With movies no longer being simultaneously released on streaming, theaters are once again ready to party like it’s 2019.
Christopher Lawrence
Movie and TV critic
Email: clawrence@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 380-4567
Christopher Lawrence escaped his native Kentucky without an accent thanks to the thousands of hours he spent in front of a television as a child. That’s also why he never learned how to ride a bicycle. He’s been writing about TV and movies since his days at Murray State University, when the school’s basketball coach had him reassigned at the student newspaper after just one story about the team. He’s been a professional TV critic since 2000, the Review-Journal’s TV critic since 2005 and its movie critic since 2012.
The overall message from the movie theater industry is: “We are back.” Normalcy is returning with screenings, stars and a robust slate of 2022 films.
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Neon, the Review-Journal’s weekly entertainment and activities section, returns Friday for the first time since the Strip came to a screeching, pandemic-related halt in March 2020.
Started with borrowed money and operated on a shoestring, Pahrump’s independent TV station — and its eccentric, heartfelt characters — gets the HBO treatment.
Disney has cited the increase in cases here as the reason it’s keeping its executives and stars away from the annual gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners.
With new episodes debuting on Discovery+, the paranormal investigator touts the quality of their visuals and audio while trumpeting the lack of outside distractions.
“Hacks,” the HBO Max comedy with 15 nominations, isn’t the only contender with local ties.