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Vol. 27
No. 27
Pick Hits
Stream This
The Old Guard (Netflix)
Charlize Theron kicks ass as an ageless
warrior who leads a group of immortal mercenaries
fighting to keep their team together after they are
exposed by an evil entity looking to replicate and
monetize their power. Based on the graphic novel from
Greg Rucka. The film is currently sitting at
the top spot in the charts for the United States after
just releasing on July 10. Director Prince
Bythewood has revealed to Entertainment
Weekly that she and Rucka have plans for two more
films in mind.
Binge This
P-Valley (Starz)
An eight episode series full of grit and glitter, set deep down in the
Mississippi Delta, and it knows exactly where it lives, imbued with a sense of
time and place, pulsating with local music, and plunged into its characters’
messy lives. This hour-long drama tells the kaleidoscopic story of a little
strip club that could, and the cast of curious personalities who come through
the doors every night. Most importantly, it’s a lyrical and atmospheric series
that centers on lives of a community unlike anything television has seen before.
The Buzz...
Jamie Lee Curtis is reassuring fans the delayed
Halloween Kills is a “masterpiece” that is worth the wait after the
horror film was pushed back a year. The film, which was initially set to open on
Oct. 16, will debut in cinemas next autumn due to the coronavirus pandemic, but
Curtis, who reprises her role as Laurie Strode in the latest installment of the
horror franchise, insists there will be a pay-off when audiences finally get to
experience director David Corden Green’s movie.
The world’s hottest golfer likes to go commando while on the course. Paige
Spiranac says she hits the links sans underwear for comfort reasons. “I
normally don’t wear underwear– but it’s because I’m wearing spanky shorts — and
it just is too many layers if you have everything on. So, it’s usually built-in
shorts for my skirts or I’ll just wear spankies but no underwear,” Spiranac said
recently on her Playing A Round podcast.
Lea Michele has closed her Twitter account after facing relentless
trolling over her strained relationship with former Glee co-star Naya
Rivera, who is currently missing and presumed dead. The Mayor actress,
who is currently pregnant with her first child, had come under fire from users
on the social networking site users for not publicly speaking out about Naya’s
disappearance on California’s Lake Piru.
The zoo previously owned by Tiger King star Joe
Exotic was searched by cops on Friday after dogs zeroed in on what was
suspected to have been human remains. The local sheriff’s deputies subsequently
attended the scene the following day, where they investigated the matter.
However, no human remains were found, with cops uncovering animal bones which
appeared to be the skeleton of small animal with a tail.
Armie Hammer and his wife Elizabeth Chambers have
split. The former couple announced the breakup of its 10 year marriage on
Instagram by sharing a photo of the pair from happier times.
Get Out star Bradley Whitford and Jane the
Virgin actress Jenna Ortega have joined the pandemic
thriller Songbird. Michael Bay serves as producer of the
venture, reportedly the first movie project to be filmed in Los Angeles since
the COVID-19 lockdown.
Jennifer Lopez and Maluma are making music together! The
stars took to Instagram over the weekend to share pics from their studio
session together. It’s not clear when J.Lo and Maluma hit the studio together,
but the pair did collaborate on an album for their upcoming movie, Marry
Me.
Apple Studios has acquired the rights to adapt the thriller
Snow Blind, a thriller based on a graphic novel of the same name that
will star Jake Gyllenhaal. Snow Blind tells the story of a high
school student in Alaska whose life is turned upside down when he posts a photo
of his dad online. He soon thereafter learns that he and his family are in the
Witness Protection Program and are now being hunted by not only the FBI but also
a man out for revenge who invades their small town.
Josh Cooley, the director and writer of Pixar’s Toy
Story 4, will next direct an all ages film called Little
Monsters at Universal. Little Monsters will be a live action and
animation hybrid that will bring Universal’s classic monster movie characters to
a new generation.
While Star Trek and “animated workplace comedy" might seem like an
unlikely hybrid, that’s exactly what’s coming to CBS All Access
on August 6 with Star Trek: Lower Decks. The 10 episode first season is
created by Mike McMahan, formerly the head writer of the Adult
Swim phenomenon and Emmy winning series Rick and
Morty. |
