Vol. 28
No. 09
Pick Hits
Stream This
Coming 2 America (Amazon Prime Video)
Set after the events of the first film, the sequel
follows former Prince Akeem Joffer (Eddie
Murphy) as he is set to become King of Zamunda. He
discovers he has a son he never knew about in America –
a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle (Jermaine
Fowler). Honoring his royal father's (James
Earl Jones) dying wish to groom this son
as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi (Arsenio
Hall) set off to America once again. Originally to
be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures,
the film's distribution rights were sold to Amazon
Studios due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon is
set to release it digitally on Prime Video
on March 5, 2021.
At The Movies
Chaos Walking
In Prentisstown, Todd (Tom Holland) has
been brought up to believe that the Spackle released a
germ that killed all the women and unleashed Noise on
the remaining men. After discovering a patch of silence
out in the swamp, his surrogate parents immediately tell
him that he has to run, leaving him with only a map of
New World, a message, and many unanswered questions. He
soon discovers the source of the silence: a girl, named
Viola (Daisy Ridley).
At The Movies
Raya And The Last Dragon
Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and
dragons lived together in harmony. However, when
sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the
land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save
humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have
returned, and it's up to a lone warrior to track down
the last dragon and stop the Druun for good.
Stream This Too
Punky Brewster (W Network/Peacock)
Soleil Moon Frye reprises her
iconic role as in this continuation of the beloved 1980s
sitcom about an abandoned young girl raised by a foster
parent. Now all grown up, Punky is barely keeping it
together as a newly single mom raising three kids when
she decides to take in Izzy (Quinn Copeland),
a kindred spirit from the foster system who just might
be able to help Punky rediscover her old self. Cherie
Johnson also reprises her role from the original
series and Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as Punky’s
ex-husband. Cute and predictable, this revival is like
visual comfort food and well worth a look.
On DVD
Half Brothers
Zany antics occur when an uptight aviation executive
finds out he has an American half brother he never knew
about. The unlikely duo finds themselves forced to go on
a road trip together and they soon discover they are on
the same path their father took from the United States
to the Mexican border. Will they continue their
brotherly love after the trip is done or will they go
their separate ways?
The Buzz...
Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a new Superman film for DC
Films and Warner Bros. The project is in very early
development, but the new film is being produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.
Hannah Minghella will also produce. There is no director attached
to the project at this time and the search for an actor to play Superman has not
yet begun.
Miranda Lambert and her new husband may have married quickly, but
their bond has never been stronger. The singer talked to SiriusXM's
The Storme Warren Show about how she and hubby
Brendan McLoughlin, who she married in January 2019 after just a few
months of dating, were able to learn more about each other thanks to the
coronavirus pandemic slowing down the pace of their otherwise busy lives.
A number of writers and producers on the hit CW series Supernatural
are reuniting on Amazon’s The Boys. The Boys was developed
for Amazon by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, who also serves as
showrunner. Joining him behind the scenes going into The Boys' third season are
Meredith Glynn, David Reed, and Jim
Michaels.
A Terminator anime series has been ordered at Netflix. As the
project is still in the early stages, plot details are being kept under wraps.
Netflix has partnered with Skydance on the series, with Skydance having
produced the last two Terminator films.
It will be Emmanuel Acho, and not Chris Harrison,
who puts the Bachelor cast in the hot seat during the show’s After the
Final Rose special. Acho, a former NFL linebacker and
Fox Sports analyst, will officially replace Harrison as host of the
traditional finale special, in which leading man Matt James and
his chosen winner will return to discuss the season and their current
relationship status.
Media personality Rachel Lindsay, who was The Bachelor
franchise’s first-ever Black lead in 2017, has deleted her Instagram
account due to harassment and hate she has received from Bachelor
Nation.
Kanye West spent $13.2 million, including nearly $12.5 million of
his own money, on his failed 2020 presidential campaign, according to his final
Federal Election Commission report.
Eliza Dushku's household is about to get bigger! The Bring
It On actress took to Instagram over the weekend to share the
sweet and special news that she's pregnant and expecting her second child with
her husband Peter Palandjian.