Raven is the first ASL performer contestant on Netflix’s “The Circle” and she’s unapologetically “deaf AF.” You will fall in love with Raven and her best friend and interpreter Paris in the fifth season of the popular reality show.
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Harry Turner is one of the subjects of the new documentary “Wildcat.” He’s a young British soldier back from war in Afghanistan. Suffering from depression and PTSD, he finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest.
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First of all, I enjoyed Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon.” It’s a wildly entertaining look at Hollywood’s early days. The cast is fantastic and I specifically enjoyed Li Jun Li’s portrayal of Lady Fay Zhu, a thinly-veiled character based on Anna May Wong.
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I love, love, love the new “Matilda the Musical” on Netflix based on the Broadway musical adapted from Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel. It stars Alisha Weir as our Matilda matching Emma Thompson’s Miss Agatha Trunchbull wit by wit.
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Oscar-winning director and Hollywood icon Ron Howard returns with the real-life drama “Thirteen Lives” based on the true story of the young boys and their soccer coach trapped in a system of underground caves in Thailand.
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I was so happy to virtually meet Martika Ramirez Escobar, the writer-director of the fantastic magical realism film “Leonor Will never Die.” She is also the first Filipina to win at Sundance taking home the Special Jury Prize for Innovative Spirit.
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I spent some time with director Ryan White to talk about the making of the new documentary “Good Night Oppy.” The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover who (yup, I said who — she’s like a human in the documentary) was expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored the red planet for nearly 15 years.
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Frank Grillo is fantastic as Ferruccio Lamborghini, the man behind the legend, in the new biopic from Lionsgate. From writer-director Robert Moresco (he wrote the Oscar-winning script for “Crash”), the film tells the story of how Lamborghini created his legacy.
