Watch at Home: Latin History, Ernest & Celestine, Christopher Robin, BlacKkKlansman
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 9:24AM Heads up on what's newly available to you this week. Links go to previous coverage / reviews here at TFE.
DVD/Blu-Ray
• Bel Canto -Julianne Moore as an opera singer. It was barely released
• BlacKkKlansman - Spike Lee's best in ages. We think it might be competitive for Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, and Editing nominations. Do you?
• Christopher Robin - Ewan McGregor stars as the boy all grown up revisited by Pooh, Tigger, and the Hundred Acre Woods gang.
• Incredibles 2 - The year's fourth biggest hit globally with 1.2 billion in the bank
• Loving Pablo - Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem star in this drama about a journalist and a drug lord.
• Papillon - Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam remake the Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen prison drama
• Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood - a salacious documentary about a man who allegedly secured same-sex sex for the movie stars of Old Hollywood.
iTunes 99¢ Deals
• Tomb Raider -Alicia Vikander takes over as Lara Croft. We missed this in theaters and no one seemed to care at the time. 'Is it worth 99¢?' he asked any of you that did.
• Critically Acclaimed Animation - 99¢ deals this week on a bunch of underseen nominees for Best Animated Feature: The Secret of Kells, Ernest & Celestine, A Cat in Paris, and Chico & Rita as well as smaller foreign titles that weren't nominated but were well regarded including Wrinkles and The Girl Without Hands
Brand New Streaming This Week
• Into the Forest (Netflix) a forgotten 2015 sci-fi movie with Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood as sisters trying to survive a looming apocalypse
• Latin History for Morons (Netflix) John Leguizamo's fourth solo Broadway outing (after Freak, Sexaholic, and Ghetto Klown) brought him his first Tony Award after two previous nominations. His first two acclaimed Off Broadway solo shows Mambo Mouth and Spic-O-Rama definitely led to boosts in his film/tv career. Writing talent is so handy for the actors that have it. When people aren't giving you great material, write your own vehicle!
I put on my best dad hat and I go to him and I say buddy, honey, I'm sorry but life is gonna fuck you sometimes. It just is. And you're going to have to... I don't know, just keep changing positions until it feels good somehow.
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Reader Comments (9)
Wha? Bel Canto just opened in my city last weekend. Weird.
Having seen Tomb Raider, I can say that 99 cents is about the right price for it, rental-wise. And only if you want to see Alicia Vikander in action mode - if that isn't your jam, just skip it.
Poor Alicia Vikander. She and her hubby (Michael Fassbender) seem to have similarly bad luck in trying to reboot or get new franchises off the ground (X-Men notwithstanding).
Bel Canto played in our area for about three days... It is a shame that Moore is not doing better in getting good roles. It seems once an actress has received an Oscar, her career comes to a screeching halt... of course, exceptions like Streep.
I've been waiting to see Bel Canto (I read the book years ago). What happened?!
Things have been a bit hit-or-miss with Moore since her Oscar, but it hasn't all been bad--she's had some strong supporting turns in a few good films (Wonderstruck, Maggie's Plan) and has been in a few not-very-good films that did well at the box office (Mockingjay Part 2 and Kingsman). Nothing has been a knockout, which is frustrating, but apparently Gloria Bell is great and she's great in it, so fans of hers (myself included) should have something to sink their teeth into soon enough. Plus, the future projects she has lined up sound promising.
I realllly don't get Alicia Vikander. Hollywood has been much less generous to much more impressive actresses.
Has anyone seen Bel Canto? The novel is sitting on my shelf and I look forward to cracking it open soon but it seems way too soon for it to be out on DVD!
Agree with BlacKkKlansman in Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay... but not that confident about Best Editing. I still think John David Washington might get one of those surprise nods (he's a charismatic lead and AMPAS loves cinematic dynasties ad it happens he's the son of the great Denzel)