"PopaHALLics #137 "Ch-ch-ch-changes"
Bridget Jones is dating again ... A new Captain America faces off against Red Hulk ... The sixth wife of Henry VIII tries to say alive ... and a cat faces off against a massive flood. Oh, and did we mention Kate's grandmother caused a fire at IU?
Theaters:
- "Captain America: Brave New World." The new Cap, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), takes up the shield just in time to get involved in an international incident. And the new president (Harrison Ford) is hulky and seeing red.
Streaming:
- "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy," Peacock. Renee Zellweger returns as the foulmouthed diarist, now a widow nervously reentering the dating world. With Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Emma Thompson.
- "Widow Clicquot," Netflix. The film traces the true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the businesswoman who started the Veuve Clicquot champagne dynasty in France in the 1700s.
- "Back in Action," Netflix. In this comic action thriller, CIA operatives Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx fake their deaths to start a family. Then the bad guys find out where they are. With Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, and Andrew Scott.
- "Firebrand," Hulu. Alicia Vikander plays Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII (Jude Law), in this historical drama. When the king returns, ill and paranoid from warfare in France, his advisers try to turn him against her.
- "Flow," Hulu. In this Golden Globe-winning animated Latvian film with no human characters or dialogue, a cat, a dog, and other creatures try to survive a great flood. Beautiful visuals and amazing animation.
- "Say Nothing," Hulu. This limited series follows people growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, their involvement with the IRA, and the murder of Jean McConville. Starring Lola Pettigrew, Hazel Doupe, and Anthony Boyle.
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