At The Movies
Clerks III
Dante, Elias, and Jay and Silent Bob are enlisted by Randal after a heart attack to make a movie about the convenience store that started it all. Originally, Kevin Smith announced in 2017 that Clerks 3 was off the table after a falling out with his friend Jeff Anderson who had played Randall Graves in Clerks (1994) and Clerks II (2006). Anderson had read the script but chose not to be involved; Smith canceled the project and made Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) instead. Two weeks before Jay and Silent Bob Reboot was released, however, Smith revealed that he had spent an entire day signing Clerks movie memorabilia together with Anderson and Jason Mewes (Jay). This reunion allowed them to patch things up, and provided him with so much inspiration that he immediately threw away the old script, and started working on a new one with ideas that Anderson was receptive to.
 

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)
Return to Middle Earth, the land of ents, elves, dwarves, and hobbits…but this time it’s a few thousand years before the events depicted in the films by Peter Jackson. In The Rings of Power, the story follows the elf Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), replacing Cate Blanchett from the movies) as she searches for the human who killed her brother. That human is bringing evil back to Middle Earth after centuries of peace. That human’s name is Sauron.

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Pinocchio (Disney+)
A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy. This adaptation of the classic Disney tale follows the original story quite closely. Geppetto, an old Italian man, makes Pinocchio in remembrance of his late son. He wishes upon a star, which makes the puppet come alive. Tasked to be brave, truthful and unselfish, Pinocchio sets off on a journey to become a real boy along with Jiminy Cricket, who acts as his conscience. Pinocchio is a 2022 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Zemeckis and Chris Weitz.
 

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