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Flick Picks with Milwaukee Film: 'Back to Black' and more

Kristopher Pollard from Milwaukee Film joins 12 News This Morning with what to watch this week.

Flick Picks with Milwaukee Film: 'Back to Black' and more

Kristopher Pollard from Milwaukee Film joins 12 News This Morning with what to watch this week.

MEMORIAL DAY. NOW TO NEW FLICK PICKS CHRISTOPHER POLLARD OF MILWAUKEE FILM AND MOVIE PODCAST SINBAD’S JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK. GOOD MORNING. FIRST OFF, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW FILM THAT TELLS THE STORY OF AMY WINEHOUSE’S RISE TO FAME. YEAH, WE HAVE THE NEW BIOPIC OF THE BRIGHT AND BRIEF LIFE OF AMY WINEHOUSE, RELATIVE NEWCOMER MARISSA ABELLA PLAYS WINEHOUSE AS WE SEE HER THROUGH HER MUSIC WORLD DISCOVERY AND THROUGH THE MAKING OF HER GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM. AND MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE THIS FILM AFTER WINEHOUSE’S PASSING. BUT THIS IS THE FILM THAT THE FAMILY SELECTED AND GAVE THEIR BLESSING TO. IT’S TOLD FROM AMY’S PERSPECTIVE AND INSPIRED BY HER LYRICS. SO AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK STARTS THIS FRIDAY. LOOKS GOOD. I LOVE A GOOD BIOPIC. ANYTHING THAT CHRONICLES THE STAR’S LIFE LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY HER TRAGIC, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY, I MEAN, KIND OF REALLY WENT UP THERE VERY QUICKLY, VERY DIFFERENT SOUNDS. SO ALSO, YOU GUYS KNOW I LOVE ME A GOOD THRILLER, BUT THIS ONE IS ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS LATE NIGHT TV SHOW. I FEEL LIKE WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE BEFORE. MHM. WE’VE HAD TWO LATE NIGHT TV SHOWS. OKAY. SO IT’S ANOTHER ONE. THE SECOND ONE, THIS IS A NEW INDIE HORROR FLICK CALLED I SAW THE TV GLOW. SO OWEN IS TRUDGING THROUGH HIS TEENAGE YEARS UNTIL HE BONDS WITH A CLASSMATE OVER A LATE NIGHT NIGHT MYSTERY SHOW THAT GIVES THEM A GLIMPSE INTO A SUPERNATURAL WORLD. SO WHEN OWEN’S VIEW OF THE WORLD BEGINS TO CRACK A BIT, THINGS GET WILD. VIEWERS ARE SAYING THAT THE SCARES AND THE TONE OF THIS FILM ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND DIRECTOR JANE SCHOENBRUN IS ONE TO WATCH. THE FILM STARS JUSTICE SMITH AND OPENS THIS WEEKEND AT THE DOWNER THEATER. NOW A DOUBLE FEATURE BETWEEN THAT AND LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, I THINK THAT’S THE OTHER ONE I’M THINKING OF. AND JUSTICE SMITH, I SAW THE TRAILER FOR THIS ONE. I’M LIKE, THIS LOOKS WEIRD. I MUST SEE IT. WELL, LASTLY, A FOUR TIME OSCAR NOMINEE IS ACTUALLY BRINGING HIS NEW FILM TO MILWAUKEE. YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY FUN. VERY SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEKEND AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER, DIRECTED BY ETHAN HAWKE AND STARRING HIS DAUGHTER MAYA HAWKE. THE NEW FILM WILDCAT IS ABOUT THE LIFE AND LEGENDARY STORIES OF THE AMERICAN AUTHOR FLANNERY O’CONNOR. MAYA PLAYS FLANNERY IN HER LIFE AND AS A FEW DIFFERENT CHARACTERS FROM HER BRILLIANT STORIES, SO, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER STELLAR ACTORS, LAURA LINNEY, STEVE ZAHN, ETC., THE FILM IS A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO THE WRITER’S WORK AND LEGACY, AND MR. ETHAN HAWKE HIMSELF WILL BE HERE FOR TWO SCREENINGS THIS WEEKEND TO CHAT AFTER THE FILM. UH, IT’S PLAYING AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER. SATURDAY IS SOLD OUT, BUT THERE ARE LIMITED TICKETS LEFT FOR SUNDAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN TO TALK TO HIM. YEAH, GET ON THOSE TICKETS SOON BECAUSE I’M SURE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO SEE ETHAN HAWKE RIGHT? YEAH, KIND OF A LITTLE CRUSH ON HIM. OH MY GOODNESS. YEAH. CHRISTOPHER. IT’S ALWAYS A PLEASURE HAVING YOU ON. THAN
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Flick Picks with Milwaukee Film: 'Back to Black' and more

Kristopher Pollard from Milwaukee Film joins 12 News This Morning with what to watch this week.

Watch Flick Picks every Tuesday on 12 News This Morning at 6 a.m.Get your tickets now:Back to Black (Downer Theatre)I Saw the TV Glow (Downer Theatre)Wildcat (Ethan Hawke in attendance at Oriental Theatre)

Watch Flick Picks every Tuesday on 12 News This Morning at 6 a.m.

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