New this Week: Kung Fu, Rebel and Thunder Force
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MOVIES Against the odds, Melissa McCarthy and her husband, filmmaker Ben Falcone, have managed to put out two movies during the pandemic. Last November came HBO Max s Superintelligence, about a regular woman (McCarthy) joined with a megalomaniacal artificial intelligence (voiced by James Corden). This time, in Thunder Force, McCarthy is again thrust into saving the planet. In the Netflix film, McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play women given superpowers accidentally in the case of McCarthy s character to defend Chicago from supervillains (Bobby Canna
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Fri. Apr. 9 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Dive into the life of the neurologist and author who helped redefine our understanding of the brain.
Sacks was a fearless explorer of the brain and mind. He redefined our understanding of the diversity of human experience and of our shared humanity.
The two-hour film explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia and a medical establishment that embraced his work only decades after the fact.
In February 2015, a few weeks after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, Oliver Sacks sat down with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns for a series of interviews in his apartment in New York City. For 80 hours, surrounded by family, friends and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natura
Apr 7, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) James McBride’s latest honor for the novel “Deacon King Kong” is a real New York story.
McBride’s fictional snapshot of a Brooklyn neighborhood in late 1969 has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize, given for outstanding writing about New York City. This year, McBride has also won the Anisfield-Wolf fiction award, given to a book that addresses racism and diversity, and a Carnegie Medal for fiction, presented by the American Library Association.
McBride will receive $50,000 for the Gotham prize, for which judges ranged from filmmaker Ric Burns to former New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott. McBride is also known for his million-selling memoir “The Color of Water” and the historical novel “Good Lord Bird,” winner of the National Book Award.
New this Week: Kung Fu, Rebel and Thunder Force
This combination of photos shows promotional art for Kung Fu, a TV series premiering April 7 on The CW, left, Rebel, a TV series premiering April 8 on ABC, center, and the film Thunder Force, a comedy premiering April 9 on Netflix. (The CW/ABC/Netflix via AP) April 05, 2021 - 10:16 AM
Hereâs a collection curated by The Associated Pressâ entertainment journalists of whatâs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
â Against the odds, Melissa McCarthy and her husband, filmmaker Ben Falcone, have managed to put out two movies during the pandemic. Last November came HBO Max s âSuperintelligence, about a regular woman (McCarthy) joined with a megalomaniacal artificial intelligence (voiced by James Corden). This time, in âThunder Force, McCarthy is again thrust into saving the planet. In the Netflix film, McCarthy and Octavia Spence
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