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PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

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Eleven years after his swashbuckling solo adventure, the orange tabby voiced by Antonio Banderas returns in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, a lively sequel with an earnest message as comforting as warm milk.

If you’re unfamiliar with Puss, who debuted in the Shrek films of the 1990s, no matter. Composer Heitor Pereira and Antonio Banderas cover all you need to know about Puss in the opening moments through a zingy musical number about this furry outlaw in the vein of Robin Hood.

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PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Review by Martha K Baker

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Everyone knows that cats have nine lives. They land on their feet. They flirt with, then skirt, danger. They are charming and flirtatious and ego-centric, furry and purry. And then there’s Puss in Boots — all of the above and more. But, now, he’s down to the last of those nine lives so vaunted in fairy tales.

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THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD – Review by Brandy McDonnell

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The tiresome sequel “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” wastes its star power as cavalierly as its aggressively unlikeable characters waste ammunition. It takes an almost impressive feat of sheer mediocrity to make a movie starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman this annoying.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Salma Hayek’s First-look Deal with HBO – Brancy McDonnell reports

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Actor-producer-director Hayek will first bring projects to the WarnerMedia-owned subscription service for potential development via her Ventanarosa production company as part of the deal. As a helmer, Hayek won a Daytime Emmy for Best Direction of a Family Movie for The Maldonado Miracle. Her producing credits include Santa Evita at Fox Latin America and Monarca at Netflix.

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