>> Jason: THERE IT IS
>> Tati: CONGRATS TO HER.
>> Jason: OKAY.
SMOOTH JAZZ CAN MEAN ONLY ONE
THING.
SLOW START TO THE NEW YEAR’S BOX
OFFICE WITH ONLY ONE BEING MOVIE
COMING OUT.
IT HAS AN ENSEMBLE CAST OF
BIG-NAME ACTORS.
MOVIE REVIEWER GREG RUSSELL
JOINS US FOR REAL TALK AS HE
ALWAYS DOES.
HEY, GREG.
>> Greg: HEY, JASON, HAPPY NEW
YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS.
>> Jason: RIGHT BACK AT YOU.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE DESI ARNEZ AND
LUCILLE BALL MOVIE?
>> Greg: YEAH.
>> Jason: WOULD YOU COSIGN
WITH ME THAT THAT’S FAN TAS
SNICK.
>> Greg: IT REALLY IS.
ALL OF US GROWING UP WATCHING "I
LOVE LUCY."
IT STARTED IN THE 1950s, IT’S
STILL ON THE AIR NOW.
JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY DID TO
MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, BECOME THIS
GREAT AMERICAN ICON SHOW.
PEOPLE ARE STILL TAKING FROM IT
TODAY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW,
CERTAIN THINGS WITH HUMOR
THEY’RE ADDING INTO THEIR OWN
COMEDY SERIES.
SO IT’S REALLY GOOD.
AND ALSO TO SEE HOW THEY DID
THEIR BUSINESS AS FAR AS YOU
KNOW, THAT WAS FABULOUS.
>> Jason: AND HOW GOOD IS J.K.
SIMMONS AS WILLIAM FRAWLEY AS
FRED?
HE’S INCREDIBLE.
>> Greg: DETROIT’S OWN.
YOU GOT IT
>> IF T NEW MOVIE OUT THIS WEEK
IS "THE 355".
IT BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF
HOLLYWOOD’S TOP LEADING LADIES.
SPHRIE.
>> Greg: YOU HAVE JESSICA
CHASTAIN, DIANE KRUEGER, LUPITA
NYONG’O AND MANY, MANY MORE.
IT’S ALL ACT THESE LADIES FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WHO
COME TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER
TO FIND THIS COMPUTER HARD DRIVE
THAT IF IT GETS INTO THE WRONG
HANDS CAN DESTROY THE WORLD.
GOT TO TALK TO JESSICA CHASTAIN
ABOUT IT.
THE MAIN THING WE HIT UPON WAS
HOW THIS MOVIE GOT MADE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
I ALSO TALKED TO DIANE KRUEGER
ABOUT THE ACTION.
HERE WE GO.
>>THIS JUST HAD SO MUCH EXCITEME
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IT’S ALL
WOMEN BASICALLY, WHO ARE IN
CHARGE.
SO IT’S LIKE, ALL RIGHT.
>> YEAH, NOT ONLY ARE WE IN
CHARGE ON SCREEN, BUT ALSO ALL
THE WOMEN WERE THE BOSSES OF THE
FILM.
WE RAISED THE MONEY OURSELVES.
WE MADE IT OUTSIDE OF A STUDIO
SYSTEM.
IT’S INDEPENDENTLY FINANCED.
IT WAS MADE FOR A FACTION OF
WHAT A MOVIE LIKE THIS NORMALLY
COSTS OOMPH FRACTION, FRACTION.
SO WE REALLY HAD CONTROL OVER
EVERYTHING.
>> Greg: GREAT.
>> YEAH, IT’S TRUE.
I WAS IN CANNES ON THE JURY IN
2017 AND I SAW ALL THE POSTER OF
MALE ENSEMBLE ACTION FILM, AND I
WAS LIKE, WHY DON’T THEY EVER
MAKE MOVIES WITH WHERE IT’S NOT
A JOKE OR CUTE, IT’S A COMEDY,
ISN’T IT FUNNY THAT WOMEN ARE
STRONG AND CAPABLE OF DOING ALL
OF THESE THINGS.
BUT I HAD THE IDEA.
I CALLED THE ACTRESSES.
A YEAR LATER WE RAISED THE
MONEY, AND A YEAR AFTER THIS WE
WERE FILMING IT.
SO IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A... I
DON’T KNOW HOW IT CAME TO BE
THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY -- NOW
WE’RE RELEASING THE MOVIE, BUT
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT, GREAT
PLEASURE AND I’M IS GRATEFUL.
>> Greg: TELL US ACTED THE
ACTION SCENES.
THESE ARE NOT BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
BOOM.
TALK ABOUT THOSE?
>> IT’S REALLY FUN.
IT’S LIKE LEARNING A DANCE IN A
WAY.
