The King of Kings review – Charles Dickens retelling of the Jesus story does a serviceable job

The famous author tells his son and their cat the story of Jesus in this mixed-bag family animation, voiced by an impressive cast This syrupy cartoon account of the life of Jesus (voiced by Oscar Isaac) is narrated, with consummate weirdness, by Charles Dickens (Kenneth Branagh). It’s in fact based on a story Dickens wrote for his children (and wasn’t published until 1934, decades after his death). The idea is that Dickens is telling the story of the New Testament to his young son Walter (Roman Griffin Davis) and Walter’s impish cat, explaining to the King Arthur-obsessed Walter how Jesus was the real King of Kings and all that. And so we see Walter and Charles, in their mid-19th-century garb, wandering through scenes of JC’s life nearly two thousand years earlier, from the nativity to the crucifixion – much like Scrooge and his spectral buddies in A Christmas Carol as they wander through past, present and future Christmases. It rather drags out what is already a pretty long running ...

Jussie Smollett Is Ready To Make His Directing Debut

It seems that Jussie Smollett is ready to make his directing debut. Check out the latest reports about the man below. The Shade Room said: 'Looks like #JussieSmollett is ready to make his directing debut! BET+ has picked up Jussie’s “B-Boy Blues,” which is set to debut on the streaming platform June 9. The project is a film adaptation of a novel by #JamesEarlHardy, and follows the unlikely lovely story of Mitchell Crawford, a college-educated journalist from Brooklyn, and Raheim Rivers, a bike messenger from Harlem. The film taps #MonaScottYoung as a producer, and features actors #BroderickHunter, #Ledisi, #TimothyRichardson, and #BrandeeEvans.'   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) Someone said: 'Gurl he already made his directing debut,' and a commenter posted this: 'I’m glad he has another opportunity to make a living.' A fan said: 'No thanks because the storyline is probably based on lies,' and a commenter posted this message: 'Kim, there’s people that are dying!!!!' Someone else said: 'They hate on you till you winning again.' It seems that there are new things happening in Jussie Smollett 's case. Check out the latest reports below. TSR notes: 'Whew chile, looks like #JussieSmollett wants either a new trial in court or a not-guilty verdict for allegedly lying to cops.' TSR said: 'If you remember, jurors found Jussie guilty of five felony counts of disorderly conduct back in December. Well according to @TMZ_tv, Jussie’s defense team just filed new documents asking the judge to reverse the verdict.' 'In docs, Jussie claims the court violated his constitutional rights when it prevented his defense team from actively participating in the jury selection process. His defense goes on to claim prosecutors showed a pattern of racism in selecting jurors.(SWIPE)' TSR notes. Someone said: 'This still going on? He’s guilty. Goodbye let’s move on already,' and one other follower posted this: 'hile atp let it ride. I forgot all about it and we have bigger fish to fry .' A follower said: 'I still wanna know like how he even came up with it like what happened for him to want to do that.'

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