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Hi Carl, hey, I have some good news. The movie theaters are now open! Tonight, I will discuss two films playing in theaters and a Disney movie that you can stream at home. First up, Russell Crowe’s new movie, “Unhinged,” is rated R and is playing in theaters and Drive In’s,…

Hi Carl, tonight I’m going to talk about a film that won the US Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It’s the documentary “Boy’s State.” “Boy’s State,” is “a program for teenagers to learn about democracy through a week-long simulation in self-government.” The boys are divided…

  Hi Carl, and hello to our Hollywood 360 listeners out there. Are you looking for a film that will take you to the gorgeous countryside of Tuscany, Italy? How about a film that stars Liam Neeson and his real-life son Micheál Richardson? Tonight, I’m going to talk about “Made…

        “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” is Will Ferrell’s latest comedy, and it’s streaming now on Netflix. The movie follows two friends that have grown up together in a small village in Iceland—Lars, played by Will Ferrell and Sigrit, played by Racheal McAdams. Pierce…

Hi Carl, Sarah Knight Adamson here, as a reminder I’ve been in the film critique business for over 14 years and a member of Critics Choice Awards in LA. My reviews and interviews can be found on Sarah’s Backstage Pass.Com. This week’s movie is Radioactive; it’s rated PG-13.  The film…

  This week’s movie is Greyhound streaming on AppleTV+. It’s rated (PG-13) by Sony Pictures. It’s a fast-paced World War II military film written by and starring Tom Hanks! The Greyhound is a US destroyer Naval ship, and Capt. Ernie Krause, played by Tom Hanks, is in command. The film…

“My Spy” is an action-comedy movie starring Dave Bautista known for his work in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies playing Drax. Here he plays CIA agent JJ, who is surveilling a 9-year-old (Sophie) played by Chloe Coleman and her mom, played by Parisa Fitz-Henley (Kate). The ever-precocious Sophie discovers…

Director Rod Lurie’s excellent, riveting film, “The Outpost,” a military thriller, is based on the bestselling book by Jake Tapper. In 2009, a relatively small group of US soldiers at American COP, (Camp Outpost Keating) in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, just 14 miles west of the Pakistan border, were assaulted by over…

Hello Summer! I have two film reviews, first up, “Miss Juneteenth,” it’s centered on the ‘Miss Juneteenth’ pageant in Fort Worth, Texas. Writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples grew up in Texas, where teenagers compete for the crown of Miss Juneteenth. The beauty pageant winners are offered scholarships to historic black universities, in…

  “The Last Dance” is a 10 Part Documentary Series by ESPN that debuted June 2020, covering Michael Jordan’s extraordinary basketball career with the Chicago Bulls dynasty. Leaving no stone uncovered, Jordan’s interviews along with the interviews of the Bulls players, and others such as Scottie Pippin, Steve Kerr Dennis…