Review: Men fill a void in sweet film 'The Tender Bar'

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— Ben Affleck has another winning turn in “The Tender Bar,” the George Clooney-directed adaptation of J.R. Moehringer’s memoir about growing up on Long Island that starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

Showbiz is full of snakes — sometimes literal ones!

Terence Winter Guest ColumnistFor Variety‘s Writers on Writers, Terence Winter pays tribute to “The Tender Bar” (screenplay by William Monahan).William Monahan’s superb adaptation of J.R. Moehringer’s wonderful coming-of-age memoir hit me right in the throat.

Much-lauded The Lost Daughter, Tribeca Fest winner The Novice, George Clooney’s The Tender Bar plus Swan Song with Mahershala Ali and the doc President dip a toe in the specialty market this Spidey-centric weekend amid gathering Covid clouds.

In Spider-Man’s last film installment, and replayed at the top of high-spirited sequel Spider-Man: No Way Home (★★★★☆), the teen superhero’s ally-turned-enemy Mysterio (Jack Gyllenhaal) took to social media to let the biggest spoiler in the MCU out of the bag. As his last villainous act before dying, Mercurio revealed Spidey’s secret identity as New York City high schooler Peter Parker (Tom Holland).Instantly, and thanks to online troll J.

After much speculation, the Saudi Film Commission has announced its film incentive package, offering a 40% cash rebate of total qualifying spend for local and international productions. The announcement comes just before the country’s first-ever film festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, draws to a close tomorrow.

Hallmark Christmas movies, Santa Claus can make miracles happen. Marvel movies get more respect in popular culture, but they have their own have nutty narrative devices — there’s a handy multiverse of parallel dimensions, and instead of Santa, we get the magic-spell–casting Dr.

A supportive partner! Jennifer Lopez stood at boyfriend Ben Affleck‘s side at the Sunday, December 12, screening of his latest movie The Tender Bar.

Jennifer Lopez is supporting Ben Affleck on his big night!

With the Premier League title race shaping up to be a three-horse race, Manchester City have firmly cemented themselves within it.

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