Closer USA – August 12, 2019

MOVIES

DwayneJohnsonandJasonStathamspin
offtheirFastandtheFuriouscharacters
in tothis standalonevehicle,in whichthe
lo ngtimeantagoniststeamup to takedown
a geneticallyengineeredbadguywho
re fersto himselfas “BlackSuperman”(Idris
El ba).“Whenyou’relookingforsomeone
who canbe a formidableadversaryfor
DwayneJohnson,that’sdifficultenough,”
sa ysdirectorDavidLeitch.“Butthen
you’relookingforsomeonewhocanbe a

fo rmidableadversaryforDwayneJohnson

pl usJasonStatham.Thatlistgetsreally

sh ort.”We maynothaveseenthe lastof

Id ris’supervillain:“I secretlyfeellikeI could

makehimintoa hugecharacter,”he says.

Whetherhe evermakesfans’dreamscome

true andgetscastas 007is anothermatter.

Whenthe scriptcalledforhimto referto

hi mselfas “theblackJamesBond,”Idris

nixedit: “It’stoocloseto whateverybody’s

talkingabout.”[PG-13]

THEMTHATFOLLOW

Justifiedve teransWaltonGoggins(above)

andKaitlynDeverdelivermesmerizing

performancesas a snake-handling

backwoodsreligiouszealotandoneof

hi s followers.Thedivineensemblealso

includesOscarwinnerOliviaColman(The

Favourite) and comicJimGaffigan.[R]

LUCE

Thisprovocative,timelydramaconcerns
whiteliberalparents(TimRothandNaomi
Watts)whoadoptan ex–childsoldier
(K elvinHarrisonJr., abovecenter)from
Af ricaandbeginto suspecthe might
beharboringdangerouslyviolentideas.
OctaviaSpencerco-stars.[R]

DVDs

POMS

DianeKeatonstars in

thisinspirationalcom-

edyas a seniorcitizen

whostartsa pom-pom

squadin a nursing

home.[PG-13]

THEGOODDOCTOR:

SEASONTWO

ABC’shit dramafollows

a br illiantyoung

physician(Freddie

Highmore)on the

autismspectrum.

AMAZINGGRACE

Longdelayedover legal

wrangling,this doc about

ArethaFranklin’s 1972

gospeltourde force can

finallybe seenand heard

in all its glory.[G]

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★★★

CLOSER

STAFF

PICKS

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HOBBS & SHAW

Helen Mirren reprises

her earlier Fast and

Furious role with

Dwayne Johnson and

Jason Statham.

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