CHANCE FOR RAIN
SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
JENNIFER: IT IS TIME TO TAKE A
LOOK AT WHAT IS NEW IN THE
THEATERS THIS WEEKEND.
OUR FILM CRITIC LAUREN VENEZIANI
IS BACK FROM HAWAII AND
CALIFORNIA.
YOU GOT A SHOUT OUT.
LAUREN: IT IS MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY
AND SHE IS STREAMING US LIVE, SO
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.
SHE HAS A STAR WARS BIRTHDAY.
THEO: TALK ABOUT THIS.
LAUREN: THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW
CHARACTERS, BUT I HAD TO BRING
HIM IN WITH ME.
STAR WARS THE LAST JEDI, EPISODE
EIGHT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOVIES
OF THE YEAR, IT WILL BE NUMBER
ONE THIS WEEKEND AND PROBABLY
THE BIGGEST THIS YEAR.
THIS IS NUMBER EIGHT, THE FORCE
AWAKENS, EPISODE SEVEN CAME OUT
TWO YEARS AGO.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT
STORY.
REY IS BACK PLAYED BY DAISY
RIDLEY, AND SHE IS TRYING TO GET
LUKE SKYWALKER, PLAYED BY MARK
HAMILL, BACK TO THE RESISTANCE
TO FIGHT THE FIRST ORDER AND
KYLO REN.
PRINCESS LEIA WHO YOU SEE HERE,
CARRIE FISHER I LUKE'S SISTER
AND IS HOPING REY WILL CONVINCE
HIM TO COME BACK AND FIGHT WITH
THEM.
RE HAS HAD A LOT OF FORCE
AWAKENINGS WITHIN HERSELF AND IS
HOPING TO BE A JEDI AND IS
HOPING LUKE WILL TRAIN HER.
THE STORY GOES FROM THERE.
WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE MOVIE IS
LUKE AND LEIA.
WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF LOOT IN
THE FORCE AWAKENS.
LUKE IN THE FORCE AWAKENS.
I LIKE THE CONTINUATION OF
REY'S STORY LINE.
THE BIGGEST THING I LOVED ABOUT
THIS FILM ARE TWO LIGHTSABER
ACTION SEQUENCES.
I WANT TO SAY THIS IS A SPOILER
FREE REVIEW, SO I WILL NOT GIVE
ANYTHING AWAY, BUT THERE IS TWO
AMAZING LIGHTSABER SCENES FROM
-- TOTALLY WORTH THE PRICE OF
ADMISSION.
PEOPLE WERE CHEERING, IT WAS
AMAZING FOR STAR WARS FANS, AND
I LOVED IT.
I LOVE THE PORGS.
THEY ARE IN THE MOVIE
THROUGHOUT.
THEY ARE NOT HUGE, BUT THEY ARE
FUN.
I LOVED THAT THE PHIL
INCORPORATED A NEW LITTLE
CREATURE - FILM INCORPORATED A
NEW LITTLE CREATURE.
I GIVE IT FOUR OUT OF FIVE
STARS.
I DID NOT LIKE, I THOUGHT THE
DIRECTOR RYAN JOHNSON, IS
PLAYING IT TOO SAFE WITH SOME OF
THE CUSTOM -- THE CHARACTERS.
I WISH THEY COULD HAVE TIGHTENED
UP THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS AS MAGICAL
OR AS GREAT AS THE FORCE
AWAKENS.
I GIVING IT FOUR OUT OF FIVE,
SEE IT AS EARLY AS YOU CAN TO
AVOID SPOILERS.
HE WAS A GREAT DIRECTOR FOR THIS
FILM.
I THINK SOME OF THE CHARACTERS
COULD HAVE GONE A DIFFERENT WAY
WITHOUT SPOILING TOO MUCH.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE.
THEO: WE TRUS YOUR JUDGMENT.
MOVE ON TO WONDER WHEEL.
LAUREN: KATE WINSLET IS ONE OF
MY FAVORIT ACTRESSES, AND THIS
IS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WOODY
ALLEN.
IT IS ABOUT A WOMAN MARRIED TO A
MAN THAT RUNS T CAROUSEL
FERRIS WHEEL IN CONEY ISLAND,
SET IN 1950'S CONEY ISLAND.
SHE ENDS UP HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH A LIFEGUARD PLAYED BY
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THEM
TOGETHER.
WHAT I LOVED WAS THE 1950'S
SETTING OF CONEY ISLAND.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN CONEY ISLAND IN
THAT SETTING TOO MUCH BEFORE.
KATE WINSLET IS AMAZING AND IS
THE STAR HERE.
SHE HAS A JOB DROPPING
PERFORMANCE -- JAW DROPPING
PERFORMANCE.
3.5 OUT OF FIVE.
YOU LIKE KATE WINSLET, IT IS
GOOD.
STAR WARS WILL BE NUMBER ONE,
THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE LIKE ME
BEFORE MY HUNDRED MILLION THIS
YEAR.
-- $400 MILLION.