DC Film Girl April film and tv streaming reviews

NOW FOR A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND. AND OUR FILM CRITIC LAURA VENEZIANI IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. HEY, LAUREN. HI. HI, JEN. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. YOU DID SOME INTERVIEWS IN THIS LAST WEEK. YES, I DID IN THE FIRST ONE IS THE MOVIE SCOOP. THIS IS THE NEW FILM ON NETFLIX STARRING GILLIAN ANDERSON AND BILLIE PIPER. IT’S ABOUT HOW THE BBC NEWS ACQUIRED THE INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ANDREW, WHERE THEY ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN. I SPOKE WITH BOTH GILLIAN AND BILLIE, WHO ARE PLAYING JOURNALISTS IN THE FILM AND PRODUCERS, AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN GILLIAN BROUGHT UP THE X-FILES. HERE’S A CLIP OF THAT INTERVIEW FOR SCOOP. GILLIAN AND BILLIE. SO NICE TO MEET THE TWO OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS FILM. I THOUGHT THE TWO OF YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IN IT. THANK YOU. AND CAN I JUST SAY I HAVE THAT TOP? YOU DO? YEAH, I HAVE THAT. I MEAN, YOU GUYS WERE FANTASTIC AT PLAYING EMILY AND SAM AND HIGHLIGHTING, YOU KNOW, THESE WOMEN AS A JOURNALIST AND PRODUCER. AND CLEARLY SAM IS TRYING TO MAKE HER MARK, YOU KNOW, IN THE INDUSTRY. BUT WHAT WAS THAT ONE ROLE FOR YOU WHERE YOU WERE LIKE, THIS IS PUTTING ME OVER THE TOP AND GIVING YOU THE CONFIDENCE TO BECOME THE ACTOR YOU ARE TODAY? I WOULD SAY THAT’S THAT’S ACTUALLY ONLY HAPPENED QUITE RECENTLY. I THINK, WHEN I DID A PLAY CALLED YERMA, WHICH I LOVED SO MUCH AND, UM, I, I WAS PERSONALLY SO MOVED BY, I WORKED IN A WAY I’D NEVER WORKED BEFORE. AND THERE WAS SOMETHING SO LIBERATING AND FREEING ABOUT THAT PROCESS THAT I FELT QUITE CHANGED AFTER IT. AS AN ACTOR, IT KIND OF UNDID EVERYTHING I’D LEARNED AT DRAMA SCHOOL. LATER SEASONS OF THE OF OF X-FILES, PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE WE DID, YOU KNOW, WE DID 24 EPISODES A YEAR, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 12 FILMS A YEAR. AND SO BY THE TIME I WAS IN THE THIRD SEASON, I THINK THAT’S WHEN I KIND OF REALLY FELT LIKE I HAD MY FEET UNDER ME, AND I WAS, UH, I THINK MY WORK CHANGED, AND IT WAS IT FELT MORE MATURE AND LESS SUCH A LOT. I KNOW THAT’S THAT IS WHEN TV SEASONS WERE 24 EPISODES. NOW THEY’RE ONLY, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, 10 OR 12 OR SOMETHING. THANK GOODNESS. YEAH. THEY WERE REALLY FUN TO SPEAK WITH. AND MY FULL INTERVIEW WITH THEM IS ON MY YOUTUBE DC FILM GURL.COM SCOOP IS REALLY FUN. I REALLY ENJOYED THE FILM. IT IT’S MORE OF A DOCU DRAMA, AND GILLIAN AND BILLY ARE INCREDIBLE ACTORS. RUFUS SEWELL IS IS AS PRINCE ANDREW. HE DOESN’T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE HIMSELF. I COULDN’T RECOGNIZE. HIM. SO YES, SCOOP IS NOW ON NETFLIX. JEN OKAY, AND THEN YOU TALKED WITH SOMEONE FROM THE FIRST FILM, AND I HAVE TO SAY, SAW THE PREVIEW FOR THE FIRST. OMEN WAS NOT IMPRESSED. HOWEVER, THE REVIEWS ARE AMAZING SO I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHO YOU TALK TO. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THE FIRST OMEN IS NOW IN THEATERS. LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS THE PREQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL FILM. THE OMEN, STARRING GREGORY PECK, AND IT’S ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS SENT TO ROME FOR A LIFE OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH. BUT WHILE SHE’S THERE, SHE’S UNCOVERS AN EVIL PLAN SET BY THE CHURCH THAT HOPES TO BRING FORTH THE BIRTH OF THE ANTICHRIST. AND I SPOKE WITH STAR NELL, TIGER FREE AND DIRECTOR ARKASHA STEVENSON FOR THE FILM, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHICH HORROR FILM THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN IN THEATERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. HERE’S A CLIP OF THAT INTERVIEW FOR THE FIRST OMEN. ALL YOU CONTROL PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER BELIEVE YOU CREATE SOMETHING TO FEAR. I BELIEVE THE GIRL IS TO BE THE MOTHER. MOTHER OF WHAT? GOOD MORNING, KING BALTIMORE. I. I PERSONALLY LOVE HORROR MOVIES AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HORROR FILMS IS GOING OPENING WEEKEND. SEEING IT WITH A CROWDED AUDIENCE. YEAH. SO I’M CURIOUS FOR EACH OF YOU, IS THERE A PARTICULAR HORROR FILM YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A THEATER WITH A CROWDED AUDIENCE? I WOULD PROBABLY PICK SCREAM, SEEING THAT WITH A YEAH, YES. NOW WHAT WOULD YOU PICK? I MEAN, IS IT REALLY CRINGEY TO SAY THE OMEN? I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM. REALLY, REALLY, TRULY, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I CAN IMAGINE IT BEING SUCH AN EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE WALKING INTO AND WALKING OUT, JUST FEELING CHANGED FOREVER. UM, I ALSO WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN, UM, HALLOWEEN THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN, THE