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60 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 

AT THE MOVIES
Charlie’
s Angels opened last 
Friday and is still playing. 
Based on the ’
70s TV series, 
it follows two previous 
Angels feature films. The 
gimmick in this one is that the 
private agency that employs 
the Angels has expanded 
and now there are several 
teams of Angels, along with 
several “Bosleys” (Bosley 
is the liaison to the Angels 
from Charlie, their unseen 
employer). Kristen Stewart 
is the most famous actress 
playing an Angel. Patrick 
Stewart and Elizabeth Banks, 
45, are the best-known 
thespians playing a Bosley. 
Banks also directed the 
film and wrote it. Jonathan 
Tucker, 37, plays the film’
s 
villain. 
Charlie only talks to the 
Angels by speakerphone and 
the new film doesn’
t credit 
anyone as the voice of Charlie. 
Banks said in an interview that 
the voice will be close to the 
voice of John Forsythe (1918-
2010). Born Jacob Freund, 
Forsythe voiced Charlie on 
the TV series. He is best 
remembered for playing Blake 
Carrington on the TV show 
Dynasty. He never talked about 
being Jewish.
Opening on Friday are 
Frozen 2 and Dark Waters. 
Frozen 2 is a sequel to the 

animated musical mega-hit. 
The whole original cast returns 
and they sing a lot. Idina 
Menzel, 48, returns as star 
character Elsa, and Josh Gad, 
38, returns as Olaf, a major 
character.
Dark Waters is based on 
the true story of Robert Billot 
(played by Mark Ruffalo), a 
corporate defense lawyer 
who switched sides and took 
on the Dupont company for 
releasing toxic chemicals that 
resulted in several deaths. 
Victor Garber, 70, and Mare 
Winningham, 60, have large 
supporting roles. The film was 
directed by Todd Haynes, 58 
(Far from Heaven). Haynes’
 
mother was Jewish, and he 
identifies as Jewish. 

ALASKA?
I just caught-up with Looking 
for Alaska, a Hulu limited 
series. This eight-episode 
series was released last month 
to great reviews and it is a real 
Emmy contender. It is based 
on a 2005 young adult novel 
of the same name written 
by best-selling author John 
Green. Many tried to adapt 
the book but failed before 
filming a scene. However, 
it looks like Alaska creator 
Josh Schwartz, 43, who also 
created the hit TV series The 
O.C., has succeeded. Don’
t 
want to ruin the plot, except 
to say that Alaska refers to the 
first name of a character, not 
the state. 

NATE BLOOM
COLUMNIST

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS 

Frozen 2 

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