‘Win It All’
When you think of great actor/director combos, you think of De Niro and Scorsese. Of Depp and Burton. Of Lemmon and Wilder. But what about Jake Johnson and Joe Swanberg? Hear us out! Win It All, a new Netflix original film, is their fourth collabo and most fully realized pairing to date. Here, Johnson plays a charming gambler struggling to curb his addictive behavior after he’s asked to keep an eye on a bag full of $50,000 cash for a friend doing a prison stretch. Best known for his work on New Girl, Johnson turns in a career best performance here. (Read Josh Sorokach’s full review.)