The sword-and-sandals series from director Roland Emmerich isn’t high art but it’s never dull.
Let the games begin: “Those About to Die” is a sword-and-sandal guilty pleasure set in ancient Rome and full of fighting, sex and other matters of consequence.A guilty pleasure set in ancient Rome and a terrifyingly real dystopian series are two of this week’s streaming highlights, along with one of the best family films of 2024 navigating its way to Disney+.
We also point you to two under-the-radar films popping up in movie theaters and a streaming sequel featuring the alway welcome Dave Bautista.Director Roland Emmerich will never be accused of being subtle.
The “players” in these deadly games both in and out of the arena consists of five families/factions: the dysfunctional ruling party dynasty of the Flavians ; the Numidians, made up of traders and fighters breaking free from slavery ; the strappy ones partaking in the underbelly of Rome ; the cute Corsi brothers from Spain and the hissable patricians .
“Widow Clicquot”: Most films take forever, as in forEVER, to tell its story in a satisfactory way. Not so director Thomas Napper’s biopic on the 18th century French Champagne maker who stared down sexism in a male-dominated vintner culture. It runs just 90 minutes and accomplishes so much, a mix of tragic romance with a feminist story of a pioneering legend.
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