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Color Page 12 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • June 11 - 17, 2023 "JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4" Keanu Reeves continues his run as the action-im- mersed title character in the franchise's latest installment, its top moneymaker to date. Wick is determined to even the score with the members of the international High Table who have wanted him dead, and they go to the lengths of forcing a re- tired-assassin friend of his (Donnie Yen) to join them in their lethal quest. Though some of the production personnel have changed here, the sometimes frantic result is completely in the style that fans of the series know well by now. Laurence Fishburne (also a "Ma- trix" colleague of Reeves'), Bill Skarsgard, Lance Reddick (in one of his last roles), Clancy Brown and Ian McShane also appear. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Digital and On Demand) "I think moms want to introduce their kids to 'Star Trek' because when you look into your child's eyes – and I can say this as the only mom on our cast, I have kids – you see curiosity. You see a need for exploration. You want your kids to think universally and think totally outside the box. And that's what 'The Original Series' did. It sparked a lot of conver- sation between my mom and me about whether or not we're the only ones in this universe, about acceptance, about people from all different backgrounds coming together and working in harmony, and about exploration and curiosi- ty." - Rebecca Romijn from "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," in an interview with TrekMovie "This season is so epic. It's the season that's closest to Season 1 in terms of the scope and the span." - Caitriona Balfe, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about Season 7 of "Out- lander" "It's tricky to carry on with a character and not explain his past. So much of the first film was about Rake and the young boy he was rescuing. We touched a little bit on his backstory, and this new film gave us an opportunity to really dig into that and find out why he is the way he is, why he partakes in this line of work and, and what's behind the pain and the brokenness in this individual. We get to dissect that a bit further and really unravel that history, which was fantastic and a lot of fun." - Chris Hemsworth, star of "Extraction 2," as quoted in Tudum's "Meet the Cast" article BY JAY BOBBIN Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations P Profanity V Violence N Nudity GV Graphic Violence "THE POPE'S EXORCIST" Russell Crowe has the title role, an actually existing person, in this drama. The character — Father Gabriele Amorth — serves the Pontiff (Franco Nero) in the late 1980s and gets a partner in a relatively inexperienced exorcist (Daniel Zovatto), while trying to save a pos - sessed youngster (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney). In the course of the case, the veteran priest learns some alarming history that the Vatican has tried to keep secret about ancient ties between religion and the supernatural, giving the demon who's inhabiting the boy an avenue to create considerably larger mayhem. Crowe seems to have a good time projecting the rebellious image he's displayed so many times onto his performance here. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray, Digital and On Demand) "NIGHT COURT: THE COMPLETE SERIES" It's been around on nostalgia-driven cable channels (and it currently runs on Catchy Com- edy), but overall interest in this original version of the sitcom has been amped up by the suc- cess of the current NBC continuation, which ba- sically is a sequel to this show. Harry Anderson heads the ensemble cast as Judge Harry Stone, who presides over a late- night New York courtroom that has its share of colorful charac- ters in every corner. One of them is egotistical prosecutor Dan Fielding, and John Larroquette (who reprises the role in the update) earned four Primetime Emmy Awards for the portrayal. Markie Post (who succeeded the initially cast Karen Austin), Richard Moll, Marsha Warfield, Charles Robinson and Selma Diamond also star; look for a guest-starrring Michael J. Fox in an early episode. *** (Not rated: AS, P) "PARENTHOOD: THE COMPLETE SERIES" Television had made an earlier run at adapting the same-named Ron Howard-di- rected movie into a series, and it tried again here — with NBC getting a healthy engage- ment from this version by slanting it more to- ward the "drama" half of the comedy-drama equation. Lauren Graham, Peter Krause, Erika Christensen and Dax Shepard play siblings who support one another and their parents (Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia) while try- ing to handle their own individual situations. The first-rate ensemble cast also includes Monica Potter, Mae Whitman, Sam Jaeger, Joy Bryant, Ray Romano and Jason Ritter. *** (Not rated: AS, P) "JUGGERNAUT" Director Richard Lester's take on the disaster-movie craze of the time is an enter- taining 1974 adventure that's now getting a home-video relaunch on Blu-ray. Omar Sharif plays the captain of a passenger ship that an extortionist threatens to blow up unless a huge ransom is paid, prompting the arrival (by air and sea) of an elite unit of explosives experts led by a wry Richard Harris. Many of those on board get personal stories, but for the most part, those don't stand in the way of the overarching suspense; Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, David Hemmings, Ian Holm and Clifton James also are in the smartly se- lected cast. *** (PG: AS, P, V) "THE THING 3-MOVIE COLLECTION" Every generation seems to have its own "Thing," so to speak, and this DVD set com- piles three versions of the classic horror tale about a shape-shifting being that inspires paranoia among the staff at a remote Arctic outpost. The original 1951 telling casts James Arness, several years before he became Mar- shal Matt Dillon on television's "Gunsmoke," as the creature; the 1982 remake, directed by John Carpenter, features Kurt Russell and Wilford Brimley; and the 2011 edition, which can be considered a prequel to the 1982 film, stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton. *** (Not rated or R, varying by the film: AS, P, GV) "AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER" (JUNE 20) "GUY RITCHIE'S THE COVENANT" (JUNE 20) "EVIL DEAD RISE" (JUNE 27) "MICKEY & FRIENDS: 10 CLASSIC SHORTS — VOLUME 2" (JUNE 27) "SCREAM VI" (JULY 11) "THE LAST OF US: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON" (JULY 18) Keanu Reeves in "John Wick: Chapter 4" Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in "The Last of Us"