Review: Mack & Rita, Day Shift, Emily the Criminal, and A League of Their Own

Even Diane Keaton can’t save Mack & Rita (aka 30 going on 70). Jamie Foxx is in another Netflix paint by numbers movie of the week, Day Shift. Aubrey Plaza steals the show in Emily the Criminal. Finally the series adaptation of A League of Their Own is at least a triple, if not a home run.

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More about Mack & Rita:

A 30-year-old spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self.

Starring: Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige, Elizabeth Lail, Loretta Devine, Simon Rex, Dustin Milligan, Patti Harrison, Nicole Byer

More about Day Shift:

Jamie Foxx stars as a hard working blue collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Dave Franco, Karla Souza, Natasha Liu Bordizzo

More about Emily the Criminal:

Emily is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef. Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.

Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Gina Gershon

More about A League of Their Own: A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall’s beloved classic, while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball, both in and outside of the AAGPBL. The show follows Carson and Max and a new ensemble of sharp and hilarious characters as they carve their paths toward the field, along the way finding their teams and themselves.

Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, D’Arcy Carden, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Roberta Conidrez, Nick Offerman, Kate Berlant