On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Cruella

Website: Disney

Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. “Cruella,” which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute, played by two-time Oscar® winner Emma Thompson (“Howards End,” “Sense & Sensibility”). But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Release Date: In select theaters and available on Disney+ with Premier Access on May 28, 2021
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Screenplay by: Dana Fox and Tony McNamara
Story by: Aline Brosh McKenna and Kelly Marcel & Steve Zissis
Based on the novel “The One Hundred and One Dalmations” by Dodie Smith
Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Running Time: 2 hours 14 minutes
Rated PG-13