216 - Tom and Jerry (HBOMax) and Sound of Metal (Amazon)

Riz Ahmed- You are AMAZING.  

Intro, Roger is grumpy.  Roger pegs Grayson as a guy who puts a "Salt life" sticker on my rental car.  Would I?  

0:02:45 - Box-office, upcoming releases

0:07:05  **NEW EGMENT** What's Streaming? AMAZON

THE VAST OF NIGHT, Dir, Andrew Patterson – Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz.  Amazon.  2017

EAGLE EYE, Dir. D.J. Caruso – Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklas, Anthony Mackie, Ethan Embry, Billy Bob Thornton.  2008.

COMING TO AMERICA, Dir. John Landis – Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall, Madge Sinclair, Cuba Gooding Jr. 1988.

0:08:05 - Trailers - THUNDER FORCE and CRISIS

0:10:45 - WANDAVISION 

0:12:55 - Golden Globe 2021 Winners 

0:16:35 - TOM AND JERRY, Dir. Tim Story

0:31:35 - SOUND OF METAL, Dir. Darius Marder

 
Tom and Jerry
 
Tom and Jerry- An iconic cartoon duo for decades.  They are NOT the main focus in a movie named Tom and Jerry.  Confused?  You should be.  This movie really is terrible.  Lucky, it will find an audience with kids as it's colorful and full of silly comedy harkening back to old Tom and Jerry comedy slapstick everyone knows and can certainly identify.  There's not much in the way of content for adults, which is disappointing as a certain age group would have grown up with Tom and Jerry.  (1.5/10)
 
Sound of Metal
 
This is a Hidden gem you should watch, and watch immediately.  Riz Ahmed is off the charts with his performance more about body language and nuance rather than speaking and delivery.  Ruben (Ahmed) is a heavy metal drummer who starts to lose his hearing and must learn to adapt to a life lived as a deaf person.  BUT It's more than that- in fact, at it's emotional core, it's about a restless soul forced to slow down almost to a halt and live his life in a completely different lane.  But therein lies the beauty- the simplicity of the story- one without gun fight, car chases, or digital effects.  The sound design is also a character.  The brilliant sound demands you watch this in an environment you can control the volume in relevance to TV.  Hearing how the sound bounces back and forth and changes on the drop of a dime is really an enhancement of the already stellar film.  Don't miss this one.  (9.5/10)
 

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