RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED // MARTY KEARNEY

SPINNING OUT //

Out all the new shows lately, on Netflix I found The Witcher disappointing, Soundtrack a Glee meets This Is us was meh and AJ and The Queen let’s face it Emmy winner RuPaul won’t be picking up one for her acting in this. Spinning Out was the one I enjoyed the most. A family sports drama about competitive Ice Skating. This additive slow-burner stars Kayla Scodelario (Skins, Maze Runner) and Mad Men’s January Jones as Mother & Daughter Kat and Carol Baker who both battle with Bi-polar. The hunger games Willow Shields also appears as the younger sister Serena, It’s brilliantly acted and some really cute moments. Watch out for a cameo from none other than my 2020 spirit animal Queer Eyes Jonathan Van Ness.

DICKINSON //

Apple Tv has been live for a few months now and it’s well worth the subscribing. It has produced some greats already such as The Morning Show with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, Jason Monas See, an eerie drama from M.Night Shyamalan Servant starring the always amazing Lauren Ambrose from Six feet under but I want to tell you about the dramedy Dickinson. Hailee Steinfield stars as the greatest poet that ever lived, Emily Dickinson who wasn’t famous until after her death. This period piece is cosmopolitan with its modern soundtrack and slang words spoken that wasn’t used in those days. Hailee Steinfield could phish up a wall and id love it and the song she recorded to coincide with the show Afterlife is a great Tune. Dickinson also starts Ally McBeal’s, Jane Krakowski.

DARE ME //

A handful of episodes in and I’m loving this. Dare Me is Bring It On meets last year’s HBO hit Euphoria set in a small Midwest down Dare Me is a murder mystery and tells the story of a cheerleading squad and the secrets and lies that go on inside a tight-knit community. Girls are bitches to each other and the bulling in this will anger some viewers. It’s very dark and the young cast are exceptional no one is really likeable and everyone is a suspect but that just proves that the young cast are great actresses. A tad unrealistic but go with it. Fans who liked the Scream Tv series will be glad to know Willa Fitzgerald takes on the lead as new cheer coach Colette French.

BIRDS OF PREY //

I am not as excited about this movie as I should be and I’ll tell you why. Birds Of Prey without Barbara Gordon AKA Oracle AKA the original Batgirl. That said I’m sure I’ll enjoy it I just wish Hailee Steinfeld was in it as Batgirl. Though that won’t stop me from going to see it on opening night. It’s no secret that the DC has had more misses than hits although Shazam, Aquaman and Wonder Woman have been winners. Can an all-female superhero movie be another hit rather than a miss? I would like to think so, the trailer looks over the top but in a good way. Margot Robbie’s take on Harley was the only good thing about Suicide Squad so she has a lot riding on her shoulders, The Birds Of Prey line up is pretty impressive, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jussie Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Rosie Perez as Rene Montana and Ella Ray Basco as Cassandra Cain who eventually becomes a incarnation of Batgirl in the comics. Playing the villain Black Mask is Ewan McGregor and it has been confirmed he will play the character as gay. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that’s a first that we have had a gay supervillain on the big screen. If this movie goes well then it means we can look forward to a Gotham City Sirens movie with Catwoman and Poison Ivy appearing, wouldn’t that be class?

A QUIET PLACE 2 //

One of the best films of 2018 was A Quiet Place. When Emily blunt goes into labour and stands on a nail all at the same time while she can’t even make a sound or she will be tatty bread, you best believe I thought I was going to need a Diazepam after that. Unfortunately, we know John Krasinski won’t be appearing in this one but he is directing and writing and a quiet place 2 will see the reaming survivors of the Abbot family venture out to the

unknown while trying to survive in silence but they soon learn that those creatures are not the only thing to be fearful of. Joining the cast is fellow Irish man Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou. This is definitely one of the movies I’ve been looking forward to and again anything with Emily Blunt in it is going to be epic, well apart from Gulliver’s travels but we all have made past mistakes.

THE INVISIBLE MAN //

I do love it when one of the actress from a TV show that I watch gets a movie. The Handmaids Tails Elizabeth Moss stars in this horror version of The Invisible Man and basically this version is Sleeping with the enemy meets Holloman meets Enough … Moss plays Celica who’s abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a fortune but she soon gets tormented by an invisible force no one can see. She knows it’s her ex but her friend thinks she has gone crazy. This could be a hit and the trailer looks creepy AF. Moss is a great actress and we know she can do horror in her brief appearance in last year’s Us.

Disney and Pixar are sure to roll out their next billion-dollar hit Onwards. Staring the voices of Marvel superheroes Chris Pratt and Tom Holland as two Elf brothers who set on a quest to bring back their father with the aid of a magical staff. The trailer is very witty and I’m sure the chemistry between the two leads will be on fire. Julia louse Derfuss and Octavia Spencer also lend their voices. I’m yet to watch a Pixar film I haven’t loved, I doubt this will be any different.

9-1-1 LONE STAR //

I haven’t seen any of these yet but I know I’m going to love it. it’s a 9-1-1 spinoff created and produced by super producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear and stars Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler what’s not to love. If it is as half as good as its sister show and has characters like Angela Basset, Athena Grant and eye candy like Ryan Guzman and Rockmand Dunbar then I’m all over it. I’d imagine it’s the same concept just a different city. I wouldn’t expect to see many cross overs due to this fact but I do believe that Connie Britton is returning to 9-1-1 for a few episodes later this season.