Freeze Frame
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Categories: Arts
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Part one of the smash Broadway musical "Wicked," the origin story of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West, finally hits the big screen. Here's the upside: It's very entertaining and beautifully produced and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera are terrific. The downside: It's padded out to 2 hours and forty minutes, and you'll need to wait a year to see the rest of the story. In any event, "Wicked: Part 1" is a tuneful and spectacular moviegoing experience.
If you think a year-long wait for "Wicked: Part 2" seems long, director Ridley Scott waited 24 years to bring us "Gladiator II." Paul Mescal plays Lucius, the illegitimate son of Russell Crowe's Maximus and Connie Nielson's Lucilla. It's two-parts impressive spectacle and one-part implausible hokum. Thankfully, Denzel Washington's scene-stealing performance as a villainous arms dealer is the “Gladiator II” showstopper.
The historical drama "Bonhoeffer" purports to tell the true story of the heroic German pastor who plotted to assassinate Hitler. However, the International Bonhoeffer Society and many of the cast members have distanced themselves from the film for various reasons. “Bonhoeffer” is competently made, but the mundane approach turns what should have been an involving and inspirational story into a rather bland affair.
August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Piano Lesson" becomes an involving Netflix drama brought to you by the Washington family. Denzel produced, son Malcolm directed and son John David Washington stars. In 1930s Pittsburg, a dysfunctional African American family struggles to shake off the ghosts of the past centered around an inherited piano. The cast is fine, but it's Danielle Deadwyler who truly shines in this thoughtful, emotionally wringing drama.
Previous episodes
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657 - Freeze Frame: “Wicked” (PG), “Gladiator II” (R), “Bonhoeffer” (PG-13), “The Piano Lesson” (R)Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - 0h
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656 - Freeze Frame: “Red One” (PG-13), “A Real Pain” (R), “Emilia Peréz” (R)Fri, 15 Nov 2024 - 0h
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655 - Freeze Frame: “Heretic” (R), “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” (PG), “Absolution” (R), “Small Things Like These” (PG-13)Fri, 08 Nov 2024 - 0h
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654 - Freeze Frame: “Chasing Chasing Amy” (Not rated), “Anora” (R), “Here” (PG-13), “Hitpig!” (PG)Fri, 01 Nov 2024 - 0h
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653 - Freeze Frame: “The Remarkable Live of Ibelin” (PG-13), “Your Monster” (R), “Rumours” (R)Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 0h
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652 - Freeze Frame: “Smile 2” (R), “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (R), “Woman of the Hour” (R)Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 0h
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651 - Freeze Frame: “Saturday Night” (R), “The Apprentice” (R), “The Last of the Sea Women” (PG)Thu, 10 Oct 2024 - 0h
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650 - Freeze Frame: “White Bird” (PG-13), “The Wild Robot” (PG), “Wolfs” (R), “Will and Harper” (R)Fri, 04 Oct 2024 - 0h
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649 - Freeze Frame: “Megalopolis” (R), “My Old Ass” (R), “Apartment 7A” (R), “Lee” (R)Fri, 27 Sep 2024 - 0h
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648 - Freeze Frame: “His Three Daughters” (R), “The Substance” (R), “Transformers One” (PG)Fri, 20 Sep 2024 - 0h
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647 - Freeze Frame: “The Killer’s Game” (R), “The Critic” (R), “Uglies” (PG-13)Fri, 13 Sep 2024 - 0h
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646 - Freeze Frame: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (PG-13), “Across the River and Into the Trees” (Not rated)Thu, 05 Sep 2024 - 0h
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645 - Freeze Frame: “1992” (R), “Reagan” (PG-13), “You Gotta Believe” (PG), “The Deliverance” (R)Fri, 30 Aug 2024 - 0h
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644 - Freeze Frame: “Alien: Romulus” (R), “The Union” (PG-13), “My Penguin Friend” (PG), “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (PG-13)Fri, 23 Aug 2024 - 0h
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643 - Freeze Frame: “Sing Sing” (R), “Daughters” (PG-13), “Jackpot!” (R)Fri, 16 Aug 2024 - 0h
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642 - Freeze Frame: “Borderlands” (R), “It Ends with Us” (PG-13), “The Instigators” (R)Fri, 09 Aug 2024 - 0h
