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CHAOS WALKING: 2 STARS On paper “Chaos Walking,” a new dystopian movie starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland and now on PVOD, seems like a can’t fail for sci-fi fans. In execution, however, the story of a world where men’s thoughts are manifested for all to see, is a letdown. Based on “The Knife of Never Letting Go,” the first book of the Patrick Ness “Chaos Walking” trilogy, the story takes place in the year 2557 in a place called Prentisstown on the planet New World. Colonized by refugees from Earth, New World’s original inhabitants, the Spackle, fought back, slaughtering many of the male settlers and all the women. The surviving men contracted something called “The Noise.”
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Secrets of the Whales: 4½ stars
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday: 3½
Tiny Tim: King For a Day: 3
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SECRETS OF THE WHALES: Disney’s annual Earth Day contribution is again special. Anybody out here on the West Coast will enjoy this and maybe be moved by it. Whales are part of the sea world out here, often sighted off ferries or even in protected harbours. Much of the anti-pipeline protest has been about whales; how all that increased tanker traffic will affect these vulnerable animals. Maybe you saw them at the aquarium and this will help you understand why they’re no longer allowed to be in captivity there. This four-part series states several times that they are immensely intelligent and illustrates intimately what
Producers had planned to have the film in theaters already, but COVID-19 put a pause in production.
“116 MacDougal” will be filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Tjelmeland lives and owns a photography studio.
“This is not just an independent film this is an epic independent film,” said Lynda Schneider, publicist and one of the executive producers for the movie. “The breadth of it is so different from most independent projects.”
The movie has more than 60 speaking roles, 10,000-square feet of space for sets, and musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing the score.
The plot follows the real-life story of Pittsburgh native John Mitchell, who opened the Gaslight Cafe, a music house that launched the careers of icons such as Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul & Mary.
Lucky Oceans is considered one of the world s greatest pedal steel guitarists.
As he approaches his 70th birthday this month, Oceans says his best work is still ahead of him.
That s a big call Oceans has played around the globe with an exhaustive list of big names including Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Van Morrison.
He s even won two Grammy Awards and had seven nominations.
After leaving the US in 1981, Lucky Oceans settled in Fremantle, Western Australia with his wife and started a family.
It s in this adopted home town that he will celebrate his 70 years with a concert that will bring together a plethora of musicians he s collaborated with through the years.