A tale of rags-to-riches-to-wretched exile, “Real” offers a dreamlike meditation on fame and loss, memory and scandal, worldwide adoration and sudden “cancel culture.”Ĭhaplin’s rise from London poverty to music-hall success and overnight Hollywood celebrity occurred more than a century ago, but so many of the elements of Chaplin’s story speak to very contemporary themes.Ĭhaplin’s fame exploded at a time of extraordinary wealth inequality and an era when immigrants were changing America. Saturday, Showtime, TV-PG) recalls the first international movie superstar. Using artfully produced reenactments, archival interviews and a wealth of film footage, some of it mesmerizing in its decay, “The Real Charlie Chaplin” (7 p.m.It’s about the hostile takeover of a regional airline by a cheap CEO bent on cutting charitable giving from his bottom line. Next Sunday, CBS returns with another Christmas movie, “Christmas Takes Flight.” But don’t go looking for reindeer.
It’s a move more appropriate to the 30-something sad sacks on “This Is Us” than to children. Lucy throws the party because she feels unloved. Nothing says “kids” like “Peanuts” specials, but Apple TV+’s “Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne” has the gang attending a late-night party in a downtown performance space in a sketchy part of town. Is this a kids’ movie or a way to mine ‘80s nostalgia for a 40-something audience? Streaming on HBO Max, “8-Bit Christmas” recalls holidays when being the first to get the new Nintendo system put a twinkle in your eye. Narrated by Maggie Smith and streaming on Netflix, “A Boy Called Christmas” creates some new fables among the reindeer set. Of the many holiday movies debuting in 2021, few involve children or the childlike wonder that once was central to the festivities.
Not unlike Halloween, Christmas movies have turned the occasion into an adults-only celebration.
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