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New Movies to Watch This Week: Disney s Raya, Amy Poehler s Moxie and Eddie Murphy s Return
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It’s a very different landscape this week than it was a year ago, just before the pandemic forced cinemas to close around the country. Still, with New York cinemas cautiously reopening this week and many other markets determined to bring moviegoing back, the studios and indie distributors alike are bringing many of their long-delayed releases onto screens, albeit in an entirely new way.
For contrasting examples, look at how two of the majors are handling what were intended to be family film tentpoles: Paramount decided to bypass theaters entirely with “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” using the title to launch its new subscription service, Paramount Plus (audiences can also rent it, at a price of $19.99, for a limited time via PVOD platforms). Disney tested a similar approach with
Based on the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed,
Gucci tells the story of the murder of Maurizio Gucci (Jeremy Irons) with Lady Gaga playing his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of plotting his death. Adam Driver, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino also star in this movie which is out in November 2021.
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Finally, the biopic that Aretha Franklin has always deserved! Starring Jennifer Hudson in the title role,