FilmWeek: 'Reminiscence,' 'The Protege,' 'Flag Day' And More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

• "Reminiscence" in wide release and HBO Max
• "The Protege" in wide release
• "The Night House" in wide release
• "Kipchoge: The Last Milestone" on VOD (including Spectrum On-Demand) Aug. 24
• "Flag Day" in select theaters (including the Alamo Drafthouse [DTLA], Laemmle’s Playhouse 7 [Pasadena] & The Landmark [West LA])
• "Days" at Lumiere Music Hall (Beverly Hills)
• "Paw Patrol: The Movie" in wide release and the Paramount+ streaming app
• "White As Snow" at The Landmark (West LA), Laemmle’s Town Center 5 (Encino) and Regal Edwards Westpark (Irvine)
• "Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power" at Laemmle's Royal Theater
• "Cryptozoo" on VOD Aug 20th; select theatrical showings (including Brain Dead Studios [Fairfax] Aug 27)

Sean And Dylan Penn On Starring As Father And Daughter In ‘Flag Day’

In the new film “Flag Day,” Sean Penn stars as real-life counterfeiter John Vogel. Penn also directed the film, which is based on journalist Jennifer Vogel’s memoir “Flim Flam Man: The True Story of My Father’s Counterfeit Life,” (Scribner, 2005). In the film, Penn’s real-life daughter Dylan Penn takes up the role of Jennifer. John Horn talked with Sean and Dylan Penn about what it was like portraying an on-screen father-daughter duo. The film in select theaters. It’s rated R.