Vol. 25
No. 43
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Hunter Killer
Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain
Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) is on the hunt
for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret
Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle
the world order. With crew and country on the line,
Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy
SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and
sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII from beginning.
On DVD
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
In 1979 young Donna (Lily James, Meryl Streep),
Tanya and Rosie graduate from Oxford University, leaving Donna free to embark on
a series of adventures throughout Europe. On her journeys, she makes the
acquaintances of Harry, Bill and Sam, the latter whom she falls in love with,
but he's also the man who breaks her heart. In the present day, Donna's pregnant
daughter, Sophie, dreams of renovating a taverna while reuniting with her
mother's old friends and boyfriends on the Greek island of Kalokairi. Amanda
Seyfried, Cher and Pierce Brosnan are just some of
the notable actors in this ensemble cast.
The Buzz...
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are teaming up
again, to star in and direct respectively, for Imperative
Entertainment’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which is based on
the New York Times best-selling book by David
Grann. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the Osage Nation discover oil under their land
only to find themselves being murdered one by one. As the death toll rises, the
newly created FBI takes up the case and unravels a chilling conspiracy and one
of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
NBC chose to air a repeat broadcast of Megyn Kelly Today,
an almost unheard of maneuver in the realm of morning news programming, as
tensions between NBC News and anchor Megyn Kelly appeared to
heighten, putting her future at the Comcast-owned network under a cloud.
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are ready to live in
Beverly Hills, where they just dropped a fortune on a new home. The new parents
recently purchased a mansion together in the Beverly Hills Post Office
neighborhood of L.A. for a whopping $13.45 million.
James Karen, the instantly recognizable character actor who moved
the cemetery’s headstones, but not the bodies, as the developer Mr. Teague in
the modern horror classic Poltergeist, has died. He was 94.
The second season of the Emmy winning comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
will launch on December 5, according to Amazon. The second season picks
up one year after Midge's (Rachel Brosnahan) husband left her and
she began performing standup comedy sets of her own.
Modern Family brought in the scares, tears, and Nielsen
ratings for ABC thanks to its much teased Halloween episode, Good
Grief, which featured the death of a long running character on the
Steve Levitan created sitcom.
Dr. Phil McGraw is staying put at CBS. The host and executive
producer of daytime's No. 1 rated talk show has inked a new deal with CBS TV
Distribution to continue his eponymous series through 2023. The multi-year
pact will take the show, now in its 17th season, through season 21.