Vol. 25
No. 49
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's (Johnny
Depp) plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule
over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists
his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help,
unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn
as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest
friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding
world. The second part of this series proves to be
doubly entertaining.
On DVD
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF team join forces with CIA
assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. Arms dealer
John Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three
plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and
Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Ethan and his crew find
themselves in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into
the wrong hands.
The Buzz...
Kevin Hart is hosting the 2019 Oscars. The comedian and
movie star announced the news via social media. Just prior to Hart's major
reveal, several outlets reported that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences was in talks with the Night School to emcee the star studded
ceremony.
Robert Schwentke, the director of Red and R.I.P.D.,
is set to direct Snake Eyes, based on the G.I. Joe
universe, for Paramount and Allspark Pictures.
The second season of its Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV show will
premiere on Netflix, Friday, April 5, 2019. The updated, supernatural
series centers on Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), a sophomore
at Baxter High in Greendale, who is half-mortal and half-witch.
Anne Hathaway is being eyed to star in Warner Bros.'
live action Sesame Street movie and the Oscar winner is in
early talks to take on the role. Jonathan Krisel, the Emmy
nominated co-creator of Portlandia, is set to direct the film, which is
expected to be a musical. WB exec Jesse Ehrman will oversee
the project for the studio, which developed the movie with Sesame
Workshop, which holds the rights to the beloved children's show.
Zach Galifianakis‘ awkward web series is getting its own film at
Netflix. A Between Two Ferns movie has already secretly begun
filming for the streaming service.
What do Saturday Night Live, Roseanne, Grey’s Anatomy and
The Walking Dead have in common? How much love they get on Twitter.
The social media platform shared its year in review data, revealing which TV
shows were the most tweeted about in 2018.
Miley Cyrus is still recovering after the Malibu wildfires, and
now she's gotta deal with a major theft at her storage unit. Law enforcement
sources tell us someone got into Miley's storage unit in the San Fernando Valley
and made off with some valuable guitars.
NBC has renewed afterlife comedy The Good Place for a fourth
season. Season 4’s episode order “is yet to be determined,” per the network, but
the previous three seasons have run for 13 episodes each.
Global streaming giant, Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Hong
Kong set horror comedy series Demon’s Path, from Malaysia’s Astro
group. The show is set to air from Dec. 22.