We all know Amy Poehler as a fantastic comedienne now get ready for Amy Poehler the director! The actress makes her directorial debut with the documentary “Lucy and Desi,” a look at the trailblazers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz by way of their love story.
Tye Sheridan is good as the older J.R. Maguire in the new Amazon film “The Tender Bar.” Co-starring Ben Affleck, Lily Rabe, Daniel Ranieri, and Christopher Lloyd, the film is an adaptation of Moehringer’s memoir and how the folks around him become his inspiration.
I’ve loved Lily Rabe since I first saw her in “American Horror Story: Murder House.” Now, she’s starring with Ben Affleck in “The Tender Bar” from director George Clooney. In the film, she plays Dorothy Moehringer, the mother of author J.R. (played in the film by Daniel Ranieri as the young J.R. and the grown-up is Tye Sheridan).
Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed the new biopic “Being the Ricardos” starring Nicole Kidman as the great Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as her partner-in-crime, Desi Arnaz. I spoke with the filmmaker about his interest in creating the film and his talented cast.
Nicole Kidman is set to receive the Career Achievement Award at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress teams up with fellow Academy Award winner, Javier Bardem, for Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos.” Kidman portrays Lucille Ball while Bardem stars as Desi Arnaz.
