for the past two decades on an imaginary “Ricky Stanicky” whom no one in their lives has met. Want to skip a gathering? Don’t worry, you anyway have unavoidable plans with Ricky that day! Want to put your expenses on someone? Ricky is to be blamed! Want to attend a concert? Of course, you are out helping Ricky that day! However, Ricky is no ordinary character. He is a seven-year-sober philanthropist who helps dig up hurricane victims, builds orphanages, is extremely planet-conscious and so on. He has had cancer twice and had his one testicle removed. (umm… seems like the writers took the concept of fiction way too far!) However, this Ricky Stanicky fairy tale gets threatened when the trio mistakenly misses the delivery of TJ’s pregnant wife while secretly attending Marc Rebillet’s concert …

Ricky Stanicky review: John Cena, Zac Efron are charming in this feel-good film | Hollywood

Ricky Stanicky movie review: On the face of it, Peter Farrelly’s comedy offers a crossover not many would have seen coming. Days after wrestling it out in The Iron Claw, Zac Efron shares the screen space with none other than WWE superstar John Cena. However, you’d come to this movie for the casting, but stay back for its sweet, feel-good story. Ricky Stanicky movie review: Zac Efron and John Cena are charming in this feel-good film (Also Read – The Iron Claw movie review: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White deliver a suplex to the heart, a power bomb to the soul) Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. What’s Ricky Stanicky about? During a childhood prank gone wrong, Dean (Zac) invents the name of Ricky Stanicky to save himself from the cops. From that day, the name sticks with Dean and his two pals and the bro code is that Ricky Stanicky is “the best friend they never had.” They often use him as a cover to get away from adulting, …