“Being the Ricardos” is very aptly named because what director Aaron Sorkin’s latest movie does is take you through a somewhat scandalous week in the lives of this beloved couple, one you wouldn’t have expected to see. It’s not just about Lucy.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were once the toast of the town, the bells of the Ball, you might say.
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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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Limited theatrical release on December 3, 2021
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video on December 10, 2021.
“Encounter” has a premise that starts out as a cosmic invasion of micro-bugs from space. But it soon turns into a journey of a father and his two young boys on a trip into the unknown. The main ‘Narrator’ might turn out to be unreliable. So, will this road trip be a rescue of his kids from the infestation of micro-aliens? Or is there a different destination for the group? Is this a road to revenge?
Limited theatrical run starting December 3, 2021
Available on Amazon Prime beginning December 10, 2021
“Wolf” is a movie that thinks it will run with the Pack. It aspires to be King of the Jungle (or Forest). But it turns out to be more of an Odd Duck. The ideas are played out in a super serious manner. There is an undercurrent of metaphor that is way too obvious. When a person wants to identify as something else, that is out of the ‘norm’. So, there is a place that ‘teaches’ a person (who identifies as an animal) to return to the normal social standard.
House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. Read more
“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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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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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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