Memphis Movies This Week: Jason Statham, ‘Some Like it Hot’
“A Working Man” reunites star Jason Statham and director David Ayer. Statham plays a former black-ops soldier who leaves that career behind for a quiet life working in construction. (Courtesy Amazon MGM Studios)
New on Memphis screens this week: Unicorns, penguins, Bible stories and cross-dressing. But first:
“A Working Man” reunites star Jason Statham and director David Ayer, who teamed up for last year’s action hit, “The Beekeeper.” Statham plays Levon Cade (A+ action-movie protagonist name), a former black-ops soldier who leaves that career behind for a quiet life working in construction. But his particular set of skills are useful when his boss’ daughter is abducted and he sets out to get her back.
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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