22/43

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DJ Vika, 84, is a Warsaw nightclub star. Charismatic and colorful, she refuses to age. But can this last forever? “Vika!” is a bittersweet portrait of a woman who must face aging, but celebrates life until the end.

27/27

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Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her easygoing younger sister (Michele Austin) is a single mother with a life as different from Pansy’s as their clashing temperaments – brimming with communal …

46/27

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Elwood Curtis’ college dream is shattered beside a two-lane highway in Florida. He must bear the burden of an innocent misstep and is banished to the underworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory deep in the South under Jim Crow laws. He meets another ward, the all-seeing Turner. The two black teenagers form an alliance: Turner imparts basic survival tips, Elwood clings to his optimistic worldview. Against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil rights movement, Elwood’s and Turner’s lives seem miles away from the brilliant oratory of the Reverend Martin Luther King. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood tries to preserve his humanity and awakens a new vision in Turner.

45/10

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Set during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, September 5 follows an American sports team as they quickly adapt from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, the film provides a new perspective on the live broadcast, which was watched worldwide by an estimated one billion people at the time…

22/26

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A heart-pounding film about experienced deep-sea divers who battle the raging elements to rescue a crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. Based on a true story, LAST BREATH is an inspiring story of teamwork, resilience and a race against time to do the impossible.

28/49

The DC Studios logo is placed in a rainy Gotham alleyway

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Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin, is trying to take over Gotham’s criminal underworld. Aside from a bat-signal in the final shot of the season finale, we never got our Robert Pattinson cameo in “The Penguin.” This short film from IMDb tries to answer: Where the hell was Batman?. Colin Farrell fought tooth and nail to get his version of The Penguin to smoke tobacco in The Batman (2022), but he failed. However, in his own series, the character is portrayed as an occasional tobacco user, preferring cigars.

He absolutely nailed the tone and atmosphere

An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Appears in Graham Norton and stars Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024). Dirty, brooding and dark, but Farrell manages to capture that spark of charm that Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano did.

Where to start with Farrell

There are similarities to the Sopranos, especially in tone. There are a lot of dark things going on in that opening episode, but there are still comedic moments that fit the tone and don’t undermine it. Amazing is the right word. I love watching talented star actors give their all in roles like this, and the makeup/CGI or whatever they did to physically transform him into the penguin not only passes the eye test but looks incredibly realistic.

And Farrell as an actor is completely immersed in the role

There’s always the risk that if the makeup isn’t good enough or is just a little off, it can be completely distracting. In the case of the penguin, it adds to his performance and the overall quality of the show, because it’s a damn good job. I may be a little biased because he was one of my favorite actors before this show, but I think this one will earn him some well-deserved praise. I never really tune into new shows right away because I like to watch all the episodes at once, but I wanted to see how this one actually turned out.

Kudos to everyone involved

I wasn’t disappointed, in fact, it blew me away. Check out our recap of “Yellowstone” Season 5, Part 2, “Squid Game” Season 2, and more of the most anticipated new and returning series coming to TV and streaming.