By Rafael Cores
The biopic that brings the life of the King of Pop to the big screen, focusing on his relationship with his family, his beginnings as the smallest of the Jackson 5 to the top of the solo music world: “Michael”. The survival thriller in which a grieving woman addicted to adrenaline seeks to test her limits in the Australian wilderness and embarks on a difficult route: “Apex”. The HBO series that explores the fragility of male relationships: “Half Man”. And the comedy docu-series in which Zach Galifianakis interviews experts and kids about the art of growing your own food and growing plants: “Here’s a Gardening Present”.
Michael
The life of the King of Pop finally comes to the big screen in this biopic that should have been released last year. But you already know that things in the palace go slowly. And a film about Michael Jackson approved by his family and the managers of his estate was not going to be any less. “Michael” is an overall positive vision of an artist with unparalleled talent who focuses on his relationship with his family – especially with his father, played by Colman Domingo -, on his rise from the beginnings as the youngest of the Jackson 5 to the top of the solo music world.in his visionary character and in his Peter Pan complex that led him to understand better with children and his animals more than with adults. The film does not go into the darkest passages of Michael Jackson’s life, but it is still a commendable exercise in which the performance of Jaafar Jackson, the artist’s nephew, stands out, showing that in addition to having a talent for dancing, he can also sing and act. Just to see him and to hear the music of a genius again, it is worth buying a ticket to the cinema.
Apex
Sasha (Charlize Theron) is a grieving woman addicted to adrenaline who seeks to test her limits in the Australian wilderness and embarks on a difficult river route. On the way she meets a man who apparently helps her by pointing her in the right direction. But she soon finds herself caught in a twisted deadly game with a cunning assassin (Taron Egerton) who considers her his prey. This survival thriller premieres this Friday, April 24 on Netflix.
Half Man
Niall and Ruben are brothers. Not of blood, but inseparable. One, fierce and loyal. The other, shy and gentle. In their youth, everything they had in each other… But when Ruben shows up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He’s tense. Restless. It’s not him. And soon there is an explosion of violence, catapulting us through their lives from the 1980s to the present. This six-episode series that just arrived on HBO explores the fragility of male relationships.
Here’s a Gardening Present
To learn about gardening and horticulture and also have a good laugh, Zach Galifianakis interviews experts and kids about the art of growing your own food and growing plants in this six-episode comedy docuseries just released by Netflix. Rather than presenting himself as an expert, Galifianakis approaches the topic with curiosity and humor, with the goal of learning alongside the audience and offering valuable, accessible and educational tools to apply in their own gardens.
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
Stranger Things followers have a date on Netflix with this animated series that takes us to Hawkins in the winter of 1985. Created by Angeleno of Mexican and Salvadoran origin Eric Robles.
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