Why Watch That Radio

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Will Constellation Shock You Into a New Reality?

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:30:33 GMT

Constellation

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Will The New Look Rise out of the Ashes of War?

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:00:00 GMT

The New Look

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Is The Taste of Things a Recipe for Quiet Magic?

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:42:01 GMT

The Taste of Things

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Can Mads Mikkelsen Fight His Way to The Promised Land?

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:15:00 GMT

The Promised Land

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Will Origin Ignite or Destroy an Important Conversation?

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:30:00 GMT

Origin

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Is All Creatures Great and Small the Perfect Uplifting Escape?

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:30:00 GMT

All Creatures Great and Small

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Is The Brothers Sun a Thrilling Way to Start the Year?

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:00:55 GMT

The Brothers Sun

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Is The Teachers’ Lounge the Best Drama This Year?

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 17:00:22 GMT

The Teachers Lounge

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Is The Color Purple a Special Musical Knockout?

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:00:16 GMT

The Color Purple

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Will Ferrari Consistently Make Your Heart Race?

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:00:00 GMT

Ferrari

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Is The Boys in the Boat a Great Sports Movie?

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:00:00 GMT

The Boys in the Boat

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Does Memory Captivate in All the Right Ways?

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:00:48 GMT

Memory

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Is Saltburn the Best Onscreen Cat and Mouse Game?

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:00:00 GMT

Saltburn

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Is Bradley Cooper Daring Enough to Triumph in Maestro?

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:37:31 GMT

Maestro

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Is Raising Kanan the Ultimate Winner in the Power Universe?

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:00:59 GMT

Raising Kanan

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Is Jeffrey Wright at His Best in American Fiction?

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:01:38 GMT

American Fiction

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Does Lord of Misrule Conjure a Scary Folk-Horror Surprise?

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:40:57 GMT

Lord of Misrule

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Can May December Live Up to Its Sensational Topic?

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:00:00 GMT

May December

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Does Michael Fassbender Have a Heart as a Nameless Assassin in The Killer?

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:00:29 GMT

The Killer

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Does Godzilla Conquer TV in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters?

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:00:42 GMT

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

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Do All Things Glitter for Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, and Cynthia Nixon in The Gilded Age?

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 20:31:48 GMT

The Gilded Age

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Does Success Escape Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones in The Burial?

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:43:17 GMT

The Burial

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Will Daisy Ridley or Ben Mendelsohn Triumph in The Marsh King’s Daughter?

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:15:15 GMT

The Marsh King’s Daughter’s

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Do Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed Discover a Love Match in Fingernails?

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:15:00 GMT

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Review: Does Brie Larson in Lessons in Chemistry Really Destroy the Man?

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:00:21 GMT

Lessons in Chemistry

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Review: Lupin (Part 3)

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:15:00 GMT

Lupin (Part 3)

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Review: The Gold

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:15:03 GMT

The Gold

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Review: The Creator

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:15:00 GMT

The Creator

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Review: El Conde

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:15:00 GMT

El Conde

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Review: Flora and Son

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:30:00 GMT

Flora and Son

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Review: The Changeling

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:15:48 GMT

The Changeling

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Review: Top Boy (Final Season)

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:15:00 GMT

Top Boy (Final Season)

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Review: Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:00:51 GMT

Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

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Review: The Good Mother

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:15:07 GMT

The Good Mother

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Review: Landscape with Invisible Hand

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:15:00 GMT

Landscape with Invisible Hand

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Review: Heart of Stone

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:15:00 GMT

Heart of Stone

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Review: Jules

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:15:18 GMT

Jules

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Review: Painkiller

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:15:35 GMT

Painkiller

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Review: Brother

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 15:15:44 GMT

Brother

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Review: Dreamin' Wild

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:15:54 GMT

Dreamin' Wild

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Review: Justified: City Primeval

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:15:00 GMT

Justified: City Primeval

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Review: The Beanie Bubble

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:15:00 GMT

The Beanie Bubble

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Review: Full Circle

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:32:39 GMT

Full Circle

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BlackBerry

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:00:08 GMT

BlackBerry

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The Bear (Season 2)

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:00:17 GMT

The Bear (Season 2)

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Outlander (Season 7)

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:00:07 GMT

Outlander (Season 7)

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:00:43 GMT

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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Hijack

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 17:00:22 GMT

Hijack

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Chevalier

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:00:02 GMT

Chevalier

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I'm a Virgo

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:00:00 GMT

I'm a Virgo

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Secret Invasion

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:00:50 GMT

Secret Invasion

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Somewhere Boy

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 17:00:44 GMT

Somewhere Boy

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The Lazarus Project

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:00:30 GMT

The Lazarus Project

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Flamin' Hot

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:00:55 GMT

Flamin' Hot

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Maggie Moore(s)

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:00:47 GMT

Maggie Moore(s)

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Mending the Line

Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:00:24 GMT

Mending the Line

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Dalíland

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:00:52 GMT

Dalíland

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The Crowded Room

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:00:18 GMT

The Crowded Room

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Happy Valley

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 17:00:46 GMT

Happy Valley

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Reality

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:00:24 GMT

Reality

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American Born Chinese

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:00:27 GMT

American Born Chinese

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Succession (Series Finale)

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:00:22 GMT

Succession (Series Finale)

