FRIDAY.
THEO: IT'S A BIG WEEK TO GO TO SEE MOVIES.
TIME NOW IS 9:46.
CHECKING OUT WHAT'S NEW IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND, OUR FILM CRITIC LAUREN VENIZIANI WITH HER REVIEWS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WERE BINGE WATCHING AGAIN.
YOU HAVE SO MANY BIG MOVIES TO REVEAL.
>> WITH THANKSGIVING AROUND THE CORNER, THIS IS A BIG TIME OF THE USER FOR FILMS.
BEFORE I GET INTO MY REFUSE, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, VIGO MORTENSEN CAME IN TO DISCUSS THEIR NEW FILM.
THIS IS A BIG OSCAR CONTENDER.
MIR SHA ALI IS A MEW IS WHO HIRES A DRIVER FROM THE BRONX TO DRIVE HIM AROUND.
HE'S A BLACK MUSICIAN AND NEEDS THAT PROTECTION DOING THE TOUR IN THE SOUTH.
I TALKED WITH MORTENSEN AND FRALEY ABOUT THE MOVIE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
>> WERE YOU ACTUALLY DOING SOME OF THE DRIVING AND HOW WERE YOU WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY AND EVERYTHING?
AND PETER, HOW DID YOU DIRECT THE SCENES.
>> IT WAS A GREAT CAR.
A LITTLE OF BOTH.
WE DID A FAIR AMOUNT OF REAL DRIVING IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER, INCLUDING IN SNOW.
HAD THE GOOD LUCK, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN LOUISIANA HARDLY EVER.
I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS THAT SNOW ACTUALLY STUCK ON THE GROUND.
ONE NIGHT, WE WERE SHOOTING, WE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT CLOTHES AND EVERYTHING FOR A SEQUENCE THAT INVOLVED A SNOWSTORM AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS DROP ASKING PETE DECIDED
LET'S GO OVERTIME AND WE GOT A BLIZZARD.
THE LOUISIANA CREW WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
LIKE DO WE CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD?
WHAT DO WE DO?
WE'RE LIKE GUYS, BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH FROM THE NORTHEAST.
THIS IS NOT EVEN CALLING SCHOOL OFF SNOWSTORM.
I MEAN, WE CAN DRIVE.
AS VIGO IS ACTING, HE CAN'T SEE THE REACTIONS THAT MIRSHA IS GIVING HIM BACK THERE.
HE'S GIVING HIM GEMS.
HE HAD A NUANCED GREAT PERFORMANCE.
SO IT WASN'T UNTIL HE SAW THE MOVIE THAT HE SAW WHAT MIRSHA WAS DOING AND GOT A KICK OUT OF IT.
>> I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD.
I HAD TO SEE IT AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS LOSING IT.
I WAS LIKE, THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.
>> I LOVE THE KFC MOMENT.
I GOT KFC ON THE WAY HOME AFTER SEEING THE MOVIE.
I WAS CRAVING IT.
VIGO, HOW MUCH DID YOU EAT IN THE FILM.
>> MORE THAN WHAT'S ON SCREEN BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE TAKE AND MORE THAN ONE ANGLE.
SOMETIMES IN THE LONGER SCENES, LIKE THE SCENE WITH THE CHICKEN, A LOT OF DIALOGUE.
IT'S LIKE FOUR, FIVE PAGES.
AND MIRSHA, IT WAS BEING -- I'M GLAD HE DIT, BECAUSE HIS CHARACTER IS SO DIFFERENT THAN MINE.
HIS SPEECH IS SO PRISTINE, HIS DICTION IS PERFECT.
IF THERE WAS A WORD HE THOUGHT HE DIDN'T GET PERFECTLY, HE'D BACK UP A PAGE AND GO FROM THERE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TAKE AND PETE WOULD HOLLER, PICK UP ANOTHER BREAST, VIGO.
THROW THAT AWAY.
AND I'D HAVE TO START OVER.
I ATE A LOT MORE THAN IT LOOKED LIKE.
JEN: LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PICTURE.
>> TO KEEP IN MIND, THIS DIRECTOR, PETER FARRELLY DIRECTED DUMB AND DUMBER AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, WHICH MY HUSBAND AND I JUST WATCHED.
GREENBOOK HAS A LOT OF FUNNY MOMENTS.
IT'S OPENING WIDE ON WEDNESDAY.
JEN: IT LOOKS AMAZING.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS OF THE YEAR.
I'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.
GETTING INTO THE HARRY POTTER FILM, THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD.
I'M A MASSIVE HARRY POTTER FAN.
I'VE WATCHED THEM ALL A DOZEN FILMS, WATCHED THEM BEFORE THIS ONE.
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM CAME OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THIS IS THE SEQUEL.
JOHNNY DEP PLAYS GRINDELWALD.
WE HAVE DUMBLE ODOR PLAYED BY JUDE LAW.
I'M NOT GOING TO DIVE INTO THE PLOT BECAUSE EVEN AS AN AVID HARRY POTTER FAN, THE PLOT IS VERY CONFUSING.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORST PART OF THE FILM IS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, EVEN FOR AN AVID HARRY POTTER FAN.
PEOPLE GOING INTO THIS FILM WHO HAVEN'T WATCHED HARRY POTTER AREN'T GOING TO GET IT AT ALL.
I'M GIVING IT A TWO AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS.
THE ACTORS ARE GREAT.
BUT IT'S JUST PROBABLY MY LEAST FAVORITE HARRY POTTER FILM AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT.
JEN: IT IS.
AFTER THAT, YOU SAW "WIDOWS." >> IT'S FROM DIRECTOR STEVE McQUEEN, WHO DIRECTED 12 YEARS A SLAVE.
VIOLA DAVIS IS IN THE FILM.
THESE WOMEN, VIOLA DAVIS, ELIZABETH DUBICCY, WHO IS AN AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS, MICHELE RODRIGUEZ, THEY LOSE THEIR HUSBANDS AND TRY TO PULL OFF THIS ALL FEMALE HEIST IN ORDER
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
CYNTHIA REEVE IS ALSO IN THE FILM.
SHE STARRED IN THE BROADWAY VERSION OF THE COLOR PURPLE.
THERE ARE SO MAIN TWISTS AND TURNS.
YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE OCEANS 8.
IT'S SO GREAT.
VIOLA DAVIS KILLS IT IN THIS ROLE.
AND STEVE McQUEEN DIRECTS THE FILM BEAUTIFULLY.
LIAM NIECEN PLAYS VIOLA DAVIS'S HUNT.
COLIN FARRELL IS IN THE MOVIE.
IT'S AN INTERESTING FILM WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TWISTS AND TURNS.
KIND OF AN ALLEGORY ABOUT LIFE AS WELL.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS FOR "WIDOWS." SOME OF MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY FROM VIOLA DAVIS.
JEN: WE HAVE TO GO SO WE CAN'T GET TO INSTANT FAMILY.
WHAT'S YOUR RATING?
>> THREE OUT OF FIVE.
SWEET MOVIE ABOUT A FAMILY IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING