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Our City Tonight
By Jim Gordon and Leeta Liepins
Published 12:18 PDT, Fri March 15, 2024
Spotlight on films for home viewing & a theatrical release
The Home View – The Spaceman
Adam Sandler has had a wide and varied career over the last three decades—there was early fame on SNL, followed by a long list of films with goofy characters, leading to more “adult” roles in both comedies and dramas. We always knew this comedian had the acting chops and he has proven that a number of times over the last decade. Now comes The Spaceman, the story of an astronaut named Jakub (Sandler) on a six month solo mission into deep space. His wife back on earth (played by the always-brilliant Carey Mulligan) may not be there to welcome him home when he returns. Can he save his marriage? This is where a mysterious creature, who has been hiding in the bowels of the ship, enters to assist Jakub make sense of it all. Directed by Johan Renck, who gave us the powerful 2019 mini-series, Chernobyl, this film also has a solid supporting cast including Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, Isabella Rossellini and Paul Dano as the voice of the creature. The Spaceman is available for viewing on Netflix.
The Home View – The Society Page
Local media icon, Malcolm Parry, has been part of this city’s cultural landscape for more than 50 years—writing, photographing and documenting Vancouver’s coming’s and going’s, showcasing the people who make this city what it has been and is—in a variety of magazines and newspapers (some of which he founded). Now comes a long overdue tribute called The Society Page. This documentary, which will begin airing on Knowledge Network March 17 and will stream across Canada indefinitely, give us a look at the life of this long-time journalist who really is the last of his kind. The Society Page is directed by award-winning filmmaker, Kevin Eastwood. Coming soon, Malcolm Parry will sit down for an interview with Our City Tonight.
The Theatrical Release– Re: Uniting
Twenty year acting veteran, Laura Adkin, who has also been behind the camera as a writer and producer for about a decade, has added feature-length film director to her resume with the debut of her new BC-shot film, Re: Uniting (which she also wrote). The film, which is in theatres now and available on VOD/Streaming in April, tells the story of a group of once-close college friends who come together over a weekend to catch up, have fun, talk about their glory days, but also air some grievances, and address old wounds. Think 1983’s iconic film, The Big Chill, which is how this film feels during the first part, but there’s a twist we didn’t see coming that takes Re: Uniting to another level. The solid cast is led by Jesse L. Martin and Michelle Harrison.
Congrats to BC born Adkin on this wonderful, heart-warming film.
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