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30 | APRIL 9 • 2020
A NOTE ON NEW MOVIES
Every big-budget film that was
set for release in late March or
later has been delayed due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. A date
for the delayed release of almost
all of these “biggies” has not
been set. There is one notable
exception: Wonder Woman 1984,
starring Gal Gadot, 34, in the
title role, has been shifted from
its original date of June 5 to a
release on Aug. 14.
The “flip side” to these delayed
theater releases is the very early
release to “video-on-demand”
(VOD) of films that played theaters
in the last two months. These
quick-to-VOD releases include:
Call of the Wild (starring Harrison
Ford, 77); Invisible Man (co-star-
ring Oliver Jackson-Cohen,
33); Downhill (co-starring Zach
Woods, 35); Sonic the Hedgehog
(an animated film; Ben Schwartz,
38, voices the title character);
Frozen II (Idina Menzel, 48, and
Josh Gad, 39, co-star in this
animated musical). The last two
films should keep most children
entertained for many hours. All
these films are available on iTunes
or Amazon.
NEW STREAMING CHOICES
On April 10, Netflix will release the
entire, eight-episode first season
of Brews Brothers. This sitcom is
about Wilhelm and Adam Rodman,
two estranged brothers who end
up running a brewery together.
They are both master brewers,
but they have completely different
personalities and approaches to
their work. Alan Aisenberg, 27,
plays Wilhelm. You might know
Aisenberg as prison guard Baxter
Bayley on Orange is the New
Black. He began his acting career
at the Jewish Community Center
in Tenafly, New Jersey. This series
may be surprisingly good. It was
co-created by brothers Greg
and Jeff Schaeffer (I’
m 90%
sure they’
re Jewish). They have
written for Seinfeld (Jeff created
the “Festivus” pole); Curb Your
Enthusiasm and The League.
Mrs. America, a 9-part mini-
series, begins streaming on Hulu
on Wednesday, April 15. The first
three episodes will be released
on the 15th, with the remaining
episodes being released on suc-
cessive Wednesdays. It follows the
attempt, in the ’
70s, to pass the
Equal Rights Amendment and the
surprising backlash, led by con-
servative activist Phyllis Schlafly
(Cate Blanchett).
A number of “real-life” Jewish
women are main cast characters:
Congress member and feminist
icon Bella Abzug (1920-1998);
pioneering feminist writer and
activist Gloria Steinem, now 86;
and feminist activist and author
Betty Friedan (1921-2006). They
are played by, respectively, Margo
Martindale, Rose Byrne and Tracey
Ullman. Ari Graynor, 36, appears
in a recurring role as Brenda
Feigen, now 76, an important
attorney in the women’
s rights
movement.
Anna Boden, 44, and Ryan
Fleck, a professional and romantic
couple, are series co-produc-
ers.
They also co-directed the first
two episodes. Best known for their
indie documentaries, the couple
made an amazing career jump
last year and co-directed Captain
Marvel, a huge box office hit.
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