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Vol. 27
No. 46
Pick Hits
At The Movies
The Croods: A New Age
The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a
rival family the Betterman. After leaving their cave in
the first film, the Croods and their adoptive pets
encounter their biggest threat since their journey:
another family called the Bettermans who claim to be
better and evolved. Grug (Nicholas Cage)
and his family get acquainted with the Bettermans Phil (Peter
Dinklage), Hope, and Dawn. After Eep (Emma
Stone) and Dawn escape by going over the wall
that the Bettermans built upon riding Chunky the
Macawnivore, the two families must put aside their
differences to save them. Ryan Reynolds also
returns as the voice of Guy as well as other talented
voice actors you will surely recognize.
On DVD
Buddy Games
An intense competition between an old group of friends
is rekindled with higher stakes than ever: the chance to
win a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. These friends
drink laxatives, conquer waterslides, take each other
down with paintballs and pellets, and lose some blood in
the process. Old grudges are brought back twofold, only
to be placated by the fires of friendship and
competition. The most absurd physical and mental
challenges ever conceived bring this group back together
in full force. Olivia Munn and Josh
Duhamel star.
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Zappa
With unfettered access to the Zappa family trust and all
archival footage, filmmaker Alex Winter
explores the private life behind the mammoth musical
career that never shied away from the political
turbulence of its time. With unfettered access to the
Zappa family trust and all archival footage, filmmaker
Alex Winter (Bill and Teds Excellent Adventures)
explores the private life behind the mammoth musical
career that never shied away from the political
turbulence of its time. Alex Winter’s assembly features
appearances by Frank’s widow Gail Zappa
and several of Frank’s musical collaborators including
Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood,
Steve Vai, Pamela Des
Barres, Bunk Gardner, David
Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth
Underwood, Ray White and others.
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The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden (Kaley Cuoco)
wakes in her hotel room in Bangkok, hungover from the
night before, with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid
to call the police, she continues her morning as if
nothing happened, joining the other flight attendants
and pilots traveling to the airport. In New York, she is
met by FBI agents who question her about her recent
layover in Bangkok. Still unable to piece the night
together, she wonders if she could be the killer.
The Buzz...
Puerto Rican singer rapper Bad Bunny cancelled his scheduled
performance on the American Music Awards after testing
positive for coronavirus. His rep confirmed the diagnosis, although no
explanation was given for his cancellation at the time, leading to many
frustrated responses online from fans.
Taylor Swift won three American Music Awards
, including the top “favorite artist” honor, explaining her absence as due to
being busy in the studio re-recording her entire Big Machine
catalog.
The Great One’s daughter Paulina Gretzky and her fiance, recent
Masters golf winner Dustin Johnson, headed straight to St.
Barts in the Caribbean after D.J. was given the coveted Green Jacket by Tiger
Woods. No jackets were required, or very few clothes for that matter, as
Gretzky treated her more than 927,000 Instagram followers to a sexy shot
of herself wearing nothing but a hat and some jewelry in her latest post.
Jeopardy! is trying its best to move forward without Alex
Trebek. More than two weeks after the legendary TV host passed away, the
show announced that production will resume after Thanksgiving on Nov. 30. While
a long term replacement host has not been named at this time, Jeopardy! will
return to the studio with a series of interim guest hosts from within the
Jeopardy! family beginning with Ken Jennings.
Vanessa Hudgens is back in the dating game! After sparking romance
rumors with Los Angeles Lakers player Kyle Kuzma
earlier this year, the actress appears to be moving on with a new man. Vanessa
had dinner with MLB player Cole Tucker.
Could a Glow movie wrap up the beloved Netflix series after it was
abruptly canceled after three seasons? “Don’t hold your breath,” said star
Alison Brie, who spoke about the cancelation of the beloved comedy
drama series by Netflix as it was about to head into its fourth and final
season.
NBC is developing a series adaptation of the 2000 film Finding
Forrester. The film version followed a high school basketball star (Rob
Brown) with a secret passion for writing who develops a friendship with a
reclusive author (Sean Connery) who published a hit novel years
before but then disappeared from public life.
The Queen’s Gambit set the record as the most watched
scripted limited series to date on Netflix, with 62 million member
accounts tuning in to the show in the first 28 days, according to the company. |
