Vol. 31
No. 22
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Ezra
Tony Goldwyn's EZRA follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a
stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro),
while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William
Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife, Jenna (Rose Byrne). When
forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max and Ezra
embark on a cross country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their
lives. Bobby Canavale and the rest of the star studded cast help make this
seemingly dramatic plot line into a very enjoyable dramedy.
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Shoresy - Season 3 (Crave)
Sees the foul mouthed, chirp serving, mother loving, fan
favorite character, Shoresy (Jared Keeso),
join a senior AAA hockey team in Sudbury on a quest to
never lose again. The magic formula of rapid-fire
banter, extreme vulgariry and just a touch of heart
continues in this spinoff of Lettekenny. The dry
humor is refreshing and hilarious, and the one liners
are gold. Shoresy is a fresh take on a sport that has
more than a few TV and big screen products. This show is
clever, funny, hearwarning and brutally forward all at
once. You need to leave some time to get fast enough to
catch all the jokes. Rapid fire humor at paces hard to
keep up with.
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Hacks (MAX)
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a legendary
comedian with a long track record, realizes that her
career is beginning to dwindle. On the other hand, Ava
is a young comedy writer who has already hit a big snag
in her career: being canceled for an irreverent tweet.
Against their will, the two team up to revamp Deborah's
material and form an unlikely mentorship along the way.
Jean Smart's husband, Richard Gilliland, died
unexpectedly during production. Smart was about a week
away from wrapping her role and stayed on to finish the
show. Hacks is a rare, smart and actually funny comedy
to stream on TV these days.
The Buzz...
Sia will no longer dispense cash bonuses to her favorite Survivor
players, CBS reality competition host Jeff Probst announced
Friday on Instagram. The Chandelier singer began her random, ultra
generous donations eight years ago at the Survivor: Kaoh Rong live
reunion. She joined third place finisher Tai Trang on stage and
told him she was going to give him $50,000, plus another $50,000 to the charity
of his choice.
Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker who captured his own
psychological and physical symptoms from eating McDonald’s every day for
a month in the Oscar nominated 2004 feature Super Size
Me, died Thursday in upstate New York due to complications of cancer. He was
53.
Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night
was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags
as she was preparing to leave the country. Minaj tweeted earlier Saturday that
she was stopped at the Amsterdam airport as she was about to board a plane for
the concert in Manchester. Police told her they found marijuana in her bags, and
it would have to be weighed, she tweeted. Cannabis is illegal in the
Netherlands, but it is tolerated for recreational use.
Fresh off his Academy Award nomination, Jeffrey Wright
is returning to HBO for the highly-anticipated Season 2 of The
Last of Us.
The Memorial Day box office is no picnic this year Based on Friday numbers,
George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga or The
Garfield Movie may only open to $31 million to $33 million from 4,035
theaters over the four day holiday, the worst Memorial Day opener in 40 years,
give or take.
The Demi Moore body horror film from director Coralie
Fargeat, one of the buzziest films in this year’s Cannes competition,
has all but sold out worldwide following its rapturous reception at last week’s
world premiere.
Benoit Blanc is back to solve another mystery in Rian
Johnson’s third Knives Out film, titled Wake Up
Dead Man. Johnson announced the title, along with a 2025 release
date, in a teaser posted to X Friday morning.
Max has opted not to proceed with a second season of drama The
Girls On The Bus. The decision comes two weeks after
the Season 1 finale of the series, starring and produced by Melissa
Benoist, was released.
Tamar Braxton isn’t in a rush to pick up a peach for The Real
Housewives of Atlanta. The singer and Braxton Family Values alum says she
turned down the chance to become one of Bravo’s Rhoa housewives. “I’ve
had conversations, but the truth is, like, [there’s] just no way I’m going to
sit in makeup and get a wig put on and get my face beat to argue with a bunch of
b*tches about nothing,” Braxton told Carlos King in a live episode
of his Reality With the King podcast.