The News and Advance from Lynchburg, Virginia (2024)

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The News Advance Tuesday, May 21, 2024 B5 EXTRA THE ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILBURN GARFIELD JIM DAVIS CLOSE TO HOME JOHN MCPHERSON BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN JERRY SCOTT PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ PICKLES BRIAN CRANE FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE LYNN JOHNSTON CRABGRASS TAUHID BONDIA PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS LUANN GREG EVANS DVD RELEASES BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 21 George Miller hints at more George Miller is planning more films. The 79-year-old filmmaker spent more than a decade working on the prequel A Mad Max his fifth movie in the franchise across a 45-year period, and he admitted there are other sto- ries he wants to tell featuring the same characters. He told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival: are certainly other stories there. Mainly be- cause in order to tell the story of we had to know the backstory of Furiosa and Max in the year before. That was a tool for the cast and crew.

We know the Max story from the year before. definitely wait to see how goes before we even think about Miller said amazed the franchise has been able to keep going for so long but that it never would have done so if he were just repeating the same story. He said: you are just repeat- ing what done, no appetite to do that. often wondered, I Then I realize driven by my curiosity. I feel that George recently said he opted to cast Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger version of the title character as he impressed by the use of de-ageing technology so he feel he could bring back Charlize Theron.

Will Smith touts plans for Am Will Smith and Michael B. Jor- dan have solid for the sequel to Am The pair are working on a fol- low-up to the 2007 post-apoca- lyptic movie, and Smith explained that the plans are and they are hop- ing to get it to the big screen. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Smith said: had a couple weeks to- gether about a month ago. I think looking good. (We have some) really solid ideas.

I think going to make it on screen to- gether. That dude is the truth, so I would love to do The original film starred Smith as scientist Dr. Robert Neville the last living human in New York City after a devastating virus wipes out much of the population but the character encounters other survivors at the end of the flick, leaving the door open for a sequel. However, Smith knows that a sequel has to on its own just as his new movie Boys: Ride or does. Discussing the fourth film in the buddy-cop franchise, the in star said: told myself (what) I would never do to the fans is make a sequel just because it would be cool to have a sequel.

This one lives up to my standards. We took an aggressive shot with this Bang Showbiz Singer Ron Isley of the Is- ley Brothers is 83. Keyboardist Bill Champlin of Chicago is 77. Singer Leo Sayer is 76. Comedian and former U.S.

Edelstein Sen. Al Franken is 73. Actor Mr. is 72. Drummer Stan Lynch of Tom Petty and the Heartbreak- ers is 69.

Actor Judge Reinhold is 67. Actor-di- rector Nick Cas- savetes is 65. Actor Lisa Edel- stein is 58. Country singer Cody Johnson is 37. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE The return of a beloved sitcom character tops the DVD releases for this week.

In Kelsey Grammer is back in the title role of this Para- reboot of the long-run- ning series that sees Frasier Crane relocate to Boston and living with Freddy, his now-adult son. for his part, looks remarkably unchanged from the character as writes Los Angeles Times TV critic Robert Lloyd in his review. Grammer is so completely Frasier a deceptively unsentimental character in a basically sentimen- tal show that the new edition, for all its innovations, wraps itself comfortably around Also new on DVD Bad Luck in A woman tempts the childhood curse that thwarts her romantic efforts one more time when she falls for a new man in this rom- com. Action thriller in which parents who also happen to be special forces soldiers must save their daugh- ter from the clutches of human traffickers. Canadian com- ing-of-age film about a teen girl navigating life following the di- agnosis of a rare reproductive disorder.

Revolutionary Films by Ousmane This thee-disc set from the Criterion Collection includes new 4K dig- ital restorations of the Senegalese movies and Out on digital HD of Action flick starring Jean Claude Van Damme as a washed up operative who has vowed to protect the son of a slain informant. A family con- verges for a college graduation party, testing and strengthen- ing bonds in the process, in this drama. ships up to Boston reboot tops this video picks Kelsey Grammer returns as Frasier Crane in Johnson ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS Smith Miller.

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