Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Peter Rainer and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases.
FilmWeek: 'MLK/FBI,' 'Acasă, My Home,' 'Locked Down' & More
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Peter Rainer and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases.
" MLK/FBI " showing at the Cinelounge Drive-In (Hollywood); VOD (including Amazon Prime Video, VUDU and Google Play)
" Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer " on Netflix
" One Night in Miami " on Amazon Prime Video
" What Would Sophia Loren Do? " on Netflix
" Locked Down " on HBO Max
" Some Kind of Heaven " on Laemmle’s Virtual Cinema ; VOD (including Google Play, Amazon Prime Video and Fandango)
" The Marksman " showing at the Vineland Drive-In (City of Industry), Mission Tiki Drive-In (Montclair) & Van Buren Drive-In (Riverside)
" Love Sarah " on VOD (including iTunes, FandangoNOW & Vudu)
" Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue " on VOD (including Apple TV & Amazon Prime Video) on Jan. 19
" Outside the Wire " on Netflix
Our FilmWeek critics have been curating personal lists of their favorite TV shows and movies to binge-watch during self-quarantine. You can see recommendations from each of the critics and where you can watch them here .
Guests:
Amy Nicholson , film critic for KPCC, film writer for The New York Times and host of the podcasts ‘ Unspooled ’ and the podcast miniseries “ Zoom ”; she tweets
Peter Rainer , film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor
Claudia Puig , film critic for KPCC and president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) and senior programmer for the AFI Film Festival; she tweets
Actor Aldis Hodge On ‘One Night In Miami,’ Its Example Of How To Have A Conversation And His Hope For Lasting Change
“One Night in Miami” portrays one fictional night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gather to discuss their roles in the civil rights movement in the 60s. Director Regina King adapts Kemp Powers’ 2013 stage play in her feature directorial debut. While some might see the predominantly black film as evidence of significant cultural change, actor Aldis Hodge doesn’t necessarily see it that way. KPCC’s John Horn talked virtually with Hodge following the Middleburg Film Festival, where he received the Spotlight Actor Award for his performance as professional football player Jim Brown.
Guest:
Aldis Hodge, actor who stars in the new film “One Night in Miami”