Vol. 24
No. 51
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Four high school kids discover an old video game console
and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally
becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they
discover is that you don't just play Jumanji, you must
survive it. To beat the game and return to the real
world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous
adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish
left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about
themselves, or they'll be stuck in the game forever.
Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan,
Kevin Hart, Jack Black and
Nick Jonas anchor this exciting and fun
tale of fantasy and action.
On DVD
Dunkirk
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches
of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops
were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable
naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic
mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely
evacuated.
The Buzz...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi delivered on expectations, debuting with the
second largest opening weekend of all-time and propelling the box office to the
third largest weekend ever based on estimates.
Ed Sheeran is a man with big dreams The Galway Girl
singer admitted during an appearance on Ireland's The Late Late Show that
he actually wrote a James Bond theme song three years ago, "just
in case" he ever gets asked to write a song for the hugely popular film
franchise.
Carrie Fisher is gone, but not forgotten, especially by her
beloved dog Gary. Fisher’s longtime canine companion was taken to see a
screening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and recognized his late “mother”
when he saw her on screen as General Leia Organa.
Master P says his dream of being an NBA coach nearly came true
with the New Orleans Pelicans, telling TMZ Sports
he was actually up for a job on the NBA team's coaching staff this year.
Kelly Ripa brought her 16 year old daughter, Lola
Consuelos, with her to Sunday's 2017 CNN Heroes All-Star
Tribute, which Ripa was hosting with her Bff, Anderson Cooper.
LeBron James is stomping on inequality. The all-time great
basketball player showed up for the first half of the Cleveland
Cavaliers’ game at the Washington Wizards on Sunday night
wearing one black shoe and one white shoe. On the back of each shoe was the word
“equality,” written in gold.
Sam Rockwell, riding high on his SAG-nominated turn in
Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri, will host NBC’s Saturday Night
Live January 13. Musical guest will be Halsey.
Clearly it was always going to be a Star Wars weekend, but some
Specialties braved going against the herd. Neon/30West's I,
Tonya won gold in its second frame, grossing over $176K with an added run.
James Franco's The Disaster Artist went over
a thousand locations grossing $2.6M, while Fox Searchlight more
than tripled outings for Guillermo del Toro's The
Shape of Water in its third weekend, taking in over $1.73M.
Curb Your Enthusiasm vet J.B. Smoove is set to play
the estranged father of Lamorne Morris’ character in the Fox
comedy’s upcoming seventh and final season of New Girl.
Harvey Weinstein is set to be the leading man in a feature length
documentary about his sex scandal that has engulfed Hollywood. The BBC is
to lift the veil on Weinstein after more than 80 women accused him of various
inappropriate behavior ranging from rape to sexual assault through to
intimidation, bullying and strange showering habits.
The Dark Crystal will be making a limited return to the
movie theaters on February 25 and February 28,