At The Movies

No Time To Die
James Bond ( Daniel Craig) is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service. However, his peace is short lived as his old CIA friend, Felix Leiter, shows up and asks for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist (Rami Melek) turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond on the trail of a mysterious villain who's armed with a dangerous new technology. The movie has all of the classic ingredients of a James Bond movie: great action, beautiful cars, mystery, romance... but even if the story runs on the same principles: hero vs villain, the background evolves. The characters are surprisingly more gender balanced, with strong female representatives. Bond himself has evolved a lot during the past movies, but this one delivers the best performance.
 

Stream This

The Movies That Made Us (Netflix)
Created by the same passionate team that produced the three-season documentary series The Toys That Made Us for Netflix, The Movies That Made Us has quickly become one of the best-rated documentary projects on the streaming service. The show uses a combination of informative interviews, humorous narration, and comedic editing to pull back the curtain on some of the most cherished films to come from the 1980s and 1990s. Netflix's new trailer for The Movies That Made Us season 3 reveals the eight new titles under investigation, many of which are staples of the horror genre. This includes A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Halloween, three slashers that introduced some of Hollywood's biggest bogeymen and birthed long-running franchises.
 

Stream This Too

The Starling (Netflix)
After Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) suffers a loss, a combative Starling takes nest beside her quiet home. The feisty bird taunts and attacks the grief-stricken Lilly. On her journey to expel the Starling, she rediscovers her will to live and capacity for love. If you’ve been hurt by loss and have felt the sting of mental health issues, you’ll get this movie’s point. Kevin Klein, Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd play their rolls honestly and convincingly.
.

The Buzz...

Amazon has licensed Hotel Transylvania: Transformania from Sony Pictures Animation. The fourth (and final) installment in the blockbuster franchise will stream globally, excluding China, on Prime Video on Jan. 14, 2022. The first Hotel Transylvania movie was released in 2012, and the series has grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide.

Emily Ratajkowski is furious her Robin Thicke groping allegations were leaked over the weekend. An excerpt of the model and actress’ new book, My Body, leaked online on Saturday, and it featured her explosive claims that Thicke cupped her bare breasts while they were making the raunchy online only video for Blurred Lines.

The Austin Film Festival has announced new additions to its 2021 lineup, including the Kristen Stewart starring Spencer and Stephen Karam’s The Humans. The festival will take place in Austin, Texas and online from Oct. 21-28.

Jena Malone (Neon Demon), Danny Huston (Wonder Woman) and Dame Janet Suzman (Nicholas and Alexandra) are among the cast of AGC Studios’ supernatural horror thriller Consecration.

Dear Evan Hansen, Universal’s musical based on the Tony-winning stage play, brought in $800,000 in the film’s Thursday night previews from 2,700 screens beginning at 7:00 p.m. It opens on over 3,364 screens this weekend.

The Blacklist Season 9, the NBC drama’s first year without now exited star Megan Boone, will open with a time jump that will pick up with Raymond Reddington (James Spader) two years after the death of Elizabeth Keen (Boone).

Dave Chappelle is drawing a growing wave of criticism for his derogatory comments about the LGBTQ+ community in his newest Netflix stand-up special. The special, titled The Closer, premiered on the streamer on Tuesday and is meant to serve as a final entry in a series of stand-up routines by Chappelle on Netflix. In the new release, the comedian makes explicit jokes about trans women and offers defenses for previous derogatory comments made by figures such as Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and rapper DaBaby.

Maeve Reilly has transformed the wardrobes of Hailey Bieber, Megan Fox, TikTok sisters Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, Ciara and even Disney’s charming Niumo dolls, and now everyone can wear the Hollywood stylist’s signature ’90s inspired aesthetic with her new fall capsule collection for Nasty Gal.

The Peaky Blinders film will shoot in 18 months time. The world of hit BBC and HBO Max show Peaky Blinders will conclude after the feature film that will follow its sixth and final season.