JENNIFER: TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT WHAT'S STREAMING THIS WEEKEND.
OUR FILM CRITIC, LAUREN VENIZIANI, JOINS US LIVE THIS
MORNING.
LAUREN, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FEW DAYS TO STREAM.
>> YES, IT IS.
MY LITTLE GIRL, SALLY, AND I ARE BUNDLED UP HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PERFECT WEEKEND TO WATCH THE MOVIES.
YOU KNOW I LOVE MOVIES ABOUT REAL LIFE STORIES.
THAT FEATURE PETS.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE SALLY.
THE FIRST MOVIE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FILM ON NETFLIX
CALLED PENGUIN BLOOM.
I SPOKE TO THE STARS VIA ZOOM A FEW WEEKS AGO.
I WANTED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PARTICULAR ANIMALS THAT IMPACTED
THEM IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
THIS IS WHAT NAOMI WATTS AND ANDREW LINCOLN HAD TO SAY.
>> YEAH, WE GOT A NEW PUPPY DURING COVID, LIKE MANY OTHER
PEOPLE.
RESCUED THE DOG AND IT WAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT -- WHAT WE
NEEDED.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEPRESSED FROM NOT SEEING OUR
FRIENDS AND ISOLATED AND WE JUST NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP US
SHIFT OUR THINKING A LITTLE BIT.
>> MY FRIEND ADOPTED FROM TOBY'S SMALL DOG RESCUE IN L.A. TOO.
>> YEAH.
SO YEAH, WE ALSO STILL HAVE BOB, WHO IS MY 21-YEAR-OLD YORKSHIRE
TERRIER.
>> 21.
OH, MY GOSH AMAZING.
>> HE'S DEAF AND BLIND.
>> WHAT'S THAT IN DOG YEARS?
2,007 OR SOMETHING.
>> ABOUT THAT.
>> I'VE HAD LOADS.
OUR CAT, WE LOST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WE HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY -- IT'S A SAD STORY, BUT WE'RE
DEALING IN SAD, AREN'T WE?
WE GOT A LITTLE KITTEN CALLED ZEUS FROM GREECE.
SHIPPED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A STRAY AND MY DAUGHTER SAW HIM
OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT HOTEL AND SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE A HOME.
DID ONE OF THOSE SO WE HAD TO -- SO WE SHIPPED HIM ALL THE WAY.
I WANTED TO CALL HIM COSTAS, BECAUSE HE COST US A LOT OF
MONEY TO SHIP US.
WE MADE IT HERE.
BUT WHEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED, HE JUST HAD A WANDERLUST BECAUSE HE
WAS A GINGER.
WE CALLED HIM THE GINGER NINJA.
HE BURNED BRIGHTLY BUT SADLY GOT RUN OVER.
>> OH, SO AWFUL.
>> IT WAS AWFUL.
YEAH, IN LOCKDOWN, IN THE FIRST LOCKDOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER -- YTRY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO A CHILD.
YOU JUST CAN'T.
THAT WAS AWFUL.
BUT IT HASN'T STOPPED US FROM -- YOU KNOW, ANY ANIMAL THAT IS,
YOU KNOW, IS I OUR HOUSE, SECONDS.
>> YEAH, SO HEARING RICK GRIMES FROM THE WALKING DEAD TALK ABOUT
HIS CATS WAS THE BEST THING EVER.
I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT LOVE ACTUALLY TOO.
YOU CAN SEE MY FULL INTERVIEW ON MY YOUTUBE, FILM GIRL.
I THOUGHT PENGUIN BLOOM WAS A SWEET, CHARMING MOVIE.
IT'S BASED OFF A REAL LIFE AUSTRALIAN COUPLE CALLED THE
BLOOMS.
SAM BLOOM HAS AN ACCIDENT, GETS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
AND THEY END UP HAVING THIS MAGPIE THAT ENDS UP FINDING THE
FAMILY AND ENDS UP, LIKE, KIND OF MAKING HER WANT TO LIVE
AGAIN.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, STRUER TO.
I'M GIVING IT 3 AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE ON NETFLIX.
JENNIFER: THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE INTERESTING.
YOU DID "OUR FRIEND." >> YEAH, SO OUR FRIEND, JEN,
THIS MOVIE CAME OUT.
I SAW IT BACK IN 2019.
I THINK IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT LAST YEAR.
WITH COVID, IT GOT PUSHED.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MY FAVORITE FILMS I SAW THERE.
IT WAS ON A REAL-LIFE TRUE STORY ABOUT A COUPLE AND THEIR BEST
FRIEND.
THE COUPLE PLAYED BY CASEY AFFLECK AND DAKOTA JOHNSON, THEY
RECEIVE NEWS THAT THE WIFE HAS CANCER.
THEIR BEST FRIEND, PLAYED BY JASON SIEGEL, HE ENDS UP KIND
OF, LIKE, TAKING A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THEY PUT A
LOT OF FAITH INTO THIS BEST FRIEND.
HE MOVES INTO THE HOUSE WITH THEM AND REALLY HELPS THEM KIND
OF DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION AND THE TWO KIDS.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCES THAT DAKOTA JOHNSON
HAS EVER DONE.
WE'VE NEVE SEEN HER IN A ROLE LIKE THIS.
I WAS CRYING AT THE END.
I WAS SITTING IN THE THEATER WITH MY BEST FRIEND, ALSO NAMED
LAUREN, WHO WAS CRYING.
IT'S HONESTLY A GREAT MOVIE THAT'S ALSO FEEL-GOOD AT TIMES
BUT, YES, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT TRUE ELEMENT OF
SADNESS THERE.
BUT THE PERFORMANCES ARE AMAZING AND JASON SIEGEL, WE'VE NEVER
SEEN HIM IN A ROLE LIKE THIS.
IT'S ALWAYS HOW I MET YOUR MORE COMEDY.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT ROLE FOR JASEN SIEGEL AND DAKOTA
JOHNSON.
I LOVED IT.
IT WAS SO TOUCHING AND MAKES YOU THINK OF WHICH OF MY BEST
FRIENDS WOULD REALLY BE THERE FOR ME WHEN MY LIFE GOES CRAZY.
IT'S 4.5 OUT OF 5.
JENNIFER: IF YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS, CAN YOU DO LITTLE
THINGS.
>> I'LL DO 20 SECONDS ON LITTLE THINGS.
IT WAS NOT VERY GOOD.
HAS A GREAT CAST, LETO, WASHINGTON, MALIK.
IT'S ON HBO MAX.
DENZEL WASHINGTON AND ROMNEY MALIK PLAY TWO KILLE WHO
ARE -- TWO COPS SEARCHING FOR A SERIAL KILLER.S SEARCHING FOR A
IT'S SO CONFUSING.
MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS DOES SOMETHING
LATER IN THE MOVIE THAT COMPLETELY TURNED ME OFF.
SO TWO AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE OR LITTLE THINGS.
STREAM IT IF YOU WANT TO BUT IT WASN'T FOR ME.
ALL MY INTERVIEWS ARE ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, D.C. FILM
GIRL.
YOU'RE WATCHING