The Takeaway’s Movie Date team, Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman, review this week’s major releases. On the roster this week: “The Big Wedding,” a movie about complicated family dynamics, starring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, and Susan Sarandon; and “Pain and Gain,” an action-comedy-crime film about a trio of body builders, starring Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
In addition to hosting the Movie Date podcast, Kristen is culture producer for the Takeaway and Rafer is film critic for Newsday.