Heather: A DRAMA AND SEQUEL
STARS ON AREA SCREENS THIS WEEK.
Tim: HERE TO REVIEW "RICHARD
JEWELL" AND "JUMANJI: THE NEXT
LEVEL" ARE FILM CRITICS CHUCK
KOPLINSKI AND PAM POWELL.
HI, GUYS.
Guest: HI.
Heather: WE ARE READY TO
TALK MOVIES.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT BOTH.
WHICH DO YOU WANT TO START WITH?
Guest: LET'S GO WITH
"RICHARD JEWELL."
Guest: "RICHARD JEWELL," A
MOVIE GETTING A LOT OF PRESS NOW
FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
FILM.
CLINT EASTWOOD'S 41st FILM AS A
DIRECTOR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING MOVIE.
ONE OF HIS BETTER ONES AS OF
LATE.
YOU SEE JON HAMM ON THE LEFT, HE
PLAYS AN F.B.I. AGENT, TOM SHAW.
HE'S AFTER THE TITLE CHARACTER
PLAYED BY PAUL WALTER HOUSER.
YOU WOULD REMEMBER HIM.
HE PLAYS THE GUY WHO FINDS THE
BOMB AT THE 1996 OLYMPICS.
HE THEN FINDS HIMSELF IN THE
SPOTLIGHT AS BEING THE NUMBER
ONE SUSPECT FOR THIS CRIME.
IN ADDITION TO THE HAMM
CHARACTER ACTOR, YOU HAVE OLIVIA
WILDE AS A REPORTER EAGER TO
BREAK THIS STORY NO MATTER WHAT
THE COST.
KATHIE BATES STARS AS JUUL'S
MOTHER AND SAM ROCKWELL HIS
LAWYER.
YOU SEE A NIGHTMARE THAT
DESCENDS UPON THIS MAN AND
MOTHER.
A CROWD OF REPORTERS CAMP
OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE AND MONITOR
HIS EVERY, EVERY MOMENT.
ALSO INTRUSIVE BY THE F.B.I. AS
THEY RAID THEIR HOUSE AND TAKE
ALMOST EVERYTHING THEM UNDER THE
GUISE OF INVESTIGATING THIS MAN,
WHICH THEY KNOW AFTER AWHILE, HE
IS INNOCENT.
REALLY, REALLY GREAT CHARACTER
STUDY.
FABULOUS PERFORMANCES HERE.
JUST A GREAT CAUTIONARY TALE AS
FAR AS THE MEDIA IS CONCERNED
AND HOW THINGS GET BLOWN OUT OF
PROPORTION.
YOU HAVE TO FEED THAT BEAST, THE
24-HOUR NEWS SCHOOL.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE MISTAKES
ARE MADE AND LIVES ARE ALTERS.
Tim: DOES IT HOLD TRUE?
Guest: FROM WHAT I READ,
IT'S SPOT ON.
IT WAS BASED ON AN ARTICLE IN
"VANITY FAIR".
Heather: AND THE RESEAM
BLAINS.
Guest: GREAT PERFORMANCE.
HIS MANNERISMS, AFFECT,
EVERYTHING IS SIMILAR TO THE
REAL RICHARD JEWELL AND
HEARTWARMING FROM MOM WHO CAN'T
PROTECT HER SON.
AS THE F.B.I. COMES IN AND EVEN
TAKES HER TUPPERWARE AND WRECKS
IT, SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO
PROTECT HERSELF ORCHID.
IT'S A HEART-BREAKING TALE.
WONDERFUL FILM.
ITS A'S NOT GETTING LOVE OUT
THERE WITH THE AWARD
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH IS SAD TO
SEE.
Heather: REALLY?
HUH?
LET'S TALK "JUMANJI".
Tim: I LOVED THE FIRST ONE.
Guest: THE FIRST OR SECOND
FIRST?
Tim: THE SECOND FIRST.
Guest: NOW, WE HAVE
"JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL."
A WHOLE YEAR HAS GONE BY IN
THESE KIDS' LIVES.
THEY'VE GONE OFF TO COLLEGE.
THEY COME BACK TO HAVE A
CELEBRATION TOGETHER.
AND SPENCER IS NOT HAVING A GOOD
TIME AT N.Y.U.
HE'S FEELING DEPRESSED AND NEEDS
A DOSE OF THE ROCK, THAT FEELING
OF BEING DUANE "THE ROCK"
JOHNSON.
HE REVIVES THE GAME.
AND THE KIDS COME TO HIS RESCUE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF CHARACTERS THAT TAG
ALONG.
THAT IS DANNY GLOVER, MILO AND
DANNY DA VETO WHO INHABITS DUANE
"THE ROCK" JOHNSON'S BODY.
IT LACKS PACING THE FIRST ONE
DID.
I ENJOYED THE FIRST ONE MORE.
IT'S A DOUPLICATION OF THE FIRST
ONE.
HOWEVER, SEEING JACK BLACK AS
THE FRIDGE, ONE OF THE YOUNGER
CHARACTERS IN THIS FILM, AS WELL
AS JOHNSON TAKING ON DAVITO AND
HIS SPEECH AND KEVIN HART IS
WONDERFUL PLAYING MILO OR DANNY
GLOVER, TAKING HIS EASY TIME
CHATTING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I LAUGHED HYSTERICALLY IN THE
FILM.
IT'S NICE A REPRIEVE FROM THE
DOWNER MOVIES WE'VE HAD.
THIS IS A NICE ESCAPE.
Tim: CHUCK SEEMS PAINED.
DO YOU AGREE?
TOO LONG?
Guest: I DO TOO.
Tim: BRIEF SUMMATION.
Guest: THIRD ONE GOING TO BE
INTERESTING, THOUGH.
Heather: OH, THIRD.
OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
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