Vol. 31
No. 36
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return
home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned
upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the
mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is
accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of
time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon
returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem. Michael Keaton
and the rest of the orginal cast are back in force.
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Kevin Can F*ck Himself (AMC)
Kevin Can Fk Himself follows the story of Allison
McRoberts (Annie Murphy), a woman we all
grew up believing we knew: the prototypical Sitcom Wife.
She's beautiful and can take a joke (though she's
usually the butt of them). And she's married to a guy
who must've won some sort of marriage lottery, because
she looks the way she does and he's... funny. But what
happens when we follow Allison out of her husband's
domain? When she finally wakes up to (and revolts
against) the injustices in her life? Kevin Can FK
Himself breaks television convention and blends multi
camera comedy with single camera realism to make us ask,
"who and what have we been laughing at all of these
years?
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Thelma (Fandango)
Inspired by a real life experience of director Josh
Margolin's own grandmother, Thelma puts a clever spin on
movies like Mission: Impossible, shining the spotlight
on an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero.
With infectious humor, Margolin employs the familiar
tropes of the action genre in hilarious, age appropriate
ways to tackle aging with agency. In the first leading
film role of her 70 year career, ,June Squibb
portrays the strong willed Thelma with grit and
determination, demonstrating that she is more than
capable of taking care of business, despite what her
daughter Gail (Parker Posey), son-in-law
Alan (Clark Gregg), or grandson Danny
might believe.
The Buzz...
Brad Pitt and George Clooney hugged and danced at
the Venice Film Festival on Sunday night as the two
megastars’ latest film, Wolfs, received a polite four-minute standing
ovation.
ESPN and other Disney owned channels have gone dark on DirecTV
after the sides failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement, a business
impasse that reflects the broader economic pain spreading throughout the pay TV
sector.
The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in
Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the
CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the
agency’s deputy director said.
Julianne Hough is reflecting on coming out as “not straight” back
in 2019 and how it was “one of the most vulnerable and empowering things” she
has ever done.
Ben Affleck will reportedly avoid a red carpet reunion with his
estranged wife Jennifer Lopez by skipping the premiere of their
new film in Toronto.
Fatman Scoop, the hip hop artist who topped charts in Europe with
Be Faithful in the early 2000s and later lent his distinctive voice and
ebullient vibe to hits by artists including Missy Elliott and
Ciara, died after collapsing on stage at a show in Connecticut, according to
officials and his family. He was 53.
Fitness guru Richard Simmons was found dead at his house in LA
last month after emergency workers responded to a 911 call from his housekeeper,
and a new report issued by Los Angeles’ Medical Examiner has explained how he
passed away after a fall.
National Lampoon’s Vacation stars Christie
Brinkley and Chevy Chase decided to take a trip down that same
road posing together in a recent series of Instagram photos.