Bringing about the question of fairness authentically and genuinely that audiences can relate to, football fan and non-football fan alike, “National Champions” entertains us into thinking about more than just Saturday’s game. What of the athlete that gets us from the end of the baseball season to basketballs, allowing us not to miss either?
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Directed by: Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska
Written by: Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo and Genndy Tartakovsky
Starring: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key and Fran Drescher
Rated: PG
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Like some, you may be asking why this classic was remade. Why would one of, irrefutably, the best directors of all time put his heart and soul into a remake when he could have given us an original film?! What on earth can Steven Spielberg give to or do for this film that wasn’t already done? I have been in your shoes. I wondered the exact same thing. Why touch “West Side Story?!” Makes no sense, right? I never saw the original, so I was coming from that angle, too. I thought, goodness gracious, another one?!
Then I saw it.
“C’mon C’mon” is remarkable. It’s shot perfectly in black and white giving it a more intimate and personal feeling. It’s sweet and loving, as is the leading relationship within the main storyline.
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Directed by: Reid Carolin & Channing Tatum
Written by: Reid Carolin
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Q’orianka Kilcher, Ethan Suplee, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Nicole LaLiberté, Luke Forbes, Ronnie Gene Blevins
Rating: PG-13 for language, thematic elements, drug content and some suggestive material
Run Time: 1h 30min
Genre: Comedy
Writer: Adam Mervis
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Stephan James, J. K. Simmons, Alexander Ludwig, Lil Rel Howery, Tim Blake Nelson, Russell Wilson, Andrew Bachelor, Jeffrey Donovan, David Koechner with Kristin Chenoweth with Timothy Olyphant and Uzo Aduba
Genre: Drama
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea and Greg Economou
Director: Graham Moore
Writer: Graham Moore
Cast: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O’Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Simon Russell Beale
Genres: Crime, Drama
Producers: Scoop Wasserstein, Ben Browning and Amy Jackson
At first, I found it somewhat odd that a film would be released about tennis pros Venus and Serena Williams’ father, Richard Williams (Smith), and not about them. But giving it more thought, that’s essentially in title only, as this is most definitely about the girls and who they grew up to be.
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“Julia” is a wonderful documentary. Born in 1912 in Pasadena, California, Julia Child didn’t have a rough childhood, but she struggled later in life and, remarkably, this film shows us all of her ups and downs.
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While watching “tick, tick…BOOM!” I was overcome with the impression that the music and overall feeling of the film were similar to that of “Rent.” I’ve seen “Rent” on-screen and live onstage many times, so I consider myself a bit of an expert on the subject.
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