Nate Bloom

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Nate Bloom

The documentary “Marlee Matlin is Not Alone” will open in theaters on June 20. The film, which played the prestigious Sundance Festival to good reviews, explores the life of actress MARLEE MATLIN, 59, who is deaf. It. Word is that the film covers much more than her deafness and her movie career (which includes the best actress Oscar in 1987 for “Children of a Lesser God.”). PBS has bought the film for TV broadcast on the “American Masters” program.

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Nate Bloom

The new comedy, “The Materialists,” opened in theaters on June 13. In it, Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a top matchmaker for elite New Yorkers. At one of her weddings where her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) is a waiter, she meets the very wealthy Harry (Pedro Pascal). She likes both and she soon finds herself in a romantic triangle. Virtually all the critics said it was an intelligently written romantic comedy but some said it wasn’t funny enough.

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Nate Bloom

“28 Years Later” opens in theaters on June 19, which is the sequel to “28 Days Later” (2002) and “28 Weeks Later” (2007). All the “bad things” in the three films trace back to an event in the first film when animal activists broke into a British lab and accidentally released the “Rage Virus.” This highly infectious disease turns its victims into raving people who seek to bite others and have them become “the infected.”“28 Days” was a big critical and box-office hit.

2 weeks ago | stljewishlight.org | Nate Bloom

Categories: Published June 10, 2025 You still have time to watch the second season of “Poker Face” which is streaming on Peacock through July 25. Reviews of the first two seasons are good to great.

Mar 7, 2025 | thejewishnews.com | Nate Bloom

Timothee Chalamet stars in the comedy biopic Marty Supreme this December, while Paul Simon announces a 2025 tour despite hearing loss. Plus, a look at the last surviving WWII celebrity veterans. Last week, in my 2025 Oscars article, I noted that I would give an update, this week, on Marty Supreme, a Josh Safdie film about Marty Reiser (1930-2012), a top table tennis player and a very colorful person.