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Vol. 26
No. 43
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Jay And Silent Bob Reboot
The stoner icons who first hit the screen 25 years ago
in Clerks are back! When Jay (Jason
Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith)
discover that Hollywood is rebooting an old movie based
on them, the clueless duo embark on another cross
country mission to stop it all over again. A loose
sequel to the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back film
of over decade ago, fans of the View Askew
universe will find this holds up to expectations. As
always there is a surprising amount of cameos (Matt
Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris
Hemsworth amongst a dozen others) that make
celebrity spotting a fun diversion during the flick.
On DVD
The Lion King
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny
on the plains of Africa. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new
cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans
of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is soon ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and
drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. Now, with help from a curious pair
of newfound friends, Simba must figure out how to grow up and take back what is
rightfully his.
The Buzz...
Moviegoers are about to give Joker even more reasons to dance like a
goofball on those stairs in the Bronx. The Todd Phillips-directed
movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as the beclowned bad guy is on the
fast track to becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever. This means it’ll
likely surpass the current record holder, Deadpool.
Jennifer Lopez is here to motivate us all to get that workout in.
The superstar took to Instagram on Sunday evening to show off her
impressively toned abs. Looking like pure sunshine in a marigold velour crop top
and matching leggings from Niyama Sol, the Hustlers star
snapped a glowing selfie from the gym, which, of course, has already drawn in
1.7 million likes.
Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott just celebrated a
major relationship milestone: They're Instagram official! The couple
shared their love on the 'Gram with an adorable photo from their date night on
Sunday. In the true spirit of spooky season, they went on a double date with
Jonathan's twin brother Drew Scott and wife Linda Phan
to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
Despite nabbing first place at the domestic box office, Disney’s Maleficent:
Mistress of Evil debuted significantly below expectations and demonstrated
that even the most powerful studio in Hollywood is susceptible to missteps. The
follow-up to 2014’s Maleficent kicked off in North America with a
lackluster $36 million bow, an underwhelming result for a film that cost $185
million to produce before taking global marketing and distribution fees into
account.
Rosie Perez is set for a key series regular role alongside
Kaley Cuoco in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The
Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Cuoco. The
Flight Attendant is a terrifying story of how an entire life can change in one
night. Cassie (Cuoco), a flight attendant, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the
wrong bed, with a dead man, and no idea what happened.
After some cryptic posters popped up around the world recently, Coldplay
have confirmed that they will be releasing a double album on November 22nd. This
will be the band’s eighth album and follows 2015’s A Head Full of Dreams.
Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali has revealed that
he has been battling stage-four pancreatic cancer since this past April. Since
the 2007 death of singer Kevin DuBrow, Banali has been the only
member of the band’s classic lineup to continue to play with the band. He’s also
been the group’s most consistent band member since 1982.
The CW’s Batwoman was steady from Episode 2 to Episode 3 in Nielsen’s
ratings for the key adults 18-49 demographic, but the DC show shed
another 300,000 total viewers week to week.
After two years of measuring Netflix viewing, Nielsen has now added
Amazon Prime Video to the mix of subscription streaming
services it tracks, and with the same set of limitations. Nielsen’s
SVOD Content Ratings originally launched in October 2017 with
Netflix. According to the research firm, the addition of Amazon Prime Video
measurement will let Nielsen’s clients better analyze their own content
consumption on Prime Video as well as the total content lifecycle of competing
media.
The Morning Show is coming. Announced two years ago as
Apple’s first foray into original programming, the hourlong drama starring
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve
Carell is set to debut November 1 along with the launch of Apple TV+
itself.
London based comedian, actor and writer Katherine Ryan says her
boyfriend fought off a masked burglar and saved a laptop that contained scripts
from her upcoming Netflix show, The Duchess. |
