TV • PAGE 25
THE BULLETIN • FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3, 2021
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“Movie: What Men Want”
Taraji P. Henson shines in Adam
Shankman’s very loose 2019 remake
of the 2000 Mel Gibson-Helen Hunt
comedy “What Women Want,” with
some gender-flipping. The actress stars
as Ali Davis, a successful sports agent
who nonetheless struggles to advance
in her male-dominated profession.
After drinking a powerful concoction
she gets from a shaman, Ali gains the
ability to hear men’s inner thoughts.
BY JAY BOBBIN
“Some Like It Hot”
“The Odd Couple”
“Missing”
“Movie: Brittany Runs a
Marathon”
A hard-partying New Yorker (Jillian
Bell, “Workaholics”) gets a wake-up call,
prompting her to ditch her unhealthy
lifestyle, get in shape and start running,
a path that leads her to compete in
the New York City Marathon in this
comedy movie from first-time director
Paul Downs Colaizzo. Jennifer Dundas,
Patch Darragh and Michaela Watkins
also star. (ORIGINAL)
“Tell Me Your Secrets”
From creator/writer Harriet Warner
(“Call the Midwife,” “Footballers’
Wives”) comes this 10-episode drama
series that stars Lily Rabe, Hamish
Linklater and Amy Brenneman as
people each with troubling histories
who are pushed to the edge as the
truth about their pasts and motives is
revealed. Stella Baker, Richard Thomas
and Enrique Murciano also star.
(ORIGINAL)
“Movie: Coming 2 America”
This sequel to the 1983 comedy
“Coming to America” returns to the
African kingdom of Zamunda, where
Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) learns
he has a long-lost son in the United
States and decides to return there to
build a relationship with him. Arsenio
Hall, Shari Headley and James Earl
Jones also reprise their roles from the
original film. (ORIGINAL)
BEST JACK LEMMON MOVIES
“Some Like It Hot” (1959) The long
association of Lemmon and director Billy
Wilder began with this classic Depression-
era comedy about two murder-witness
musicians (Lemmon, Tony Curtis) who
disguise themselves within an all-female
band to hide from the killers.
“The Great Race” (1965) Blake
Edwards’ sprawling road-race comedy
goes off the tracks in multiple ways, but
it gives Lemmon an opportunity to have
great fun as the villain trying to derail the
saga’s hero (Tony Curtis, reunited with
Lemmon).
“The Odd Couple” (1968) Lemmon
and Matthau cemented themselves as a
screen comedy team as neatnik Felix and
slovenly Oscar in this hit version of Neil
Simon’s play.
“The Out-of-Towners” (1970)
Lemmon connected with playwright Simon
again as he and Sandy Dennis played
Midwestern visitors who ran into every
problem imaginable while in New York.
“The China Syndrome” (1979) The
dramatic skills of Lemmon again got a
great workout from his role as a nuclear-
plant supervisor determined to expose
dangers at the site with help from a TV-
news crew (Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas).
“Missing” (1982) In this true story,
a compelling Lemmon plays a man who
goes to Chile and works with his daughter
in-law (Sissy Spacek) to find out what
happened to his vanished journalist son.
“JFK” (1991) Though it isn’t “his”
movie, Lemmon has his moments as part
of director Oliver Stone’s huge, star-
packed cast in his take on prosecutor
Jim Garrison’s (Kevin Costner) probe
of the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy.
“Grumpy Old Men” (1993)
Lemmon and Matthau still had some hits
left in them when they made this comedy
about neighbors whose long-standing
feud is amped up by their mutual interest
in a local newcomer (Ann-Margret).
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