‘Nowhere Special’ is a beautiful, encouraging, but heartbreaking father-and-son story

“Nowhere Special” (2020) – On the surface, John (James Norton) lives an ordinary life.  John, 34, cleans windows for a living and careens from job to job around Belfast in his modest car, which sports a trusty ladder on its rack.  He generally doesn’t secure gigs at soaring skyscrapers, but he’ll turn to washes at local pubs, retail storefronts, and expensive suburban homes.  John is diligent and deliberate with his work and polite with his individual employers.  He’s tall and attractive with professional model-like looks, but our lead carries a…

‘The Fall Guy’ floats. It’s an easy, breezy ride.

“The Fall Guy” (2024) – “I might fall from a tall building.  I might roll a brand-new car.  ‘Cause I’m the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star.” – “Unknown Stuntman” performed by Lee Majors in “The Fall Guy” (1981 – 1986) “The Fall Guy”, a popular action-adventure ABC television show, fell into the laps of families across the U.S. from 1981 through 1986 as Majors – from “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1974 – 1978) fame – starred as Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who doubles as a…