Best Movies & TV Shows (October 10-12)
Clockwise from top: Al-Kursi Company, Tron: Ares, Spider Woman Kissand Roof man.
Illustration: Eagle; Photos: Sarah Schatz/HBO, Paramount Pictures, Disney, Lionsgate/Everett Collection
Last week was all about Taylor Swift, but this week is the theatrical release party for Nine Inch Nails’ album — aka Tron: Ares. That’s the best thing this movie has to offer, featuring Jared Leto as an AI hero. There’s also J.Lo doing what J.Lo does best (a dramatic performance), Channing Tatum doing what he does best (being a lovable idiot), and Tim Robinson doing what he does best (being a real sick idiot).
Tim Robinson plays a shopping mall developer who sits in a chair that collapses on stage, sending him on a mission to track down the manufacturer. Surreal events happen. If you’re wondering if it can expand I think you should leave‘s defining humor in the form of serialized storytelling, the answer is “yes” – by grafting it onto a thrilling conspiracy story. -Nicholas Quah
Jennifer Lopez is an old Hollywood star in Bill Condon’s film adaptation of the musical, in which a young gay man, window designer Molina (Tonatiu), and his cellmate, political revolutionary Valentin (Diego Luna), enjoy the story of his favorite musical starring Ingrid Luna (Lopez), also known as the Spider Woman. If you miss the feel of old Hollywood musicals, Spider Woman Kiss We will do our best to remedy this.
“Joachim Rönning has a great score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, all ominous beats, but he can’t come up with anything visually special. He imports colorful streaks of light from the digital network into the tarmac of a real city, but that feels a lot less cool than throwing a human into a strange computerized world.”
(In theaters now. Read Alison Wilmore’s full review.)
In this film based on a true story, Channing Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a notorious thief known for robbing a variety of McDonald’s franchises. Roof man The film takes place after he escapes from a Manchester prison while hiding out at Toys “R” Us, where he meets and falls in love with employee Leigh Wainscott (Kirsten Dunst).
We had it The woman in the window, woman in the yard, until The girl on the train. Well, now she’s on a boat, or rather, falling off a boat. Keira Knightley stars in Netflix’s new thriller, based on the book by Ruth Weir, in which she plays a journalist on a luxury cruise ship who sees someone thrown over the side. When she tries to raise the alarm, everyone tries to convince her to believe that there was no one in cabin 10. What is a cover-up? —James Grebe
James Wan, The man behind opinion, Sorceryand Maliciousis executive producing a terrifying new series on Netflix that pushes the boundaries of what should be considered a documentary. The show features people describing paranormal encounters they claim to have had, bringing their terrifying stories to life. —J.J
“Tim Meadows rarely, if ever, goes wrong when asked to add a little something extra to a quality product. He does just that in Season 2 of the series.” Peacemakera show that demonstrated a commitment to silliness and profanity in its first season and did very little to make us believe it would do otherwise in the future. (About that: It’s funny to think about someone watching the latest news Superman Film and dive into it Peacemaker To link the now connected DCU together and see Tim Meadows curse a vulture that he thinks is a duck while raiding a house that recently hosted an orgy featuring dozens of completely naked extras.)”
What could top Nicholas Hoult’s cameo? Maybe just all of Meadows’ performance in it Peacemaker. Read more about writer Brian Grubb’s ode to Season 2’s secret weapon here.
to throb and medicine Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the greatest names in Japanese horror. His latest film is about the scariest thing ever. That’s right: capitalism, baby! clouds It follows a man who makes his living as an online dealer, but it doesn’t take long before the #Hustle #Grindset destroys his life – not to mention the lives of everyone he has robbed or insulted. —J.J
DreamWorks’ first live-action animation adaptation has made its way to Peacock. Is this new? How to train your dragon As good as the original anime, which also streams on Peacock? Of course not, but it’s still exciting to watch Hiccup and Toothless soar through the clouds no matter the medium. —J.J.
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