Screen Thoughts - Movie & Tv Reviews

On the power of distribution; Hugh Hefner; Apple; and Sam Shepard's mother. One of Hollister's favorite movies to be a Broadway musical; This Is Us returns to NBC. ​ At 8:30: A 6-part psychological thriller from across the pond: Liar - starring Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Ioan Gruffudd in a he-said-she-said. ​ 15:10: An Indecent "Decent" Proposal? Oscar winners Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie) and Robert Redford (A Walk in the Woods) reteam for a fourth time in Netflix' Our Souls at Night. Directed by Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox); based on the novel by Kent Haruf. Co-starring Iain Armitage (Big Little Lies) and Matthias Schoenaerts (A Bigger Splash). ​ 28:41: Recreating the most watched televised sporting event in US history - or "putting the show back into chauvinism": Battle of the Sexes. Starring Emma Stone (La La Land) as Billie Jean King and Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs. Written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire); directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris; co-starring Alan Cumming (The Good W