Avengers and Emily Dickinson
“Avengers: Endgame”, which opens on April 26, is a direct sequel to “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018). In “Endgame”, the surviving members of the Avengers work to reverse the damage caused by Thanos in “Infinity War.” The Jewish cast members are …
All those Jewish Friends
“Verdon/Fosse”, an 8-episode FX series began airing on Tuesday, April 9. You can easily catch-up via repeat showings and/or on-demand. The series is about the relationship of Bob Fosse (1927-1987), the famous film and Broadway choreographer and director, and Gw…
Game of Thrones Mania
This month’s top TV event will be the return, on April 14, of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (“GOT”) for its six-episode, 8th and final season. GOT creators DAVID BENIOFF and D. B. WEISS, both 48, wrote many past season GOT episodes and they are the credited write…
At the Movies: Shazam!
“Shazam” is the first feature film since 1941 to depict the famous D.C. comics hero. Of course, he is a super-hero who fights evil. In this movie it is the evil forces controlled by Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong). Shazam’s secret is that he is actually a teen boy n…
At the Movies: Dumbo and A Beach Bum
“Dumbo”, directed by Tim Burton, is a live-action version of the classic Disney cartoon about an elephant whose large ears make him, at first, something of a laughingstock. As the film begins, the owner of a struggling circus (Danny Devito) enlists a…