IT’S CHOREOGRAPHY.
IT TOOK A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY
LET US ACTUALLY FIGHT EACH
OTHER.
ONCE THEY WERE CONFIDENT THAT WE
WOULDN’T KILL EACH OTHER.
SO THE PREP WORK IS INTENSE,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO
HANDLE WEAPONS, KICKS, WHERE TO
PLACE YOUR KICKS.
SO IT WAS FUN TO LEARN THIS
DANCE AND IT FELT VERY
EXHILARATEING TO FINALLY DO WITH
IT EACH OTHER.
THERE’S ONE FIGHT THAT HAPPENS
WITH JESSICA CHASTAIN IN A FISH
MARKET THAT I MEAN, IT WAS SO
FUN, AND IT’S SO BRUTAL AND SO
INTENSE.
AND SHE IS.
AND SO AM I, YOU KNOW?
SO WE HAD A BLAST THAT DAY, EVEN
THOUGH I CAME HOME SO SORE.
>> Jason: HOW MANY REELS?
>> Greg: DEFINITE 3.5678 IT’S
A NICE POPCORN MOVIE AS WE
ALWAYS TALK ACTED, ONE WHERE YOU
JUST GO IN AND ENJOY.
>> Jason: TURN OFF YOUR BRAIN.
>> Greg: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> Jason: NEXT UP, A MOVIE IN
THEATERS AND SOON ON APPLE TV,
THIS STARS DENZEL WASHINGTON.
>> Greg: TRAGEDY OF MACBETHO.
HAVE HIM, FRANCES McDORMAND,
WHO PLAYS HIS WIFE.
IT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN
AND DIRECTED BY JOEL COHEN.
IF YOU’RE INTO STAGE ACTING AND
ESPECIALLY SHAKESPEARE, THIS IS
DEFINITELY RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
DENZEL PUTS ON AN EXCELLENT
PERFORMANCE.
AS YOU KNOW, JASON, UP PRESIDENT
THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE OF
COVID, DENZEL WOULD BE ON
BROADWAY EVERY YEAR IN SOME
PLAY.
AND SO I THINK THIS WAS HIS
THING OF, HEY, OKAY, I CAN’T DO
IT ON THE STAGE.
I CAN DO IT HERE.
BUT IT IS AN EXCELLENT JOB.
>> Jason: HOW MANY REELS?
>> Greg: 4.5.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT.
WE ASKED YOU TO SHARE THREE OF
THE MOVIES YOU ARE LOOKING
FORWARD THE SEEING.
WHAT’S FIRST ONE?
>> Greg: I THINK THE BATMAN.
I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH
ROBERT PATTINSON NOW TAKING OVER
THE KNOLL AS THE DARK KNIGHT.
ALL INDICATION, PEOPLE ARE
SAYING HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
HE PROVED OUT OF HIS "TWILIGHT"
TIME AND ALL THAT.
BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO
SEE.
IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
CHRISTIAN BALE BATMAN OR GEORGE
CLOONEY BATMAN?
HOPEFULLY ON THE CHRISTIAN SIDE.
SO AS ALWAYS, BATMAN HAS ALWAYS
BEEN MY FAVORITE SUPERHERO OR
HERO, I SHOULD SAY, SO I DO
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT
ONE.
>> Jason: IT’S RATED R, RIGHT?
>> Greg: YEP.
>> Jason: OKAY.
WHAT’S YOUR SECOND PICK?
>> Greg: SECOND ONE IS THE
"BLACK PANTHER:" WAKANDA
FOREVER.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
HE PASSED AWAY A YEAR OR SO AGO.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THEM
BASICALLY KIND OF STARTING OVER
AND GETTING THINGS MOVING.
SO I KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE A
FINE TRIBUTE, AND HE WILL ALWAYS
MAKE IT WAKANDA FOREVER FOR
EVERYONE.
>> Jason: AND LAST BUT NOT
LEAST --.
>> Greg: "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
48."
>> Jason: SAY NO MORE.
LITERALLY SAY NO MORE.
WE DON’T HAVE TIME.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE SEE YOUR
INTERVIEWS AND REVIEW, GREG?
>> Greg: GO TO
MOVIESHOWPLUS.COM.
YOU CAN SEE INTERVIEWS THERE,
PLUS IF YOU SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE
MAIL LISTING, YOU CAN BE IN THE
RUNNING TO GET SOME PRIZES FROM
THE NEW MOVIE "SING 2" WHICH IS
STREAMING TODAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF "SING 2" STUFF
TO GIVE AWAY.
MOVIESHOWPLUS.COM.
>> Jason: MOVIESHOWPLUS.COM.
GREG, HAPPY NEW YEAR.