RETURNING WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
JENNIFER: SELECT MOVIE THEATERS ARE BACK OPEN IN MARYLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS.
WHETHER YOU ARE HEADING TO THE THEATER OR STREAMING AT HOME, THERE IS A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM.
OUR FILM CRITIC, LAUREN VENIZIANI, JOINS US THIS MORNING.
LAUREN, YOU WENT BACK TO THE THEATER.
>> I DID.
I WENT BACK TO THE THEATER TO SEE TENANT, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHOW, JEN, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
HILARY SWANK HAS A NEW NETFLIX SHOW, ALL TEN EPISODES ON NETFLIX.
HILLARY PLAYS AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT LEADING THE FIRST MISSION TO MARS.
SHE ACTUALLY HAS TO LEAVE HER TEENAGED DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND BEHIND FOR YEARS.
YOU SAW THE SHOW.
I SAW THE FIRST FIVE EPISODES OF THE SHOW, AND IT'S FANTASTIC SO FAR.
I WANTED TO TALK TO HILLARY ABOUT THE MUSIC IN THE SHOW BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS A BIG PART.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR CONVERSATION.
>> WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE A MEMORABLE THING WHERE MUSIC HAS BEEN IMPORTANT.
FOR ME, GROWING UP, MY DAD AND I WATCHED 2001s, A SPACE ODYSSEY.
>> I HAVE PARROT, TWO PARROTS.
ONE OF MY BIRDS WHISTLES THAT.
SHE'S LIKE, ARE YOU CALLING ME?
>> I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THESE ANIMALS IN YOUR HOUSE.
>> I HAVE A WINDOW BIG ENOUGH IF MY HORSE WANTS TO WALK IN, MY HORSE CAN WALK IN.
>> YOU ARE SO COOL.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT'S COOL IF MY HORSE WALKS IN THE LIVING ROOM, BUT I LIKE IT.
I LOVE THAT QUESTION.
I FIND MUSIC TO BE THE BIGGEST INSPIRATION.
IT INFUSES ENERGY THAT MAKES YOU HAVE A FEELING.
IT ADDS TO THE EMOTION.
I LIKE TO GO TO MUSEUMS AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND HAVE MUSIC BE A PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
I ALWAYS FIND IT TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF ART BECAUSE OF HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL.
LIKE YOU SAID, IT CAN TRANSPORT YOU BACK TO A TIME WITH YOUR DAD THAT IS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT LOVED ONE NEXT TO US ANYMORE.
BUT THAT CAN TRANSPORT US LIKE WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT ART.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME SO MUCH.
I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH THIS SHOW AND I WILL SAY MY GIRLFRIENDS AND I ARE OBSESSED WITH P.S. I LOVE YOU.
>> MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, HILLARY.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU'RE WEARING A STAR SHIRT OR DRESS.
>> YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT NOTICED.
I WAS LIKE I DON'T HAVE A NASA T-SHIRT OR ANYTHING.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
>> PERFECT.
SO COOL.
YOU THEMED IT UP.
>> I DID TRY TO THEME IT UP FOR BEING AT HOME TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
JENNIFER: SHE SEEMS SO NICE.
>> WASN'T THAT INTERVIEW WITH HER SO NICE?
I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING, BUT HILARY SWANK WAS PHENOMENAL.
ONE OF THE BEST ACTRESSES WORKING TODAY AND I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THE SHOW, JEN.
I KNOW YOU ENJOYED IT AS WELL.
AWAY, ALL TEN EPISODES, ARE CURRENTLY ON NETFLIX.
>> SHE MAKES THE SERIES AND PLAYS THIS STRONG CHARACTER BUT ALSO THIS AWESOME MOM AND WIFE.
SO, YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING.
I'M ENJOYING IT SO FAR.
YOU WENT TO SEE TENANT.
>> I FINALLY WENT BACK TO THE THEATERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH.
