Pretty much everything in London this week is centred around Saturday's big coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. I'm avoiding the crowds, and will catch it on TV. Meanwhile, movie queens Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenbergen return for
Book Club: The Next Chapter, a much funnier, more engaging sequel to the corny 2018 hit. An even larger ensemble returns for
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, which has had better reviews than it deserves. It's funny, and fans will love it, but there isn't a single exciting or thrilling moment.
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Jim Parsons stars in the involving romantic drama
Spoiler Alert, which infuses real-life humour into a sad story.
BlackBerry stars Jay Baruchel as the man who first combined email and mobile phones. It's a fascinating story, skilfully told. Two decades in the making, the witty and rather overlong autobiographical comedy
5-35-77 traces Patrick Read Johnson's journey into filmmaking, via a preview screening of
Star Wars. And
Still is a gorgeously well-made documentary chronicling Michael J Fox's acting career as well as his experiences with Parkinson's.
I also covered two stage shows this past week: the inventive, insightful Supernova at Clapham Omnibus, and the fiendishly entertaining musical comedy Eurovision: Your Decision at Wonderville
This next week I'll be watching Jennifer Lopez in
The Mother, Finnish action film
Sisu, 1970s British thriller
Dead Shot and Anton Corbijn's doc
Squaring the Circle. I also have a couple of catch-up movies to watch.
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