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12 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • August 27 - September 2, 2023 "THE FLASH" Just after the end of a long-running series about the DC Comics character (the final season of which also be- comes available on home video this week), the superhe- ro also informed this feature film, sort of a "DC's Great- est Hits" that involves many other famous figures from that label's universe as well. Barry Allen (played here by Ezra Miller) uses his super-speed to alter history's timeline, guaranteeing a much different future unless he can rely on one particular fellow hero … Batman, who's played again by Michael Keaton in a startling and ultimately enjoyable return. Sasha Calle portrays Supergirl, with Michael Shannon appearing again as the sinister General Zod; Ron Livingston and Kiersey Clemons also appear, and several other performers reprise their earlier DC-movie roles. Franchise fans should be delighted to see the picture dip into past TV-series incarnations of certain characters, too. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Digital and On Demand) "I thought I'd done something wrong. Right up until the last two series, I had no complaints at all. ... I felt that last series was a bit rushed. I was inconsolable, but now I'm fine about it." - Conleth Hill, speaking with The Times UK, about his reaction to his character's demise in "Game of Thrones" "A couple of days, I had to start the day as Dr. Charles and end the day as Cicero." - Oliver Platt, in an interview with Variety done before the SAG-AFTRA went on strike, on juggling his roles in "The Bear" and "Chicago Med" "'Scenes From a Marriage' was very tough. And I love Oscar [Isaac], but the reality is, our friendship has never quite been the same. We're going to be okay, but after that, I was like, I need a little bit of a breather. There was so much 'I love you, I hate you' in that series." - Jessica Chastain, in an interview with Vanity Fair before the SAG-AFTRA strike. BY JAY BOBBIN Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations P Profanity V Violence N Nudity GV Graphic Violence "NO HARD FEELINGS" Director and co-writer Gene Stupnitsky's ("Bad Teacher") comedy earned strong reviews for Jennifer Lawrence, who's quite enjoyable as a financially challenged woman who decides to respond to an ad placed by the parents (Matthew Broderick, Laura Benanti) of a soon-to-be Princeton student (Andrew Barth Feldman). They want their shy son to have some significant social experience before going off to school, so the Lawrence character becomes his hired "girlfriend." He proves to be quite a challenge for her initially, but as their relationship develops, he makes a big decision about his future – involving her – that threatens to unravel the entire deal. Natalie Morales, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Kyle Mooney also appear, but Lawrence (also a producer of the film) really is the show here. DVD extras: two "making-of" documentaries; outtakes. *** (R: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray, Digital and On Demand) "INFINITY POOL" While vacationing at a resort, a writer and his wife (played by Alexander Skarsgard and Cleopatra Coleman) get into massive trouble after their involvement in an accident that results in a fatality in this drama's 4K Ultra HD premiere. The couple later learns a very unique aspect of the site … one that enables the guilty party to be cloned, with the duplicate punished in their place. And for the writer, that means death under his specific circumstances. Needless to say, a strong sci-fi element is at work here, with the story's plight for the central character devolving farther as others encourage him to keep taking ad- vantage of the situation by committing more crimes that he supposedly will never have to pay a price for himself. Mia Goth and Thinas Kretschmann also star for writer-director Bran- don Cronenberg. *** (R: AS, N. P, V) "MONK: SEASON ONE" Long a noted supporting player previous- ly (including a lengthy run on television's "Wings"), Tony Shalhoub became a star in his own right by bringing a unique and char- ismatic touch to this detective series, coming to Blu-ray for the first time. Adrian Monk is a former San Francisco police officer dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder while working as a private eye, with a number of phobias coming to the surface as he tackles various cases … and continues to probe a very personal one, the murder of his reporter wife. His nurse Sharona (Bitty Schram) be- comes his de facto partner in sleuthing, with the police department's homicide chief (Ted Levine, "The Silence of the Lambs") another ally for him, if often reluctantly. Shalhoub earned his first of three Primetime Emmy Awards for this year of the show, which ulti- mately ran for eight seasons. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) "THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR" One of the great movie thrillers of the '70s gets 4K Ultra HD treatment, with Robert Redford as a book analyst at a New York office that's a front for the CIA. After all of his co-workers are killed in an office massacre, he goes on the run, not knowing who he can trust – even his main boss (Cliff Robertson) – while trying to determine why the murders were committed. Desperate for a place to hide out for a while, he takes a stranger (Faye Dunaway) hostage and eventually wins her over to his side. Max von Sydow is terrific as a suave assassin who has more than a bit to do with the mounting number of bodies; John Houseman also is in the cast of director Sydney Pollack's expertly mounted 1975 melodrama. **** (R: AS, P, V) "SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE" (SEPT. 5) "NCIS: LOS ANGELES – THE FINAL SEASON" (SEPT. 5) "STAR TREK: PICARD – THE FINAL SEASON" (SEPT. 5) "IRWIN ALLEN: MASTER OF DISASTER COLLECTION" (SEPT. 12) Ezra Miller and Sasha Calle in "The Flash" Miles Morales from "Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse"