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Color Page 12 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • April 30 - May 6, 2023 "80 FOR BRADY" Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin make an expectedly potent starring quar- tet in this enjoyable comedy about four longtime friends – and football fans – who win tickets to Super Bowl LI in 2017. They particularly em- brace the New England Patriots, who happen to be in the championship game that year, led by then-quarterback Tom Brady (hence the movie's title) ... and they have a variety of adventures, many amusing but some more serious, while in Houston for the big contest. One of their plights involves their losing the coveted tickets, then needing to find another way into the game. Brady himself also appears in the picture, as do Billy Porter ("Pose"), Rob Corddry, Harry Ham- "They have been deepening their stories and their messages, and that's such a joy and a gift. And it's what we all need right now ... stories that don't just touch our hearts, but that help us in this time when a lot is happening in the world." – Erin Cahill, seen recent- ly in "Hearts in the Game" on Hallmark Channel, on the type of films Hallmark is making now "I talked to CBS about doing a variety show. They said, 'That's a man's game,' but I had a clause in my contract that if I wanted to do a one-hour variety show, they had to put it on." – Carol Burnett, seen recently on "Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love" on NBC, about how her classic come- dy-variety series began "We're doing this scene and we're supposed to come around the corner, and I was tired. We had done four or five scenes, (and) she just kind of bumped me. She was like a little border collie: 'Go that way, go that way.' And it was just ... Marg, thank you." – Pau- la Newsome of "CSI: Vegas" on CBS, about fellow series star Marg Helgen- berger BY JAY BOBBIN Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations P Profanity V Violence N Nudity GV Graphic Violence lin, Bob Balaban, Sara Gilbert and culinary personality Guy Fieri. +++ (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray, Digital and On Demand) "DEEP IMPACT" The world may be nearing its end in this 1998 thriller, making its 4K Ultra HD debut – and reconfirming why it often has been mentioned in the same breath as the same year's "Armageddon," which also imperils Earth by setting a huge mass from outer space on a collision course with Earth. That gives mankind a certain time frame in which to figure out how to save itself, with the U.S. president (played by Morgan Freeman) overseeing a secret joint mission between America and Russia to destroy the comet before it can reach its destination. Tea Leoni portrays a cable-news reporter who suspects what's up before authorities are ready to go public with it; cast mem- bers also include Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Red- grave, Blair Underwood, Jon Favreau and James Cromwell. The special effects are sol- id here, as maneuvered by TV veteran Mimi Leder ("ER"), but there's equal emphasis on the human drama. +++ (PG-13: AS, P) "THE RITUAL KILLER" Morgan Freeman also lends his familiar air of authority to this melodrama, playing a professor of anthropology whose expertise becomes pivotal to a Mississippi detective's (Cole Hauser) probe of a series of murders. The deaths appear to be connected to an- cient rituals, making the teacher essential to solving the crimes – and to determining why a killer with an international view would tar- get that small American town. Vernon Davis and Peter Stormare ("Fargo") also appear. +++ (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) "TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE" Two of the most popular performers in Hallmark Channel movies, Ashley Williams and Ryan Paevey, are teamed in this enjoy- able romantic comedy that boasts plenty of Hawaii's beautiful scenery. That's the destination for the main characters, both of whom are jilted by the respective people they had planned to spend the rest of their lives with. Having both intended to honey- moon in the islands, they decide to take that trip anyway, and they end up building their own relationship with each other. The film is part of a new "Hallmark 3-Movie Collec- tion" that also includes "Hidden Gems" and "Caribbean Summer." +++ (Not rated: AS) "NATURE: DOGS IN THE WILD" The subtitle of this episode of the long-running PBS series pretty much spells out the program's content. Though such relatively common species as foxes, wolves and coyotes are featured, Japanese rac- coon dogs and dingoes are among the breeds of animals also seen here – demon- strating how prevalent dogs of many kinds are, all around the world. Comments from experts on the various types underscore the globally filmed footage. +++ (Not rated) "SUPERCELL" A long-delayed sequel to "Twister" is in the works for next summer, but in the meantime, this disaster adventure might do for fans of the genre. Daniel Diemer plays the son of a late storm chaser who joins his dad's former partner (Skeet Ulrich) in pursuit of a type of tornado known to be particularly deadly. Rivaling them is a mon- ey-hungry tour guide (Alec Baldwin) who has little concern about his customers' safe- ty under such climate conditions. This was one of fellow star Anne Heche's final proj- ects. +++ (PG-13: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) "KNOCK AT THE CABIN" (MAY 9) "YELLOWSTONE: SEASON 5, PART 1" (MAY 9) "ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA" (MAY 16) "MOVING ON" (MAY 16) "CREED III" (MAY 23) "SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS" (MAY 23) "80 for Brady" "Knock at the Cabin"