Return of the movies: Here’s what to catch in theaters this Memorial Day weekend
Holiday weekend marks kickoff to Hollywood’s delayed summer season
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FILE - People line up for movie tickets at the reopened AMC Lincoln Square theater in New York on March 5, 2021. After more than a year of uncertainty and ever-fluctuating release schedules, there will be a summer movie season. The blockbusters are back. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) (2021 Invision)
ORLANDO, Fla. – The return of films to the big screens has been a highlight for some during the pandemic and with the upcoming holiday weekend, theaters seem to be back in full swing in comparison to last year.
1. The stakes are higher for Tom and Jerry than they ve ever been before.
Over the years the on-screen rivalry and antics between Tom and Jerry have been confined to the ongoing battle between just the cat and mouse. But in this big-screen adaption, there s a lot more at stake than just who will come out on top in their latest escapade.
The events of the film take place in New York, in the bustling streets of Manhattan where Tom Cat dreams of becoming a pianist while his longtime rival Jerry Mouse is on the hunt for a new home.
Jerry ends up setting up his home at the Royal Gate Hotel, an act that coincides with the lead-up to a very high-profile wedding that is about to take place there.
Tom and Jerry (G, 101mins) Directed by Tim Story They are billed as the world’s “most famous enemies” and one of the most successful screen partnerships of all time. A duo who first appeared on-screen together more than 80 years ago and have no-less than seven Academy Awards for their work. And yet, this is only Thomas D. Cat and Jerome A. Mouse’s second feature-length outing. As anyone who has seen
The Simpsons’ magnificent parody Itchy and Scratchy during its more than three decade run, Tom and Jerry’s antics haven’t always been to everyone’s tastes. One of the most violent cartoons ever made, it might not have focused on blood and gore like more modern animated shows, but it also completely ignored any lasting (or even temporary) consequences of the various heinous acts the pair inflicted on each other. It also helped establish Hollywood’s clear bias against cats and some of the older 161 shorts feature rather decidedly troublesome stereotypes (part
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A legendary rivalry reemerges when Jerry moves into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of the wedding of the century, forcing the desperate event planner to hire Tom to get rid of him. As mayhem ensues, the escalating cat-and-mouse battle soon threatens to destroy her career, the wedding, and possibly the hotel itself.
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It’s always a bit dicey in dealing with nostalgia but sometimes more so when it comes to comedy from ages ago. I had grown up in the 70s with reruns of old cartoons and some of them have aged better than others. One that I used to enjoy through its various permutations and later reboots and even a film in the 90’s was Tom & Jerry. There’s a base simplicity to it that goes to the nature of the characters and it makes for something that you can just drop in and have fun with while not needing any additional context. Cat and mouse. Hijinks ensue. This
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