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Color Page 12 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • April 9 - 15, 2023 "LIVING" The typically excellent Bill Nighy was a recent Oscar nominee for best actor for this drama, an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's classic "Ikiru" relocated to 1950s London. Nighy plays a pub- lic servant who considers taking drastic personal action upon learning he has a fatal illness, but after finding himself unable to go through with that plan, he starts a relationship with a former colleague (Aimee Lou Wood) and starts taking a deeper interest in his work ... all the while hesi- tating to tell his son and daughter-in-law (Barney Fishwick, Patsy Ferran) about his health. Direct- ed by Oliver Hermanus, the picture made the rounds on the film-festival circuit. +++ (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray, Digital and On Demand) "Honestly, I think I'm being called to level up profes- sionally and it's so exciting and I'm having actors guest star on my show that are the same ones that I used to and still admire now and the ones that I used to guest star on their shows and it's such a surreal, humbling experience." – Catherine Hae- na Kim of "The Company You Keep" on ABC "It did take me a while to kind of come back to reality from being in work mode of needing to get everything done as quickly as possi- ble. And character wise, yeah, I think it was nice to be out in the real world and not have to be pretending to be someone with quite so much go- ing on (laughs) in their life." – Fionn Whitehead on coming down from playing Pip in "Great Expecta- tions" on Hulu "'Wonderwall' (by Oasis) is a big hit with him. He knows the words to that, which is weird. And we've moved on to Beastie Boys." – Missy Peregrym of "FBI" on CBS, about her music-lov- ing son, three-year- old Otis BY JAY BOBBIN Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations P Profanity V Violence N Nudity GV Graphic Violence "FLASHDANCE" What a feeling, indeed. To mark its 40th anniversary, this trendsetting, music-infused drama makes its 4K Ultra HD debut with Jennifer Beals in her ticket-to-stardom role as Alex, a steelworker who moonlights as a very distinctive dancer. Michael Nouri plays her boss, who's particularly captivat - ed by his employee when he learns what she does at night. Director Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction") basically embedded music videos into the story line, influencing numerous projects that came afterward (notably "Miami Vice," which this movie often was used as a stylistic reference point for). In a bittersweet development, this re - lease comes soon after the passing of Irene Cara, whose rendering of the title song earned an Oscar; the tune "Maniac" also was a major hit spawned by the film. +++ (R, AS, P) "GONE WITH THE WIND" This all-time screen great has been no stranger to home video, but now, it's part of a "WB Classics 4-Film Collection" help- ing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Warner Bros. studio. The irony is that three of the four included films – this, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Singin' in the Rain" – came via MGM, which turned many of its titles over to Warner for distribution in a catalog acquisition. (The fourth picture here is "Casablanca," which was indeed originated by Warner.) Of course, this Os- car-winning 1939 screen milestone casts Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in the saga of the tempestuous romance of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara around and during the time of the Civil War. Olivia de Havil- land, Leslie Howard and Hattie McDaniel also star in the epic adaptation of Marga- ret Mitchell's novel. ++++ (G) "LOONEY TUNES: COMPLETE PLATINUM COLLECTION" Unavailable for a while, this compilation of many classic Warner Bros. cartoons is returning to help commemorate the studio's 100th anniversary. Issued previously in three separate volumes, the lively gather- ing ensures that if you have favorite char- acters from the series, they're here ... from Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to Porky Pig and Tweety. Their antics have entertained generations, helped in no small part by a classic animation style that remains dis- tinctive almost 100 years (technically, 93) after it began. ++++ (Not rated) "THE LAZARUS SYNDROME" Though it was ratings-challenged when it was developed as a late-1970s ABC series, this TV-movie earned critical praise, largely for the performance of Louis Gos- sett Jr. (several years before he won an Oscar for "An Officer and a Gentleman"). He plays a doctor who's convinced by a patient, who happens to be a reporter, to investigate allegedly unethical practic- es at his hospital ... a probe that rubs a high-ranking colleague (Ronald Hunter) the wrong way. E.G. Marshall, Lara Parker ("Dark Shadows") and Rene Enriquez ("Hill Street Blues") also star. +++ (Not rated: AS, P) "MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE" (APRIL 18) "MARLOWE" (APRIL 18) "TRIANGLE OF SADNESS" (APRIL 25) "80 FOR BRADY" (MAY 2) "KNOCK AT THE CABIN" (MAY 9) "YELLOWSTONE: SEASON 5, PART 1" (MAY 9) Bill Nighy "Magic Mike's Last Dance"