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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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