The writer offers commentary on a recent speech by Lajos Kassuth asking for aid from the U.S. where he is living in exile. His goal is to return to power in Hungary. The writer is concerned that the U.S. will become involved in this bloody conflict along with several countries in Europe.
OUT FRIDAYNATURAL BORN PRANKSTERS (Lionsgate) YouTube pranksters Roman Atwood, Dennis Roady and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy up the ante taking the act to the big screen. (R; crude and dangerous pranks, pervasive language, sexual content)
TUMBLEDOWN (Anchor Bay) A pop culture scholar, determined to write the biography of a music legend, tracks down his widow in a small town in Maine and makes an unexpected connection. Indie comedy with Jason Sudeikis, Rebecca Hall. (R; brief sex)
STEALING CARS (Sony) A teenage car thief and drug dealer is thrown into a harsh juvenile 'camp,' where he takes on dangerous inmates and brutal staff to become a leader. Award-winning drama with Emory Cohen, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, John Leguizamo, Mike Epps. (R; language, brief drug use)
CURVEBALL (RLJ Entertainment) The star pitcher of a high school baseball team risks everything by hanging out with his party-hardy best friend. With Rockmond Dunbar, Lynn Whitfield. (Not rated; drug use)
DIXIELAND (IFC) A guy newly released from prison and trying to stay out of trouble connects with an exotic dancer trying to support her ailing mother. Drama with Chris Zylka, Riley Keough, Steve Earle, Faith Hill. (Not rated; violence, drug use, sexual situations)
THE VON TRAPP FAMILY: A LIFE OF MUSIC (Lionsgate) Dramatization of the story of the musical von Trapp family, from the perspective of eldest daughter Agathe (portrayed as Liesl in 'The Sound of Music'). With Matthew Macfadyen, Eliza Bennett, Rosemary Harris. (Not rated)
COUNTDOWN (Lionsgate) A troubled cop takes matters into his own hands when a boy is kidnapped and rigged with explosives. Action movie with WWE stars Dolph Ziggler, Kane. (R; violence, language)
THE HOARDER (RLJ Entertainment) A young woman decides to snoop around her fianc's storage unit, only to find somebody using the facility for an even creepier collection. Horror-thriller with Mischa Barton, Robert Knepper. (Not rated; violence, gore)
RIOT (Universal) A cop gets himself thrown into a maximum-security prison to pursue a Russian mobster, who has made the prison his kingdom. With Matthew Reese, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Liddell. (Not rated; violence)
THE HALLOW (Shout! Factory) Horror movie about a couple whose new home in a remote part of Ireland is next to a woods filled with demonic creatures that would like them to butt out. (Not rated; violence, gore)
THE ENTITY (Film Movement) A group of students discover an old film in a cemetery archive. After viewing it, one after another of them meets a grisly fate, until the others set out to find out its secret. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Not rated; violence, gore)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT In Quentin Tarantino's Western, a bounty hunter known as 'The Hangman' (Kurt Russell) is ferrying a prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) when the pair find themselves holed up in a mountain shack with six other unsavory types, played by Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Demin Bichir, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern. Ennio Morricone's musical score won an Oscar. (R; violence, language, a scene of violent sexual content, some nudity)
POINT BREAK Remake of the 1991 Keanu Reeves-Patrick Swayze action movie, with Luke Bracey as an undercover cop who infiltrates a crew of calculating extreme-sports bank robbers, with an escalating agenda and complicated motives. With Edgar Ramirez. (PG-13; violence, some sexuality, language, drug material)
MEDITERRANEA Best friends make the journey as refugees from Africa across the Mediterranean to Italy, where the lure of a better life clashes harshly with the reality of hard labor, long hours and hostility from the locals. Timely drama in French, Italian and English, with English subtitles. (Not rated; violence)
EXPOSED Crime drama starring Keanu Reeves as a cop investigating the murder of his corrupt partner. With Mira Sorvino, Ana de Armas, Christopher McDonald, Big Daddy Kane. (R; violence, a sexual assault, language)
CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY Betrayed, a young man retreats to the countryside, where he begins a passionate romance with a young widow, still unsure about whether he can trust enough to love again. Period drama with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Peter Doherty. (Not rated; sexual content)
THE WINTER A Greek expatriate returns to his family's home in the mountains, and finds it abandoned and haunted with questions from the past. Directorial debut by visual-effects maven Konstantinos Koutsoliotas. In Greek with English subtitles. (Not rated)
DADDY'S HOME Stepdad Will Ferrell and birth dad Mark Wahlberg try to outdo each other in winning their kids' affection in this slapsticky comedy. With Linda Cardellini, Thomas Haden Church. (PG-13; language, crude and suggestive content)
THE LETTERS The story of Mother Teresa, drawn from letters that the remarkable woman of faith wrote over the last 40 years of her life. With Juliet Stevenson as Mother Teresa. (PG; thematic material)
NOMA: MY PERFECT STORM Documentary looking inside NOMA, the Copenhagen restaurant named best restaurant in the world four of the past seven years, and its ambitious chef, Ren Redzepi. (Not rated)
Simply pitiful Sky. This issue has been dragging on for far too long. I'm a new customer using Sky Stream and just a couple of days into my cooling off period. Give me a reason to stay with you (e.g if youre finding it difficult - we commit to an upgrade delivering customisable subtitles by end of February 2023) rather than return my puck and terminate my contract.
Whole heartedly agree with all the comments on the thread, wife is partially deaf and relies on the subtitles to enjoy watching the TV but the subtitles are far too large and obstructive. I love the comments about headphones and turn the TV up...... most people who are partially deaf lose the ability to hear a range of sounds so it doesn't matter how loud the tv is up.
ALL other main stream providers have the options to adjust the subtitles font, size, transparency, colour, position and background. Why can't SKY programmers have a sprint session to iron this issue out and resolve the subtitle problems we as paying customers have been asking for for over 5 years? Whilst also addressing the complete lack of subtitles on UHD channels/stream.
I have sky stream and would love to have a bit of confidence that the people who effectively pay the wages to Sky employees have a say in how the service is IMPROVED and our NEEDS are considered rather than ignored
The subtitles on Sky are dreadful. There are discussions going back years and still nothing has changed. Is there any plan Sky to alter the subtitles so they are not so dominant on the screen. It completely ruins what you are watching. Amazon and Netflix subtitles are brilliant. Sometimes it is really difficult to understand what the actors are saying on a show and so we like to have the subtitles on. But Sky's subtitles are so large and intrusive that they take over the viewing aspect completely ruining the show.
Tried subtitles on Britbox, now some on itvX, Netflix and prime, all external apps I have tried with those mentioned and others not named, can attest to their structure of visual aids is good. Free view subtitles too. They're generally good!
I understand the frustration regarding the inability to change the size of the subtitles on the content. Sky works closely with stakeholders like the RNIB and RNID on our subtitling experience however we are continuing to look at enhancing the experience to make them more widely inclusive.
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