214 - Judas and the Black Messiah (HBOMax) and Nomadland (Hulu)

Heavy, heavy HEAVY this week but with exceptional performances.  Excited?  You should be.

Intro, ice has fallen in the east and is now melting.  The Tooth Fairy stories.  Grayson's death will be lackluster.  Thanks, Chris.  Grayson cried during a scene in Kodachrome- Ed Harris is great.

0:12:00 - Box-office, upcoming releases

0:17:45  **NEW EGMENT** What's Streaming? HULU

DUNKIRK, Dir. Christopher Nolan – Tom Hardy, Kenneth Brannagh, James, D’arcy, Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles, Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan. 2017

ARGO, Dir. Ben Affleck – Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John goodman, Alan Arkin, Victor Garber, Tate Donnovan, Kyle Chandler, Titus Welliver. 2012

GET HARD, Dir, Etan Cohen – Will Farrell, Kevon Hart, Alison Brie, Craig T Neson, Greg Germa. 2015

0:19:00 - Homage to Christopher Plummer and Hal Holbrook

0:23:30 - Trailers - CRUELLA and THE SEVENTH DAY

0:35:50 - WANDAVISION EPS 1-6

0:43:10 - NOMADLAND, Dir. Chloe Zhao

1:11:30 - JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Dir, Shaka King

 
Nomadland (Hulu)
 
Frances McDormand!  You are AMAZING!
Nomadland is a wonderfully crafted poem of modern day nomads and how they live their lives- usually by way of what they've lost.  When Empire, Nevada loses it's industry the town shuts down 6 months later- losing 75% of it's residents.  Fern lost her job, husband, and her known way of life-  making the decision to become a modern day nomad, giving us real accounts of others who live a similar lifestyle across the American landscape.  
Wonderful cinematography, camera work and extremely powerful score behind this one making it a great movie- and free to watch on Hulu.  Frances McDormand gives what may be the best performance of her already amazing career.    
Grayson (9/10), Roger (5/10) and Chris (3/10)
 
Judas and the Black Messiah (HBOMax)
 
Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield are simply on a different level.  They're on the level of Frances McDormand- This is a good week.
Late 1960's.  Northern Illinois.  Political turmoil is a powder keg primed for an explosion.  Black Panthers and the Police force on opposing sides with Bill O'Neal stuck in the middle, his own views blurring.  
When Chairman Fred Hampton talks- you listen entranced.  
This is a retelling of the story with incredible violence and morality lines very blurred.  And Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover.  (7.5/10) 
 

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