Vol. 25
No. 44
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Bohemian Rhapsody
A footstomping celebration of Queen, their music
and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie
Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered
convention to become one of the most beloved
entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric
rise of the band through their iconic songs and
revolutionary sound. They reach unparalleled success,
but in an unexpected turn Freddie, surrounded by darker
influences, shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career.
Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of
Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates
just in time for Live Aid. While bravely
facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, Freddie leads the band
in one of the greatest performances in the history of
rock music. Queen cements a legacy that continues to
inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this
day.
On DVD
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big! "Teen Titans GO! to the
Movies" finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first
feature film extravaganza - a fresh, gleefully clever, kid appropriately crass
and tongue in cheek play on the superhero genre, complete with musical numbers.
It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in
their own movies everyone but the Teen Titans, that is! But de facto leader
Robin is determined to remedy the situation, and be seen as a star instead
of a sidekick. If only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to
notice them. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans
head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream. But when the group is
radically misdirected by a seriously super villain and his maniacal plan to take
over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds their friendship and their
fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on
the line!
The Buzz...
The overall month of October is now the highest grossing October of all-time
with grosses topping $785 million with three days in the month left to go.
Repeating atop the weekend box office is Universal's release of
Blumhouse and Miramax's Halloween.
WWE pulled out all the stops for their first-ever all women pay per view
event Evolution. The event featured the WWE’s top female entertainers,
including former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Rondy Rousey
and former WWE women’s champions Charlotte Flair, daughter of the
legendary Ric Flair, and Alex Bliss. Numerous
legendary women from WWE’s past were also announced. Hall of Fame superstar and
Toronto’s very own Trish Stratus wrestled on Evolution with the
ultra popular Lita.
A Star Is Born became the first theatrical film in 15 years to have its
soundtrack spend three straight weeks at Number One as the Lady Gaga
and Bradley Cooper-led album again topped the Billboard
200. A Star Is Born sold an additional 109,000 total copies, including
61,000 traditional albums, to become the first big screen soundtrack since
2003’s Bad Boys II to finish atop the album charts for three
consecutive weeks, Billboard reports; High School Musical 2, a television
movie, similarly accomplished the feat in 2007.
The U.S.S. Orville will be jetting out for even more interplanetary adventures
when Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi series returns to Fox at the
end of the year, and judging by the newest trailer for The Orville's
second season, the show's second run will be intense.
Camila Mendes and Lili Reinhart channeled the 2000s
for hilarious joint Halloween costumes. The Riverdale costars drew
inspiration from Napoleon Dynamite, with Mendes as Efren
Ramirez’s Pedro and Reinhart as Jon Heder’s titular role. Mendes, 24,
pulled her hair back, drew on a mustache and wore jeans and a button-down blue
shirt for her look, while Reinhart, 22, nailed her character’s empty expression
in a “Vote for Pedro” shirt and curly blonde hair.
George Clooney, 57, and Rande Gerber, 56, fully
embraced their pilot inspired Halloween looks when they got behind the controls
of a flight to Las Vegas for the Casamigos’ Halloween bash in Sin City.
The tequila company’s co-founders, who sold the brand for $1 billion in 2017,
wore sleek shades, professional suits and black and gold caps as they suavely
turned in their seats to grin at the camera.
Matthew McConaughey surprised many first responders all across
Houston as a part of National First Responders Day.
McConaughey and the Bourbon maker Wild Turkey teamed up again this
year for the "Wild Turkey Gives back" campaign. The True
Detective star, who hails from Texas himself, spent the day traveling around
to different stations and hospitals in Houston that were impacted by the
devastating Hurricane Harvey, which hit the area in the summer of
2017.
TV host Andy Cohen attended the Backstreet Boys'
concert in Las Vegas and briefly made a cameo as the band's sixth member. Both
Cohen and the boy band posted about the epic concert on social mediay. The
Watch What Happens Live host shared a video of him lip
syncing on stage and dancing to Shape of My Heart.
They may not be an item anymore but Jennifer Garner and Ben
Affleck still share a love of baseball. The A-list exes both attended the
World Series game between the Los Angeles Dodgers
and the Boston Red Sox in L.A. on Saturday.
If you're one of the many superhero fans champing at the bit for the highly
anticipated sequel to Warner Bros.'s Wonder Woman,
the as yet untitled Wonder Woman 2 has an official release date. The
DC Comics followup has been pushed way, way back to June 5, 2020.
Reboot fever has been raging for a while now, with shows either being revived
(like Murphy Brown) or fully rebooted (such as The CW's Charmed),
so it stands to reason that the cast of Fresh Prince would have to
field questions on the prospect of reviving the iconic sitcom. According to
Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton Banks on the show, there are no
plans to revive the series, especially without a key player with the passing of
James Avery who played Uncle Phil.