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641 - Freeze Frame: “Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” (Not rated), “Sorry/Not Sorry” (R)Fri, 02 Aug 2024 - 0h
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640 - Freeze Frame: “The Fabulous Four” (R), “Young Woman and the Sea” (PG), “Land of Bad” (R), “Touch” (R)Fri, 26 Jul 2024 - 0h
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639 - Freeze Frame: “Twisters” (PG-13), “Widow Clicquot” (R), ” Find Me Falling” (TV-14), Wild Wild Space” (Not rated)Fri, 19 Jul 2024 - 0h
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638 - Freeze Frame: “Fly Me to the Moon” (PG-13), “Dandelion” (R), “Sunny” (TV-MA)Thu, 11 Jul 2024 - 0h
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637 - FREEZE FRAME: “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” (R), “Despicable Me 4” (PG), “Maxxxine” (R)Thu, 04 Jul 2024 - 0h
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636 - Freeze Frame: “Daddio” (R), “Janet Planet” (PG-13), “Fancy Dance” (R), “Trigger Warning” (R)Fri, 28 Jun 2024 - 0h
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635 - Freeze Frame: “Spaceman” (R), “Kung Fu Panda 4” (PG), “Damsel” (PG-13)Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 0h
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634 - Freeze Frame: “Dune: Part 2” (PG-13), “Io Capitano” (Not rated), “Tyler Perry’s Mea Culpa” (R)Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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633 - Freeze Frame: “Ordinary Angels” (PG), “Perfect Days” (PG), “Out of Darkness” (R)Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 0h
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622 - Freeze Frame: “The Bikeriders” (R), “Ghostlight” (R), “Bad Behaviour” (R)Fri, 21 Jun 2024 - 0h
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621 - Freeze Frame: “Inside Out 2” (PG), “Tuesday” (R), “Treasure” (R), “Farewell, Mr. Haffmann” (TV-14)Thu, 13 Jun 2024 - 0h
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620 - Freeze Frame: “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” (R), “Star Wars: The Acolyte” (TV-14), “Hard Miles” (PG-13)Fri, 07 Jun 2024 - 0h
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619 - Freeze Frame: “Hit Man” (R), “Ezra” (R), “Babes” (R), “Summer Camp” (PG-13)Fri, 31 May 2024 - 0h
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618 - Freeze Frame: “Sight” (PG-13), “The Garfield Movie” (PG), “Atlas” (PG), “The Blue Angels” (G)Fri, 24 May 2024 - 0h
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617 - Freeze Frame: “IF” (PG), “I Saw the TV Glow” (R), “Thelma the Unicorn” (PG), “Aisha” (Not rated)Fri, 17 May 2024 - 0h
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616 - Freeze Frame: “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (PG-13), “The Last Stop in Yuma County” (R), “Mother of the Bride” (TV-PG). “Dark Matter” (TV-MA)Fri, 10 May 2024 - 0h
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615 - Freeze Frame: “The Fall Guy” (PG-13), “Jeanne du Barry” (Not rated), “Unfrosted” (PG-13), “The Idea of You” (R)Thu, 02 May 2024 - 0h
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614 - Freeze Frame: “Challengers” (R), “Boy Kills World” (R), “We Grown Now” (PG)Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 0h
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613 - Freeze Frame: “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” (R), “Sasquatch Sunset” (R), “The Beast” (Not rated), “The Greatest Hits” (PG-13)Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 0h
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612 - Freeze Frame: “Civil War” (R), “La Chimera” (Not rated), “Scoop” (PG-13)Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 0h
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611 - Freeze Frame: “Monkey Man” (R), “Wicked Little Letters” (R), “Música” (PG-13), “Someone Like You” (PG)Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 0h
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610 - Freeze Frame: “In the Land of Saints and Sinners” (R), “STEVE! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces” (TV-MA), “Renegade Nell” (PG-13)Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 0h
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609 - Freeze Frame: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” (PG-13), “Late Night with the Devil” (R), “Shirley” (PG-13), “Cabrini” (PG-13), “The Crime is Mine” (Not rated)Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 0h
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608 - Freeze Frame: “Love Lies Bleeding” (R), “Arthur the King” (PG-13), “One Life” (PG), “American Dreamer” (Not rated)Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 0h
