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Vol. 27
No. 11
Pick Hits
At The Movies
The Climb
Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond,
until Mike sleeps with Kyle's fiancée. The Climb is
about a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two
men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage.
It is also the story of real-life best friends who turn
their profound connection into a rich, humane and
frequently uproarious film about the boundaries (or lack
thereof) in all close friendships. The Climb is directed
and produced by Michael Angelo Covino,
in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Covino and
Kyle Marvin. It stars Covino, Marvin,
Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam,
George Wendt, and Judith Godrèche.
On DVD
Jumanji: The Next Level
When Spencer goes back into the fantastical world of Jumanji, pals Martha,
Fridge and Bethany re-enter the game to bring him home. But the game is now
broken, and fighting back. Everything the friends know about Jumanji is about to
change, as they soon discover there's more obstacles and more danger to
overcome. Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack
Black and Karen Gillan return for this sequel, and they’ve got
Danny DeVito and Danny Glover in tow.
The Buzz...
Onward, the Disney Pixar animated feature, is being made
available online ahead of schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on
cinemas. The studio will make the film available to buy digitally and on
Movies Anywhere for $19.99 today at 5:00Pm Pst, and it will be
released on Disney+ on April 3 in the U.S.
The summer launch of the new Minions sequel has been ditched as the
global coronavirus pandemic forces producers to close its animation studios in
France. Bosses at Universal Pictures and Illumination
Animation have been forced to put Minions: The Rise of Gru on hold
after Illumination’s French base was shuttered due to the national lockdown, and
now the Steve Carell movie will no longer be finished in time.
Movie studios Walt Disney and Universal Pictures
said they were suspending the release of box office data because of the closure
of movie theaters in multiple countries in a bid to contain the coronavirus. The
decision follows the worst weekend in more than two decades at the North
American box office last week.
Miley Cyrus was left feeling “insecure” after trolls compared her
to a turkey following her performance at the 2013 MTV Video
Music Awards. She wore skin coloured, latex underwear for the
performance of We Can’t Stop alongside Robin Thicke, but
was criticized after arriving at the event wearing a fuzzy bodysuit, with
viewers comparing her outfit change to the plucking of a turkey. Speaking about
her body struggles during a special live stream with Demi Lovato
called Bright Minded: Live With Miley, the star confessed she “basically
went through two or three years where I wouldn’t wear shorts” after the show.
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group said it
has laid off almost all of its workforce, except the support team, as social
distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic forced the Montreal-based circus
company to cancel shows. The job cuts would impact 95% of its workforce or more
than 4,000 people, the company said.
Warner Bros. will make the latest Ben Affleck film
The Way Back available via digital in the U.S. and Canada
on March 24, with international markets to follow, as more and more people are
looking for at-home entertainment amid the coronavirus shutdowns, Warner
Bros. Pictures Group. chairman Toby Emmerich
announced.
Warner Bros. has released six new images from Wonder
Woman 1984. The new movie sees Diana (Gal Gadot)
reunited with Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) under mysterious
circumstances, and taking on the villainous Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal)
and Cheetah (Kristen Wiig).
New Girl actor Jake Johnson, who voiced Peter B.
Parker in the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie, is
offering families stuck at home a free voice message from the web-slinger to
lift their kids’ spirits.
The Weeknd's new album is officially here. The Grammy
winning performer's fourth studio album was released, sending fans into the
weekend with brand new music perfect for a dance party in the kitchen.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will
postpone the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which had been
scheduled for June. |
