The full extent of Channing Tatum’s charismatic powers fuel Roofman (now streaming on Prime Video, in addition to VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video), a somewhat stranger-than-fiction BOATS (Based On A True Story) movie about a real-life criminal who robbed places by cutting through their roofs. He also was rather genial to the McDonald’s employees he locked in the freezer, and lived inside a fixture in a Toys ‘R’ Us store for a while after he broke out of prison. Yeah – it’s quite the story. The film also marks the return of filmmaker Derek Cianfrance, best known for exquisitely filmed miserable dramas Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines, for his first directorial effort since 2016’s The Light Between Oceans; ostensibly a comedy, Roofman is his most crowdpleasing effort, but one with a dark enough fringe to match his M.O.
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