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N WORTH
Netflix
September 11
“Worth” explores the true story of difficulties
faced by one lawyer in the wake of the Sept.
11 attacks, released on the 20th anniversary
of the attacks. Congress appoints attorney
Kenneth Feinberg, played by Michael
Keaton, to lead the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund. He struggles to put a
value on the lives lost in the attacks. Caught
between lawyers looking to sue and airline
lobbies anxious to settle, Feinberg must
broker a deal with the victims’ families. When
he locks horns with Charles Wolf, played by
Stanley Tucci, a community organizer whose
wife died in the towers, Feinberg begins to
learn the human costs of the tragedy.
N CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
Theatres
September 17
“Clifford the Big Red Dog” brings the beloved
children’s story character to the big screen.
Starring Jack Whitehall and Darby Camp in
the leading roles, “Clifford” tells the story
of Emily, middle schooler struggling to fit in
at home and in school, until she discovers a
small red puppy who is destined to become
her best friend. As Clifford grows into the
giant red dog, it catches the attention of
genetic companies that want to supersize
animals. Emily and her Uncle Casey must
ward off the greedy scientists, along the
way they learn the true meaning of love,
acceptance and family.
N Y: THE LAST MAN
FX on Hulu
September 13
Based on the acclaimed comic book series
of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and
Pia Guerra, “Y: The Last Man” explores a
post-apocalyptic world after a disaster that
killed all mammals with Y chromosomes.
However, one man, Yorick Brown, played
by Ben Schnetzer, and his pet monkey,
survived the catastrophe. The series follows
the adventures of Yorick and his monkey as
they navigate the new world and struggle to
restore what was lost in the disaster.
BOOKS
N BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY:
A MEMOIR
By Qian Julie Wang
September 7
When seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City
in 1994, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and
scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors;
in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require
all the determination and small joys they can muster
to survive. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents work
in sweatshops and sushi factories. Qian goes to
school hungry, where she teaches herself English
through library books. At home, Qian’s headstrong
and resilient Ma Ma ignores her own pain until
she’s unable to stand, too afraid of the cost and
attention a hospital visit might bring. And yet, young
Qian cannot ask for help. The number-one rule in
America still stands: To be noticed is to risk losing
everything.
N ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
By Alice Feeney
September 7
Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright
for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a
weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what
their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic
and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face
blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends
or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary
the couple exchanges traditional gifts — paper,
cotton, pottery, tin — and each year Adam’s wife
writes him a letter that she never lets him read.
Until now. They both know this weekend will make
or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly
win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone
doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. Ten
years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an
anniversary they will never forget.
N UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR
By TJ Klune
September 21
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from
his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might
be dead. Instead of leading him directly to the
afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village.
On the outskirts, off the path through the woods,
tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop,
run by a man named Hugo. Hugo is the tea shop’s
owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need
to cross over. But Wallace isn’t ready to abandon
the life he barely lived. With Hugo’s help he finally
starts to learn about all the things he missed in life.
When the Manager, a curious and powerful being,
arrives at the tea shop and gives Wallace one week
to cross over, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in
seven days.
SEPTEMBER 2021 | COBB LIFE 55