BIG GEORGE FOREMAN
Sony Pictures
Released Friday 28 April
Synopsis: From Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, boxer George Foreman leads a remarkable life. He finds his faith, retires and becomes a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, George steps back in the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Cast: Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews, Sullivan Jones, Forest Whitaker
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cert: 12A
POLITE SOCIETY
Universal
Released Friday 28 April
Synopsis: A martial artist-in-training believes she must save her older sister from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, she tries to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Cast: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya
Director: Nida Manzoor
Cert: 12A
THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY
Entertainment One
Released Friday 28 April
Synopsis: A seemingly unremarkable man in his 60s named Harold one day learns his old friend Queenie is dying. He embarks on a walk, only to keep going for 450 miles until he reaches Queenie’s hospice, much to the despair of his wife Maureen.
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Adam Jackson-Smith, Penelope Wilton, Bethan Cullinane
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Cert: 12A
Also released this week:
LEAVING TO REMAIN
Verve
Release date: Friday 28 April | Cert: 12A
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING
Dogwoof
Release date: Friday 28 April | Cert: 15
FAB UK Review:
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) was a trailblazer, a Rock & Roll legend who broke barriers and became world famous by the time he was 23.
The life, and the ups and downs of his life, is told in the amazing documentary ‘Little Richard – I am Everything.”
Little Richard was the true king, the originator, and the emancipator of Rock & Roll, a true legend who also never hid his homosexuality. He was way ahead of his time – and this documentary tells his story – a story not many people know.
Told with an excellent combination of Little Richard interviews he did throughout the years, with amazing concert footage displaying his amazing talent, we get a real insight as to who Little Richard was, the man behind the soul, the man behind that voice, and the man who never really got the recognition (and awards) that he so truly deserved. Believe it or not he never won a Grammy Award (he won a Lifetime Achievement Award), but he was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Even Richard himself states in this documentary that we was not recognized for what he did, what he produced, and what his influence had not just in music but in style, fashion, and culture. Little Richard had dozens of hit records, including his biggest two ’Tutti Frutti,’ and ‘Good Golly Miss Molly.’ Little Richard became a wealthy man, bought a house for his mother, and never kept his sexuality a secret. Later in life he became an evangelist and recorded music with a religious theme. He morphed his style many times, and kept on performing (what he loved to do best) up until he was in his 80’s. Sadly, he died in May 2020, when people were not allowed to get together, so just as in life, he never truly got the recognition (and sendoff) he so richly deserved.
Little Richard and us agree that he was worthy of many accolades that were never bestowed on him. ‘Little Richard – I am Everything’ is definitely one not to miss.