The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, June 13, 2020, Page 32, Image 32

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    18 l June
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Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
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“Regular Heroes”
“Movie: Knives Out”
Director Rian Johnson’s (“Looper,” “The
Brothers Bloom”) hugely entertaining 2019
comedy caper stars a game cast including
Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni
Collette, Chris Evans and Christopher
Plummer in this tale of a detective
investigating the death of the patriarch of
a family of eccentrics. The well-reviewed
film garnered multiple awards but
surprisingly only one Oscar nod — for
best screenplay.
At a time when the pandemic has shut
down the country and killed hundreds of
thousands, Amazon comes forth with this
eight-episode docuseries that spotlights
stories from the frontlines of the fight
against COVID-19. It also salutes the
contributions and personal sacrifices of
individuals in cities such as New York,
Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago and
Seattle, who go above and beyond to
support their communities during the
crisis. (ORIGINAL)
“Movie: Eurocrime! The Italian
Cop and Gangster Films That
Ruled the ’70s”
Film journalist Mike Malloy directed this
2012 documentary that delves into the
violent Italian “poliziotteschi” cinematic
movement of the 1970s and argues that
films such as “Execution Squad,” “The
Violent Professionals” and “High Crime”
that were mistaken as ripoffs of U.S. crime
dramas were actually addressing real Italian
issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red
terrorism.
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“Movie: Shubh Mangal Savdhan”
From India comes this 2017 romantic
comedy about a couple who fall in love
but then the groom discovers he suffers
from erectile dysfunction. Ayushmann
Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Seema
Bhargava and Anshul Chauhan star for
director R.S. Prasanna in his remake of his
2013 comedy “Kalyana Samayal Saadham.”
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