2019 was a wonderful year for film, and The Farewell stood near the front of the pack. Written and directed by Lulu Wang, the film stars Awkwafina in a Golden Globe-winning performance as a Chinese-American woman who joins her family in planning one final party for their dying grandmother (Zhao Shu-zhen) — without, y'know, telling her that she's dying. It's a deft, remarkable, tone-blending feature that instantly had me excited for Wang's filmic future — and now we know what that will be. Per Variety, Wang will be directing the family drama Like Father, …
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is the game sequel to the rom-com classic. While janky and lacking star power, it's still an appealing experiment.