FIRST HALLOWEEN. I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A FUN, LIKE GROUP EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC AND YOU KNOW HE’S COMING, I’M SURE THAT THAT JUST EVOKES SUCH VISCERAL REACTIONS FROM EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FUN ONE TO BE A PART OF. YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE A REALLY OBVIOUS ANSWER, BUT I WOULD HAVE DIED TO SEE THE EXORCIST IN THEATERS. YEAH, THE EXORCIST WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MINE, TOO. YEAH, I’M A SCREAMER. YES, YOU ARE. YOU ARE SO I THINK THAT JUST WOULD HAVE BEEN, LIKE YOU SAID, SUCH A FUN COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE. AND THEN. MY FULL INTERVIEW WITH THEM IS ON DC FILM GURL.COM AND YES, ARKASHA THE GIRL ON THE RIGHT. SHE’S THE DIRECTOR, VERY YOUNG. I LOVE HAVING A FEMALE LEAD AND FEMALE DIRECTED HORROR FILM. AND JEN, WE’VE BEEN GETTING SOME AMAZING HORROR FILMS THIS YEAR AND I’M SO GLAD I THOUGHT THE STORY OF THIS FILM WAS COMPLETELY INTRIGUING. AND WHILE I DID RECENTLY REWATCH THE ORIGINAL FILM, THE OMEN, YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE ANY OF THESE FILMS TO ENJOY THIS ONE. I LOVE THAT. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS FEMALE DIRECTED AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BRING NEW FANS TO THE SERIES. NELL IS AN INCREDIBLE LEAD. I KNOW YOU LIKED HER IN THE SERVANT. SHE WAS ALSO A SMALLER PART IN GAME OF THRONES AND SHE HAS AN AMERICAN ACCENT HERE. THERE ARE VERY FRIGHTENING MOMENTS CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE FILM. THE CINEMATOGRAPHY IS HAUNTING AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE SCORE. AND I REALLY LIKED THE ENDING. MAYBE WE’LL GET ANOTHER ONE. YOU NEVER KNOW. I’M GIVING THE FIRST OMEN A FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS. I’M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS. I MEAN, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REAL DUDS IN THE THEATERS TO THIS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO HORROR, SO TO HAVE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SCARES YOU IS GOING TO BE SO FUN. ALL RIGHT. THEN YOU SAW SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. MONKEY MAN. YES, MONKEY MAN IS NOW IN THEATERS. THIS IS THE NEW FILM FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES, AND I’VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF DEV PATEL SINCE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. DEV WROTE, DIRECTED, AND STARRED IN THIS FILM, AND IT WAS PRODUCED BY INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE. DEV PLAYS A YOUNG MAN WHO IS LOOKING FOR VENGEANCE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO MURDERED HIS MOTHER AND STILL CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC ON THE CITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE POOR AND POWERLESS IN THE CITY. AND THIS FILM KIND OF REMINDED ME OF JOHN WICK. THERE’S ACTUALLY A JOKE ABOUT THAT IN THE MOVIE, BUT I THOUGHT THE STORY WAS VERY INTERESTING. DEFINITELY EMOTIONAL. YOU SEE A LOT OF FLASHBACKS TO HIS CHILDHOOD. I WILL SAY THE LAST HOUR OF THE FILM IS BETTER THAN THE FIRST. THE FINAL FIGHT SEQUENCE IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. IT’S COMPLETELY NONSTOP. BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM, I THOUGHT THE CAMERA WAS PRETTY SHAKY FOR A LOT OF THE SEQUENCES, BUT THE STORY REALLY FINDS ITS STRIDE IN THE LAST HALF AND THE LAST HOUR, AND DEV IS ALWAYS AN AMAZING LEAD. I’M REALLY PROUD OF HIM FOR THIS BEING HIS FIRST DIRECTORIAL FILM. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT. AND IT REALLY WAS A FUN THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. I’M GIVING MONKEY MAN A THREE AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS, SO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU’RE TALKING WITH, ONE OF THE ACTRESSES OF THE FIRST OMEN ABOUT IS WHEN SERIES WERE LONGER. I LONG FOR THE DAYS WHEN YOU COULD SINK YOUR TEETH INTO A 24 EPISODE SERIES. DO YOU THINK THAT’S EVER COMING BACK? I IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I SAID. LIKE GILLIAN ANDERSON SAID, THAT X-FILES WAS 24 EPISODES. I WOULD BE LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SERIES OF ALL TIME. YOU KNOW, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, OF COURSE. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, MY FAVORITE SERIES. THESE WERE ALL 22, 24 EPISODES, AND NOW WE’RE ONLY GETTING LIKE 10 OR 12. SO MAYBE WE’LL SEE. I THINK THAT AT SOME POINT, SOME SOMEBODY SHOULD BRING IT BACK. BUT YEAH, EVERYTHING ON NETWORK TV, NETFLIX, THEY ALL SEEM TO BE MUCH SMALLER BETWEEN 8 TO 12 EPISODES. I MISS THE DAYS OF 24 EPISODE TV. I COULD KEEP ASKING YOU QUESTIONS, BUT WE’VE GOT TO GO FOR TIME. BUT WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING NEXT SATURDAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, LAUREN. YOU CAN FOLLOW LAUREN, KNOWN AS DC FILM GIRL, ON FACEBOOK.