I WENT TO TYSON'S CORNER THEATER IN VIRGINIA.
MARYLAND THEATERS ARE NOW OPEN AS WELL.
OF COURSE, MY FIRST MOVIE BACK IS "TENET." IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FULLY POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT WITHOUT SPOILERS.
IT'S FROM THE DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, WHO DID A DARK KNIGHT, INCEPTION, THE PRESTIGE.
HE HAS A LOT OF FILMS UNDER HIS BELT.
JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, DENZEL WASHINGTON'S SON IN THE FILM, IS ALSO FANTASTIC IN A MOVIE CALLED BLACK CLANSMAN, ON HBO MAX.
HE PLAYS A PROTAGONIST FIGHTING FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE WORLD AND IS CAUGHT INTO THIS RING OF INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE AND HE RUNS INTO THESE OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ROBERT PATTINSON AND
OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.
IT'S A FULLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, JEN.
IT'S TWO AND A HALF HOURS WHERE YOU'RE JUST COMPLETELY SUCKED INTO CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S WORLD.
THE SOUND MIXING AND THE SCORE IS SO LOUD.
FUN FACT ABOUT THE FILM.
THE SCORE IS ACTUALLY DONE BY THE SAME COMPANOSER WHO DID BLAC PANTHER.
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN WANTS THE AUDIENCE IMMERSED IN THE WORLD.
YOU'LL BE CONFUSED A LOT OF THE TIME.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF MOVIE WHERE YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR FRIEND AFTERWARD, YOUR SPOUSE AFTERWARD.
KEVIN AND I, MY HUSBAND AND I TALKED FOR TWO HOURS ABOUT THIS MOVIE WHEN IT WAS OVER.
AND I THINK THAT'S -- I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY LOVE FILMS THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DISSECT A BIT AND YOU'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE DOING SOME DISSECTING IN "TENET."
LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS @D.C.
FILM GIRL.
I WOULDN'T TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT WHEN YOU FIRST SEE IT.
DIVE INTO THE WORLD THAT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN HAS CREATED AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
I LOVED BEING BACK IN A MOVIE THEATER.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE CLEANER THAN I WORE A FACE MASK, FELT SAFE.
I'M GIVING "TENET" A FOUR AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS.
AN IDEAL MOVIE TO GET BACK INTO THE THEATERS.
JENNIFER: I WANT TO HEAR YOU REVIEW OF MU LAN.
SEVERE SEVERELY LIMITED.
>> IT'S AVAILABLE FOR $29.99 AS A PREMIERE ACCESS ON DISNEY PLUS THIS WEEKEND.
I DID PURCHASE IT, WATCHED IT.
OF COURSE, THIS IS THE CLASSIC STORY ABOUT A YOUNG CHINESE GIRL WHO DISGUISES HERSELF INTO A MALE WARRIOR TO SAVE HER FATHER.
THE CARTOON WAS A HUGE DEAL FOR ME GROWING UP.
I LOVED IT.
DISNEY IS INTO THE LIVE ACTION REMAKES, AND THIS ONE WAS ONE OF THE MY FAVORITE.
I HAVE TO SAY, I THOUGHT THE VISUALS WERE STUNNING.
YOUNG ACTRESS WHO PLAYS MULAN IS FANTASTIC.
SHE EMBODIED EVERYTHING I LOVED ABOUT THE CARTOON VERSION GROWING UP.
I WILL SAY, SOME OF THE ACTION SCENES, YOU KNOW, WENT ON A LITTLE TOO LONG FOR ME.
I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON MULAN AND HER STORY LINE.
SHE COMMANDED PRESENCE.
I LOVED THAT.
I'M GIVING IT, THE LIVE ACTION VERSION, 4 OUT OF 5 STARZ.
DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT BECAUSE OF THE VISUALS.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY $30.
IT WILL BE ON DISNEY PLUS FOR FREE IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE.
JENN