What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend
Including Coming 2 America, My Salinger Year, Raya And The Last Dragon and The Mauritanian By Kevin Ritchie, Glenn Sumi, Norman Wilner and Radheyan Simonpillai
Mar 5, 2021
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OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of March 5. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Coming 2 America
(Craig Brewer)
Coming To America was the Black Panther of its time. The blockbuster starring Eddie Murphy as an African prince hiding in Queens fell just behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in the competition for 1988’s box office crown. That was unheard for a movie with almost no white people. Murphy and his co-star Arsenio Hall recently revealed that the only white person (Louise Anderson) in the otherwise all-Black cast was imposed upon them by Paramount Studios.
'Raya & the Last Dragon' firsts for Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina latimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Women rule, literally and figuratively, in “Raya and the Last Dragon,” starting with Raya, an intrepid warrior princess whom we first see riding through the desert like a bamboo-hatted Mad Max.
'Raya and the Last Dragon,' featuring Disney's first Southeast Asian heroine, is a moving adventure dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.