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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Coming 2 America, The Mauritanian, Critics Choice Awards, BAFTA Nominations, Jodie Foster Films

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Coming 2 America has officially claimed the #1 opening weekend of any streaming movie in the past 12 months! On this week's episode, Adnan reviews the highly anticipated sequel for the original 1988 comedy. He also reviews "The Mauritanian," which earned Jodie Foster this year's Golden Globe award for Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. He also recaps the winners of the 2021 Critics Choice Awards and reviews this year's BAFTA nominations. In honor of "The Mauritanian" the guys give their picks for the "Mt. Rushmore of Jodie Foster Films!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Craig Brewer's sequel, the 1988 comedy classic lives in fear of bespurching its predecessor,

0:27.7

so it does nothing new. The only aspect of the film that really strikes the right balance

0:31.7

to the past and present is Ruth E. Carter's costume design. Let's see some Clarice

0:36.2

lowery of independent out of the UK. Tough review, they're coming to America, which you

0:40.9

all have seen by now. I mean, this is one of the biggest movies of the year, and once again,

0:44.8

thanks to the entire team there for getting us Louis Anderson and Jermaine Fowler. Both

0:49.3

those interviews were awesome. I hope you've listened to those in the most recent episodes

0:53.1

of cinephile, and the movie did gigantic fans around the world checking it out big time.

0:59.2

Coming to America, the number one stream movie of the weekend, obviously, but the number

1:02.7

one opening weekend of any other streaming movie in 2021 thus far, okay, we're only a

1:06.8

couple months in. But how about this? The number one opening weekend of any streaming

1:11.0

movie in the past 12 months, that's post-COVID-theater closure. So that's big time news. Amazon

1:16.5

studios collaborating with Nigerian and South African local distributors making the film

1:20.6

available in theaters nationwide in both of those countries. It's number one in Nigeria

1:25.0

and West Africa, where it is the biggest March opening for a film since Black Panther in

1:29.6

2018. In South Africa, the film achieved the highest opening for 2021 to date, putting

1:35.2

it currently at number one in that country. So clearly a global enterprise. In addition

1:40.2

to that, we're going to review the Mauritanian of film which created some buzz because Jody

1:43.9

Foster, one of the best supporting actress, Golden Globe, also stars to Harrahim, who is

1:49.3

nominated for Best Act of the Golden Globes, Shanley and Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch, and

1:54.2

I'll be reviewing the United States versus Billy Holiday, another Golden Globe Award winner,

1:58.2

Andre Day wins for Best Actress for our performance as Billy Holiday. Alan versus Farrell, I was

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