Vol. 29
No. 12
Pick Hits
At The Movies
The Lost City
Reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock)
writes about exotic places in her popular adventure
novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan (Channing
Tatum). While on tour promoting her new book with
Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire
who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost
treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he
can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of
her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.
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The Adam Project (Netflix)
After accidentally crash landing in 2022, time traveling
fighter pilot Adam Reed (Ryan Reynolds)
teams up with his 12 year old self for a mission to save
the future. The relationship between Young Adam and
Grown Up Adam was an absolute joy, both with the
brilliant script superbly delivered with comedic
perfection and the obvious warmth, vulnerability and
synergy between the two actors. Overall, a very well
made action and adventure film that deserves your time
on a weekend
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Super Pumped: Battle For Uber (Showtime)
Super Pumped is an American anthology drama television
series created by Brian Koppelman and
David Levien, named for the 2019 nonfiction
book of the same name by Mike Isaac. The
first installment, subtitled The Battle For Uber, is
based on Isaac's book and centers on the rise and fall
of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick,
played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Also starring Kyle Chandler and
Elisabeth Shue, it premiered on Showtime.
Ahead of the series premiere, the series was renewed for
a second season, which will be based on a separate
forthcoming book by Mike Isaac about Facebook.
The Buzz...
Maury has been cancelled after 31 years on air. The talk show, which has
been fronted by 83 year old Maury Povich for almost 4,000 episodes
since 1991, was famed for dealing with issues such as teenage pregnancy, sexual
infidelity and revealing paternity test results to a live audience but is coming
to an end after three decades because the veteran TV star wants to retire.
It looks like there’s nothing but love between Ariana Grande and
her ex-fiancé’s new girlfriend, Kim Kardashian. On Friday,
Kardashian, who recently made her relationship with Pete Davidson
Instagram official, took to her Instagram Stories to show off a gift box
she received from the R.E.M. Beauty founder. Kim tagged both Ariana and
her brand, R.E.M Beauty, in her post.
Rachel Zegler is “not invited” to the Oscars. The actress
starred as Maria in 2021 remake of West Side Story, which
has been nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best
Picture, but will not be in attendance at the upcoming ceremony because
she did not receive an invitation.
Robert Pattinson’s gritty superhero adventure The Batman
is the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row.
Ticket sales push The Batman past $300 million in North America, making the
comic book adaptation only the second pandemic-era movie to cross that
benchmark.
Coda and Don’t Look Up added momentum to their hopes
for Oscar gold by nabbing the top film honors Sunday at the 74th annual
Writers Guild Awards. The wins for the Apple TV
Plus and Netflix titles come as film award season heads into its
final seven day countdown leading into the 94th Academy Awards on March 27.
On the third episode of HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers
Dynasty, audiences are introduced to an NBA figure that even a fair
weather basketball fan should be familiar with. Pat Riley has been
a towering force in basketball for more than half of the sport’s professional
history, earning 10 NBA championships between his time playing, coaching and
serving as an executive.
After tying the knot in front of family in friends on the Hawaiian island of
Maui on March 12, NFL star Patrick Mahomes and wife
Brittany Matthews headed to the island of St. Barts for an epic
honeymoon filled with fun, sun and a ton of social media posts.
Allow NBC's new series to introduce the dynamic duo you never knew you
needed: Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg. They're set
to host the new live reality competition show American Song
Contest.