Something for every movie lover
With romantic comedies, action-packed thrillers and buzzy documentaries, Netflix’s upcoming summer film slate has a little something for every movie lover.
The streaming service on Tuesday released a preview of its 2021 popcorn season offerings, a list that includes the final chapter in the “The Kissing Booth” trilogy, Kevin Hart’s touching drama “Fatherhood,” “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed” and Zack Snyder’s zombie heist adventure “Army of the Dead.”
The schedule kicks off with “Things Heard and Seen,” a horror movie starring Amanda Seyfried, on Thursday, followed by “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” an animated comedy from “SpiderMan: Into the SpiderVerse” producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, on Friday.
May will see the debut of the Amy Adams-led “The Woman in the Window,” a highly anticipated adaptation about an agoraphobe that has renewed relevance after a yearlong pandemic, as well as “Monster,” an intimate drama starring John David Washington and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
In June and July, the Netflix queue will feature the cartooned feature “America: the Motion Picture,” along with Guillermo del Toro’s “Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans.” Some of the titles scheduled for August include “The Kissing Booth 3” and “He’s All That,” a gender-swapped remake of the 1999 teen rom-com “She’s All That.”
In total, Netflix will release around 30 movies between April and August.
Eilish to release new After dropping album in July: a brief video on Monday sporting her new blond look, Billie Eilish has announced that she will release her second full-length album, titled “Happier Than Ever,” on July 30 and will drop a new song Thursday morning.
“MY NEW ALBUM ‘Happier Than Ever’ OUT JULY 30TH!,” she wrote in a social media post. “This is my favorite thing i’ve ever created and i am so excited and nervous and EAGER for you to hear it. i can’t even tell you. i’ve never felt so much love for a project than i do for this one. hope you feel what i feel. alsoooo new song out thursday at 9am too!!”
Judging by titles of the songs from the album, the lyrics continue the dark — at times playfully dark — vibe of her Grammy-sweeping 2019 debut full-length, “When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?” It includes her two most recent singles, “My Future” and “Therefore I Am.”
Like her debut, it was written and produced with her brother and musical collaborator, Finneas. Boseman’s family lauds Hopkins’ Oscar win: Just about everybody in the acting community and beyond was stunned that Chadwick Boseman didn’t win the best actor Oscar for his part in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — except his family.
The late actor’s brother said Monday that the family did not consider Boseman snubbed by the academy as many had claimed, and they lauded Sir Anthony Hopkins’ win for his portrayal of a man suffering from memory loss in “The Father.”
Every nominated actor was deserving, Boseman’s brother Derrick Boseman told TMZ, adding that the family was not upset or agitated at the omission.
April 28 birthdays: Actor Ann-Margret is 80. Former TV host Jay Leno is 71. Singer-bassist Kim Gordon is 68. Actor Bridget Moynahan is 50. Actor Jorge Garcia is 48. Actor Penelope Cruz is 47. TV personalities Drew and Jonathan Scott are 43. Actor Jessica Alba is 40. Actor Harry Shum Jr. is 39.