This episode we review the HBO Series The Young Pope, charged with content geared towards jump starting your Vatican City experience. In entertainment news, we discuss the newly titled “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, The Han Solo movie and the Oscars. Then follow up with a brief overview of the extensive Disney live action and remake line up.Follow us on Twitter @screamatscreens..

Entertainment News

The release of the Star Wars Title has led to a plethora of extensive fan theories. The same can be said for the yet titled Han Solo movie, as the confirmed cast member list slowly grows. Award season is upon us and unsurprisingly the musical “La La Land” is leading the rest with 14 nominations. We think they’re a shoe in for best picture, but request our Twitter followers to vote on who they think will win. We end entertainment news with covering the ever-expanding Disney classic remake line up, which seems to have no end in sight.

Live Action Disney Movies / Remakes

The Young Pope Review

Moving on to the topic of this episode, we introduce The Young Pope, an Italian produced show that HBO merely bought the rights to distribute. It is created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino and chronicles the arrival of 40 something American pope Lenny Belardo Pope Pius XIII. Paolo has a very unique and specific style that’s very effective in presenting the story. He began writing the series 4 years ago where he was forced to predict future political climates around the globe.

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The cast is an incredible mix of American and Italian actors, very prolific and popular in their native market. It is a delight to watch all these talented artists portray their interpretation of the conflict with what is considered Godly and what they think needs to be done in the best interest of the church. In fact, the whole theme of the show is best explained by Jude Law, he states “The story is about faith and doubt” and “Questions faith, faith in ourselves, faith in other people, faith in a system.”

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Not only is the show effective at showing the kind of conflict expected from the highest church in Catholicism but the details involved makes the viewer want to further question and investigate. True to form, we did our own research during the writing process and came across 5 interesting facts we wanted to share.

Movies That Get Too Much Hate

We follow up the review with a new section we will call Movies That Get Too Much Hate. Since we are obvious movie fanatics we each have collections of movies we can’t comprehend that others would dislike. For this week it’s Constantine (2005) and Dracula Untold (2014). Contact us on Twitter @screamatscreens and tell movies you would have chosen.

Links and References:

HBO Behind the Scenes

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