Movie Talk: Support the Girls, Book Club, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

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English - August 23, 2018 22:30 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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In Theaters, Friday August 24, 2018

Support the Girls

Lisa is the general manager of Double Whammies, a sports bar that features skimpily dressed waitresses. Always nurturing and protective of her staff, she soon faces one trying day that tests her optimism at every turn.

Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Regina Hall, James Le Gros, AJ Michalka, Dylan Gelula, Junglepussy, Lea DeLaria, Jana Kramer, Brooklyn Decker

Directed by: Andrew Bujalski

Produced by: Houston King, Sam Slater

Written by: Andrew Bujalski

Cinematography: Matthias Grunsky

Distributed by: Magnolia Pictures

Runtime: 91 minutes

Released on Netflix August 10, 2018

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

In 1946 a London-based writer begins exchanging letters with residents on the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compelled to visit the island, she starts to get a picture of what it was like during the occupation.

Starring: Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katherine Parkinson, Matthew Goode, Tom Courtenay, Penelope Wilton

Directed by: Mike Newell

Produced by: Paula Mazur,Mitchell Kaplan, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

Screenplay by: Kevin Hood, Don Roos, Tom Bezucha

Cinematography: Zac Nicholson

Distributed by: StudioCanal (United Kingdom) Netflix (International)

Runtime: 124 minutes

Released in theaters on May 18, 2018. Currently available on DVD.

Book Club

Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol's (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous "50 Shades of Grey," catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices.

Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Andy García, Don Johnson

Directed by: Bill Holderman

Produced by: Andrew Duncan, Erin Simms, Bill Holderman, Alex Saks

Screenplay by: Bill Holderman, Erin Simms

Cinematography: Andrew Dunn

Distributed by:Paramount Pictures

Runtime: 103 minutes

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