'Cherry': Film Review

Justin Bieber has other plans for his Sunday night.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Anthony and Joe Russo, the filmmaking brothers behind the “Avengers" movies, pivot in a different direction on “Cherry," a new drama about PTSD and drug addiction. Tom Holland stars as a combat medic who suffers psychologically after returning from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Despite the disappointing reviews for “Cherry” don’t tell the Russo Brothers that taking on their independently financed drama was a stretch. They might have directed the second highest-grossing blockbuster of all time, “Avengers Endgame,” and produced numerous television series, but their roots are actually in indie film.

For a sci-fi dystopian thriller about dark secrets and not being able to conceal your inner-most thoughts—and hide, you know, secrets— Lionsgate’s “Chaos Walking” is extremely uninspired and even unimaginative. Based on the first novel in the “Chaos Walking” series, “The Knife of Never Letting Go,” by Patrick Ness, the film’s setting is the future, and a planet that humans have colonized because Earth’s environment is no longer sustainable.

Watch Video: 'Chaos Walking' Trailer: Daisy Ridley Can Hear Tom Holland's Thoughts in Dystopian ThrillerThe year is 2257, the planet is New World, and Todd (Tom Holland) lives on a farm outside of a town where, he’s been told, the women were all wiped out by an alien species.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn sci-fi Western “Chaos Walking,” the mud-crusted colonists of New World have a tricky job of keeping secrets.

When you watch the trailer for the Russo Brothers’ upcoming drama, “Cherry,” it’s clear the film focuses on the downward spiral that affects a young guy, as he deals with untreated PTSD and drug addiction. But at the heart of the film is a love story between its lead characters played by Tom Holland and Ciara Bravo.

Toward the end of Tina, the revealing documentary tribute by Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin for HBO, Tina Turner is seen in an extended concert clip performing the Beatles' "Help" as a decelerated ballad — intimate, melancholy and full of feeling.

Opening with a very real-looking hardcore sex tape, and climaxing with a deranged orgy featuring super-sized dildos, Romanian writer-director Radu Jude's latest taboo-busting polemical comedy is refreshingly untroubled by tasteful restraint. Shot during COVID lockdown last summer, with cast and crew all wearing anti-viral masks, the snappily titled Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a scattershot attack on sexual hysteria and political hypocrisy in an era of online slut-shaming.

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland has raised some concerns within the gaming community over his portrayal of Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film.In a recent interview with GQ to promote his latest film Cherry, Holland spoke about his role in the Uncharted movie, which is scheduled to premiere next year. Holland said that his portrayal of Drake was a more “tough, very stoic” take on the character, instead of the character’s usual goofy and aloof approach to things.“I think there are elements

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn Apple TV Plus’ new drama “Cherry,” Tom Holland’s life is spiraling out of control. Holland plays Cherry, a war veteran who suffers from PTSD and descends into an opioid addiction.

Tom Holland speaks about his dark new role in the film “Cherry” with British GQ.

Joe and Anthony Russo went back home for their return to directing after guiding Avengers: Endgame to the biggest box office haul in history. That’s where they found Cherry, the Apple TV+ indie drama based on the novel by their fellow Cleveland native Nico Walker.

Watch Video: 'Cherry' Trailer: Tom Holland Breaks Bad and Shows His Dark Side in Russo Brothers' LatestIn flashbacks, we meet our troubled hero at the age of 18, going to college and falling for classmate Emily (Ciara Bravo, “A Teacher”). They’re seemingly happy, until she suddenly announces she’s transferring to a school in Montreal; distraught, the young man joins the Army, and it’s too late to get out of his commitment when Emily changes her mind and stays.

has been ravaged by addiction and desperately needs help.Until then, though, these scripts will keep getting churned out, and we’ll keep tuning out.

Tom Holland and Zendaya, other than their “Spider-Man” roots, share one commonality: They’re trying to shed their Disney roots for more mature roles befitting their age. Zendaya, for instance, not only plays a darker role on “Euphoria,” but also produced “Malcolm & Marie” and is slated to star in “Dune.” On the other hand, Holland showed some promise in “The Devil All the Time,” but hasn’t quite proven his ability to undertake the same aching roles as Zendaya.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn “Cherry,” Tom Holland sports a buzzcut, dead eyes, and a skeevy complexion. In a look-at-my-badass-self reversal from the effusive heroics of the “Spider-Man” films, he plays an Iraq War veteran turned opioid addict turned heroin addict turned bank robber, and he looks zoned-out and strung-out, like Eminem as a fallen Eagle Scout.

Earlier today brought a fun announcement for the next installment of the Spider-Man franchise currently being shared by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. Yesterday, stars Jacob Batalon, Tom Holland, and Zendaya had each put out phony titles for the sequel, ranging from Batalon’s Spider-Man: Homewrecker, to Holland’s Spider-Man: Phone Home, as well as Zendaya’s Spider-Man: Homeslice.

The Russo Brothers were so impressed with Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in their “Captain America: Civil War” film (and ‘Infinity War,’ and ‘Endgame’) they immediatey decided to tap his talents for their first directorial effort outside Marvel. So, As the star of their ApplteTV+ crime drama “Cherry,” Holland is doing all the press rounds and really gunning for that Oscar.