Hello Movie Maniacs! Hitting
screens this weekend is THE
HUSTLE (MGM) - Anne Hathaway and
Rebel Wilson star as female scam
artists, one low rent and the
other high
class, who team up to take down
the dirty rotten men who have
wronged them. This is sort of a
re-envisioning of "Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels" from 1988
with Michael Caine, Steve Martin
and Glenne Headly.
Also out, POKEMON DETECTIVE
PIKACHU
(WARER BROS.) - In a world where
people collect PokÃ©mon to do
battle, a boy comes across an
intelligent
talking Pikachu who seeks to be
a detective. The always awesome
Ryan Reynolds voices lends his
vocals as the
detective, but, interestingly
enough early on, a petition was
made to have Danny DeVito voice
Pikachu - I'm on team
Reynolds!
And, TOLKIEN (FOX SEARCHLIGHT
PICTURES) -
Tolkien explores the formative
years of the orphaned author as
he finds friendship, love and
artistic inspiration among a
group of fellow outcasts at
school. This stars Lily Collins
and Nicholas Hoult. The family
and the Estate of J.R.R Tolkien
DO wish to make clear that they
do not approve of, did not
authorize and did not
participate in the making of
this film. And,
of course, they do not endorse
it or its content in any way.
So, there you go!
TOPS AT THE BOX â Come ON â
have you
seen AVENGERS: ENDGAME yet?
Well, of course, it's STILL
number, one! Debuting at number
two is Dennis Quaid in
THE INTRUDER and debuting number
three is LONG SHOT. I rather
liked Seth Rogen and Charlize
Theron in this movie.
She's refined and running for
the Presidency and Rogen NOT
refined and her speech writer.
Brand new on Blu-Ray this week
is WHAT MEN WANT
(PARAMOUNT PICTURES) - Taraji P.
Henson stars as a woman is boxed
out by the male sports agents in
her profession,
but gains an unexpected edge
over them when she develops the
ability to hear men's thoughts.
This is a fairly fun
flick - but, I will disclose
that I like the Mel Gibson
version of this flick MUCH
better - WHAT WOMEN WANT from
2000!
Just a reminder, there is one
last stop for the awesome SATO
48 â 48 Hour Film Challenge!
The Awards Ceremony â it's May
16th at The Gillioz! There is
so much local talent, I
SO hope to see you THERE! All
the details are at SATO-48-
DOT-COM!
I just want to take a quick
moment to celebrate a VERY
SURREAL moment that took place
TEN YEARS AGO May 13th, 2009 ...
an awesome lunch with Tom Cruise
at his office in
LA! Long story short, my pal
Bracy who I used to work on
promotions with way back in the
day at The Wehrenberg
Campbell 16 led the way. I was
in radio at the time, and helped
her with a promotion for the
movie VALKYRIE -- TC LOVED
IT! The award for BEST
PROMOTION from Mr. Cruise, was
an all expenses paid excursion
to LA for lunch with
him so he could share his
thanks! Bracy took me to LA -
we hung with Cruise and 4
others. Whether you like him or
not, he makes great movies with
GREAT directors. He treated me
very kind and was very genuine
... it was a fantastic
time!
Let's interact on social MEDIA!
I LOVE do that with YOU!
I hope you have checked out the
new registration! You can win a
pair of passes to Alamo
Drafthouse Cinema and $20 in
food and beverage from The
Backlot! Go to
ozarks-first-dot-
com ... go to the contest/events
tab ... you'll see Box Office
Buzz Giveaway â it's THAT
SIMPLE! I look forward to
seeing you next time!
JOE:
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