THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, July 15, 2022 Page 15 Jason Lewis endorsed for 5th Middlesex District State Senate by ELM Action Fund he Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund has endorsed Jason Lewis in the election for 5th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts Senate, a credit to his commitment to the environment and climate action. With issues of public health, environmental justice, transportation and energy policy inextricably linked, we need leaders at every level of government who understand the pressing issues of their community and will call for ambitious action. “Senator Lewis has been a strong leader on too many environmental issues to name, but especially on waste-reduction as the Senate Chair of the Zero Waste Caucus,” said ELM Action Fund Executive Director Casey Bowers. “We are thrilled to continue our support for him.” “I’m thrilled to receive the endorsement of the Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund for my re-election campaign to the State Senate,” said Senator Lewis. “If re-elected I will conT tinue to fight for bold policies to combat climate change, protect our environment, grow our state’s clean energy economy like offshore wind power, and reduce waste especially single-use plastics.” Since 2014, Lewis has represented the 5th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts Senate. In the current session, he is the primary sponsor of waste reduction and animal welfare legislation, as well as a bill to restrict the use of the toxic herbicide glyphosate. As the Senate Chair of the Zero Waste Caucus, he has been an ally to the ELM Action Fund on several priority waste-reduction bills. Lewis is a proponent of offshore wind and holds that environmental justice should be central to decision-making in state government. To learn more about Jason Lewis, visit his website at https:// senatorjasonlewis.com/. To learn more about the ELM Action Fund, its work and its recent electoral victories, visit www.elmaction.org/elections. FUN-damental Basketball Camp Open to Boys and Girls in Local Area T he FUN-damental Basketball Camp, open to boys and girls in local area cities and towns, will be held July 25 to July 29, 2022 at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center, located at 51 Summer Street in Everett. The camp will be held between the hours of 9:00 am and 1:00 pm for boys and girls entering grades 3 thru 8 as of September, 2022.The cost of the camp is $100. Tony Ferullo, boys’ varsity basketball coach at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, will be the Director of the camp. The purpose of the camp is: • To provide all campers with the fundamental tools to help them become better basketball players; • To create a positive atmosphere where the camper will learn and have fun at the same time; and • To instill the spirit of the game into all campers, and inspire them to continue playing the game either competitively or just for fun. Each camper, who will receive a T-shirt and certificate, will participate in various drills, scrimmages and individual contests. Special guests will speak and share their personal basketball tips.An awards ceremony will take place on the last day of the camp, and parents and friends are welcome to attend. For more information about the FUN-damental Basketball Camp, please contact Camp Director Tony Ferullo: 857-312-7002 or tferullo@ suffolk.edu. Writer / director Ti West returned after a substantial hiatus to make what might just be the best horror movie of this young decade. Like the most efficient slashers, X bears a simple premise: a group of twenty-somethings rent out a cabin to film an adult movie in the 1970s and naturally much bloodshed ensues. While X has plenty of the expected thrills and kills packed into its runtime, it’s also the rare slasher with some genuine ideas on its mind about the end of the free-wheeling ‘70s and the rise of Reagan-era moralism. Think Boogie Nights meets Friday the 13th, and you’ll understand why X is sure to go down as one of the year’s finest horror experiences. 3. Top Gun: Maverick After spending the majority of the last 15 Say what you will about Tom Cruise the man, but Tom Cruise the actor still knows years in Transformers purgatory, director Michael Bay has made his best (and most insane) movie in almost 20 years. The trailers for Ambulance promised a rather generic heist thriller filtered through Bay’s orange-and-teal color palette, but make no mistake: this is peak Bayhem, up there with the director’s best. This is an adrenaline junkie’s dream with an unhinged lead performance from Jake Gyllenhaal, comically bloody shootouts, and stunning drone camera work that captures all the hyper-violent hijinks with exhilarating glee. Those with high blood pressure need not apply, but fans of The Rock and Bad Boys will feel right at home. You know a film is special when it qualifies as the year’s best comedy, action movie, and heartfelt drama. Directing duo, The Daniels have made the multiverse movie to end all multiverse movies with Everything Everywhere All At Once, which stars Michelle Yeoh as a downtrodden laundromat owner suddenly thrust into a battle for the fate of the universe. It’s a family story about embracing one’s heritage while appreciating the uniqueness of future generations. It also has wicked kung-fu sequences, talking rocks, and people with hot-dogs for fingers. Wild, weird, irreverent, and touching; if you see one movie from 2022, make it this one. 2. X Cooper Raiff is the triple-threat talent who’s the writer, director, and star of this year’s Sundance smash Cha Cha Real Smooth. In some ways, Raiff’s film is the typical Sundance dramedy: a directionless young man, fresh out of college, strikes up a hopeless romance with an older woman. It’s a premise movie that have been hitting on since The Graduate, but luckily Raiff has a voice all his own. Funny and tender, Cha Cha Real Smooth coasts on charm just like its lead character, but it’s surprisingly critical of his naivete as well. Those in their 30s and up will likely find themselves laughing and cringing in recognition at this endearing comingof-age story. 5. Ambulance ~ Mitch @ The Movies ~ The Best Movies of 2022 (So Far) 1. Everything Everywhere All At Once how to make a satisfying blockbuster better than just about anyone else in Hollywood. Top Gun: Maverick makes the high-octane aerial sequences of the original seem like flying on a discount airline. This is big-screen spectacle of the highest order, an awe-inspiring mix of practical fighter-jet action and satisfying storytelling. The fact that it works as well as it does — 36 years after the first one —feels like a miracle. 4. Cha Cha Real Smooth
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