Fantasy musical; a tribe of cats compete to choose the one who will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and get a new life....
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* Albums
Circles by Mac Miller: Sixth and final studio album by the late American rapper; was intended to be a companion album to Swimming (2018); led by the single ‘Good News’.
* Movies
Dolittle (starring Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Emma Thompson) – fantasy comedy, based primarily on Hugh Lofting’s 1922 book The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle; a doctor (Downey Jr.), who discovers he can talk to animals, sets off on an adventure to a mythical island, searching for a cure for the Queen’s illness.
Bad Boys for Life (starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens) – action comedy, third instalment in the Bad Boys trilogy; Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) reunite to face a fierce mob boss.
Star
Critics’ Choice Awards
Film
Best picture: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director: Sam Mendes, 1917, and Bong Joon-ho, Parasite (tie)
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Actress: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Supporting actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Supporting actress: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Acting ensemble: The Irishman
Animated feature: Toy Story 4
Foreign language film: Parasite (South Korea)
Television
TV movie: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Limited series: When They See Us
Drama: Succession
Comedy: Fleabag
Animated: BoJack Horseman
Actor, TV movie/limited series: Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Actress, TV movie/limited series: Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
For the complete list of winners, visit: criticschoice.com/critics-choice-awards
Spotlight
Cats
Cast: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Francesca Hayward
Director: Tom Hooper
Tagline: You will believe.
Fantasy musical; a tribe of cats compete to choose the one who will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and get a new life.
Based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical, which was itself based on T. S. Eliot Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939).
Has made around $58 million on a $90 million budget, bombing at the box office.
Has generated extremely negative reviews, receiving criticism for every element of the film, with some describing it as the worst of the year.
The film’s original release contained numerous CGI errors and glitches. A modified version was then made available to cinemas.
