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What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend: May 7-9 Including Almodovar s English-language debut, Eat Wheaties! and season 3 of The Girlfriend Experience By Norman Wilner and Kevin Ritchie May 7, 2021 The Human Voice (Pedro Almodóvar) Spanish director Almodóvar’s English-language debut is a short film that strips the hallmarks of his oeuvre down to a few core elements: a high-strung woman engages in high drama while clad in high fashion. Based on Jean Cocteau’s monodrama of the same name, The Human Voice is essentially a 30-minute showpiece for Tilda Swinton, who stars as a jilted woman confronting her ex in a lengthy phone call as her oblivious dog unhelpfully reflects back her anxiety. Cocteau’s play served as the inspiration for Almodóvar’s 1988 international hit Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown so not unlike 2019’s Pain And Glory, this project finds the director self-consciously revisiting the late 80s/early 90s period ....
Director Roland Emmerich s new film Moonfall has added a few new cast members, including Michael Pena, who replaces previously-attached Stanley Tucci. Tucci, 60, previously signed onto the big-budget space drama in October, though Deadline reports he was forced to back out due to a government-imposed travel ban on United Kingdom flights going into Canada. Pena, 44, joins an all-star ensemble cast that also includes Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Eme Ikwuakor, Charlie Plummer and Donald Sutherland. New cast: Director Roland Emmerich s new film Moonfall has added a few new cast members, including Michael Pena, who replaces previously-attached Stanley Tucci Replaced: Tucci, 60, previously signed onto the big-budget space drama in October, though Deadline reports he was forced to back out due to a government-imposed travel ban on United Kingdom flights going into Canada ....