Category: Movies

UNSTOPPABLE Premieres at TIFF!

Jennifer Lopez attended the premiere of her new movie, Unstoppable, at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday. Unstoppable is the inspiring true story of Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) who was born with one leg but whose indomitable spirit and unbreakable resolve empowered him to defy the odds and pursue his dreams. With the unwavering love and support of his devoted mother Judy (Jennifer Lopez) and the encouragement of his coaches, Anthony fights through adversity to earn a spot on the Arizona State Wrestling team. But it will demand everything he has, physically and mentally, to achieve his ultimate quest to become an NCAA Champion.

The movie and cast are getting strong reviews so far! Here’s a sample:

Judy, played by Lopez in what may be the fullest screen performance she has ever given. […] Lopez makes Judy a mother who loves her aspiring athlete-star son but is cornered, plowed under by life. Lopez makes you feel the wrung-out despair, as well as the will she summons, as an act of love, to overcome it. – Variety

Lopez is the other standout, not often given the credit she deserves and here giving her all right from the wry opening scenes,, where we see the love and pride this mother has for her son. She’s terrific. – Deadline

Lopez sinks into the character here with a layered performance as Judy, full of pain, pride, bitter disappointment in herself and then unexpected resilience and resourcefulness […] Lopez gives a tender and entirely convincing performance as a mother whose unshakeable belief in her son is a crucial part of his foundations. – The Hollywood Reporter

The film will be released in select US & UK theaters in December and on Prime Video at a later date.

ATLAS Streaming on Netflix Now!

Jennifer Lopez’s newest movie, ATLAS, is streaming now on Netflix! ATLAS stars Jennifer as a brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI who discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry. It’s a huge sci-fi action movie but you know that if Jennifer is involved, it will have a significant emotional core. Here’s what she had to say:

“The first time I read the script for Atlas, I felt very passionately about the story and particularly the friendship story at the core of it. At the end of it I was literally sobbing. It’s kind of a big action movie, but it has at the emotional core a story about love and friendship.” – Jennifer Lopez

Here’s a a behind the scenes look from Jennifer’s Youtube channel:

Official Trailer: ATLAS starring Jennifer Lopez

 

Netflix has released the official trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s next film, ATLAS! Jennifer stars as Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence. Atlas joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past but when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

Jennifer spoke with Netflix about the movie, saying

“I loved that this is a big sci-fi action movie, but at its core, it’s a story of friendship — and a love story, in a way,” she said. “I always see everything as a love story, but this is a different kind of love between two beings who connect in disastrous circumstances, and teach each other how to be more human.”

ATLAS arrives on Netflix on May 24!

ATLAS Set For May 24 + Official Teaser!

 
Netflix has announced that Jennifer Lopez’s next film, ATLAS, will be released on May 24! Directed by Brad Peyton, ATLAS also stars Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.

Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

You may recall that “The Mother” was also released on Netflix in May. Last May when it was released, it scored the biggest opening of the year up until then and in December, Netflix revealed that “The Mother” was 2023’s most-watched movie with 249.9 million viewing hours!

Here’s hoping ATLAS is also a massive success!