By Rafael Cores
The war drama starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott that takes place in the tense 72 hours before D-Day of World War II: “Stress”. The universe series from Spider-Man in which a private investigator faces a personal tragedy that forces him to reconnect with his past, when he was the only superhero in the city: “Spider-Noir”. The Netflix production that recreates the preparation and matches in the World Cup in Mexico of the Brazilian team led by Pelé and pressured by the harsh military regime that governed their country at that time: “Brazil ’70”. And the documentary series in which the Spanish athlete Rafael Nadal shares the most difficult moments of his return to the courts after his diagnosis of Müller-Weiss, a rare degenerative foot pathology: “Rafa”.
Stress
A war drama hits the big screen this Friday. In the tense 72 hours before D-Day of World War II, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower (played by Brendan Fraser) and Scottish meteorologist, Captain of the British Royal Air Power, James Stagg (Andrew Scott) face an impossible decision: launch the largest and most dangerous maritime invasion in history on the French coast of Normandy in the midst of two possible storms that could make it impossible. disembark or risk having the enemy prepare and losing the war completely. Directed by Australian Anthony Maras (“Hotel Mumbai”), the cast also includes Kerry Condon, Chris Messina and Damian Lewis. Better filmed than written, it is not at the level of recent classics like “All Gathered on the Western Front” or “Dunkirk”.
Spider-Noir
The Spider-Man universe launches a new series, although it is not related to any of the Spider-Man movies. Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage) is a disenchanted private investigator in New York in the 1930s. After a personal tragedy, he will be forced to reconnect with his past, when he was the only superhero in the city. This 8-episode series that has just been released by Prime Video can be seen in black and white or in color, at the user’s choice on the Amazon platform.
Brazil ’70
In 1970, the Brazilian team became the first in history to win three World Cups, playing football that amazed fans around the world, who for the first time saw football on television in full color. This Netflix series recreates the preparation and matches in the World Cup in Mexico of that team led by Pelé and pressured by the harsh military regime that governed Brazil at that time.
Rafa
Still a teenager and starting out as a professional, Rafael Nadal was diagnosed with Müller-Weiss disease, a rare degenerative pathology in the foot. The pain was such that he had to stop playing tennis for a few months during which he feared for his career. How he managed to return to the slopes, although always in pain, is part of the confessions that the most successful Spanish athlete in history shares in the documentary series “Rafa” that It is now available on Netflix.
Carry Me the Beauties: A Mannequin Cult
At the age of 16, Hoyt Richards met a Ny socialite on a Nantucket beach who would make him the first tall male model of the 80s. Three-part documentary premiering on HBO on Monday, June 1.
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