OFFICERS EITHER. 645 NOW TO NEW FLICK PICKS CHRISTOPHER POLLARD OF MILWAUKEE FILM AND THE MOVIE PODCAST JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK. CHRISTOPHER, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. FIRST UP, A UNIQUE STORY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP IN THE INDIE FILM BOB TREVINO LIKES IT. YEAH, WE’VE GOT A LONELY YOUNG WOMAN, PLAYED BY BARBIE FERREIRA, IN A BREAKTHROUGH ROLE AND HAS A VERY STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FATHER. AND WHILE SEARCHING ONLINE, SHE ACCIDENTALLY BEFRIENDS A STRANGER WHO HAS THE SAME NAME AS HER DAD. IT’S AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP IS BORN WITH UNEXPECTED RESULTS. NOW, THE FILM HAS WON SEVERAL AUDIENCE AWARDS AS IT’S DONE ITS FESTIVAL CIRCUIT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WITH A VERY TOUCHING PERFORMANCE BY JOHN LEGUIZAMO. THIS FILM IS REALLY MADE AN IMPACT. IT’S A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FILM, FUNNY, TOUCHING. IT’S A DON’T MISS MOVIE. IT STARTS AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER THIS FRIDAY. YEAH, LOVED HER IN EUPHORIA. I WAS GOING TO SAY SHE LOOKS FAMILIAR. YEAH. EUPHORIA. ACTRESS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS THE ANIMATED MOVIE COWBOY BEBOP THAT RETURNS IN THEATERS. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. THE CLASSIC ANIME IS BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN AS A PART OF ORIENTAL THEATER’S ANIMATION APRIL SERIES. SO THE POPULAR ANIME HAD ITS FEATURE FILM TREATMENT IN 2001 AND CENTERS ON AN UNKNOWN TERRORIST WHO’S PLANNING ON WREAKING HAVOC ON THE PLANET MARS BY RELEASING A VIRUS THAT WOULD WIPE OUT THE HUMAN POPULATION. THE BOUNTY HUNTER CREW OF THE SPACESHIP BEBOP IS ON THE CASE. SO CHECK OUT THE REST OF ANIMATION. APRIL’S LINEUP WITH FILMS FOR EVERYONE, SOME LESS FAMILY FRIENDLY LIKE THIS ONE, BUT ALSO SOME MORE WHOLESOME FARE LIKE THE LAST UNICORN, PRINCE OF EGYPT. GO TO NTCC. ORG APRIL AND THEN COWBOY BEBOP PLAYS THIS WEEKEND TO KICK IT OFF. VERY COOL. LASTLY, A HEARTWARMING FLICK ABOUT AN ADORABLE GREAT DANE. OH, BOY. SO NOW WE COME TO THE FILM THAT IS GOING TO MAKE ME CRY JUST BY WATCHING THE TRAILER. THE FRIEND IS BASED ON THE POPULAR NOVEL BY SIGRID NUNEZ, STARRING NAOMI WATTS, BILL MURRAY AND A SUPER GREAT BIG GREAT DANE NAMED BING WHO I’VE NEVER MET BUT I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART. A WRITER WHO’S PLAYED BY WATTS INHERITS A DOG FROM A CLOSE FRIEND AND MENTOR WHO’S RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. THE UNEXPECTED PET CREATES SOME TROUBLE FOR THE SOLITARY WRITER, BUT A BOND FORMS REGARDLESS, AS YOU WOULD WITH A CUTE, CUTE DOG. THE FILM IS ABOUT LOVE, LOSS, AND GRIEF, AND IT’S ALSO ABOUT AN AMAZING, HUGE DOG. HAVE I MENTIONED THIS DOG YET? GREAT SOURCE MATERIAL, GREAT CAST. THE FILM STARTS FRIDAY AT THE DOWNER THEATER. LOVE IT. MY EYES ARE WATERING ALREADY. RIGHT. ANY ANIMAL WITH A DOG IN THE MOVIE, I’M JUST LIKE, OKAY, I NEED A BREAK. SO PRECIOUS. ANYTIME I SEE A GREAT DANE, I’M LIKE, THAT’S A HORSE, RIGHT? THAT’S THE BIGGEST DOG I’VE EVER SEEN. OH, MAN. CHRISTOPHER, IT’S ALWAYS A PLEASURE HAVING YOU ON. WE’LL SEE YOU AGA