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Spy/Master

Sun, 28 May 2023 17:00:25 GMT

Spy/Master

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White Men Can't Jump

Sat, 27 May 2023 17:00:33 GMT

White Men Can't Jump

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You Hurt My Feelings

Fri, 26 May 2023 17:00:26 GMT

You Hurt My Feelings

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FUBAR

Thu, 25 May 2023 17:00:43 GMT

FUBAR

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Class of 09

Sun, 21 May 2023 17:00:15 GMT

Class of 09

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The Mother

Sat, 20 May 2023 17:00:03 GMT

The Mother

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The Mother: Website

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Air

Sat, 20 May 2023 07:08:29 GMT

Air

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Air: Website

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Master Gardener

Thu, 18 May 2023 17:00:27 GMT

Master Gardener

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High Desert

Wed, 17 May 2023 17:00:46 GMT

High Desert

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High Desert: Website

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A Small Light

Sun, 14 May 2023 17:00:12 GMT

A Small Light

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White House Plumbers

Sat, 13 May 2023 17:00:52 GMT

White House Plumbers

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City on Fire

Thu, 11 May 2023 17:00:55 GMT

City on Fire

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Love & Death

Wed, 10 May 2023 17:00:13 GMT

Love & Death

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Tom Jones

Tue, 09 May 2023 17:00:22 GMT

Tom Jones

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Fatal Attraction

Sun, 07 May 2023 17:00:10 GMT

Fatal Attraction

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Silo

Sat, 06 May 2023 16:00:01 GMT

Silo

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Silo: Website

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Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Thu, 04 May 2023 17:00:52 GMT

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

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Slip

Wed, 03 May 2023 17:00:31 GMT

Slip

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Waco: The Aftermath

Tue, 02 May 2023 17:00:28 GMT

Waco: The Aftermath

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Barry

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 17:00:18 GMT

Barry

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Mrs. Davis

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:00:35 GMT

Mrs. Davis

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Citadel

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:00:56 GMT

Citadel

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Drops of God

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:00:26 GMT

Drops of God

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Somewhere in Queens

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:00:15 GMT

Somewhere in Queens

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To Catch a Killer

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:00:40 GMT

To Catch a Killer

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The Diplomat

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:00:09 GMT

The Diplomat

Review: The Diplomat

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The Collapse of The Mandalorian

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 17:00:40 GMT

The Collapse of The Mandalorian

Review: The Collapse of The Mandalorian

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The Good Mothers

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:00:40 GMT

The Good Mothers

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Am I Being Unreasonable?

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:00:31 GMT

Am I Being Unreasonable?

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The Portable Door

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:00:49 GMT

The Portable Door

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The Last Thing He Told Me

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 17:00:25 GMT

The Last Thing He Told Me

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Mafia Mamma

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:00:41 GMT

Mafia Mamma

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FX's Great Expectations

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:00:15 GMT

FX's Great Expectations

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Rabbit Hole

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:00:47 GMT

Rabbit Hole

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Succession (Season 4)

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 17:00:51 GMT

Succession (Season 4)

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How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 17:00:51 GMT

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

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Beef

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:00:55 GMT

Beef

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The Big Door Prize

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:00:04 GMT

The Big Door Prize

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Enys Men

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:00:45 GMT

Enys Men

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A Thousand and One

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:00:14 GMT

A Thousand and One

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Rye Lane

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:00:13 GMT

Rye Lane

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Tetris

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:00:31 GMT

Tetris

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Boston Strangler

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:00:58 GMT

Boston Strangler

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Marie Antoinette

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:00:03 GMT

Marie Antoinette

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Mayor of Kingstown (Season 2 Finale)

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:00:34 GMT

Mayor of Kingstown (Season 2 Finale)

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Lucky Hank

Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:00:19 GMT

Lucky Hank

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John Wick: Chapter 4

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:00:25 GMT

John Wick: Chapter 4

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The Night Agent

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:00:48 GMT

The Night Agent

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Luther: The Fallen Sun

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:00:36 GMT

The Fallen Sun

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Rain Dogs

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:00:07 GMT

Rain Dogs

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Swarm

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:00:33 GMT

Swarm

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Extrapolations

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:00:42 GMT

Extrapolations

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Ted Lasso (Season 3)

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:00:20 GMT

Ted Lasso (Season 3)

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True Lies

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:00:13 GMT

True Lies

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Oscars 2023

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:00:24 GMT

Oscars 2023

Review: Oscars 2023

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Perry Mason (Season 2 Premiere)

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 17:00:07 GMT

Perry Mason (Season 2 Premiere)

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The Return of Party Down

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:00:26 GMT

The Return of Party Down

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The Ritual Killer

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:14:35 GMT

The Ritual Killer

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Bruiser

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:00:50 GMT

Bruiser

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1923 (Season 1)

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:00:27 GMT

1923 (Season 1)

Review: 1923 (Season 1)

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The Company You Keep

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:00:41 GMT

The Company You Keep

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Daisy Jones & The Six

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 17:00:29 GMT

Daisy Jones & The Six

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The Mandalorian (Season 3 Premiere)

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:00:25 GMT

The Mandalorian (Season 3 Premiere)

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The Quiet Girl

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:00:35 GMT

The Quiet Girl

Review: The Quiet Girl

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Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Final Season Premiere)

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:00:20 GMT

Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Final Season Premiere)

Review: Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Final Season Premiere)

Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Final Season Premiere): Website

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Liaison

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 17:00:47 GMT

Review: Liaison

Liaison: Website

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The Consultant

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:05:55 GMT

The Consultant

Review: The Consultant

The Consultant's: Website

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Animal Control

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:00:12 GMT

Animal Control

Review: Animal Control

Animal Control's Website

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Devil's Peak

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:20:11 GMT

Devil's Peak

Review: Devil's Peak

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Somebody I Used to Know

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:16:35 GMT

Review: Hello Tomorrow!

Website: Hello Tomorrow!

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Your Place or Mine

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 15:13:24 GMT

Review: Your Place or Mine

Website: Your Place or Mine

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Hello Tomorrow!

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:23:01 GMT

Review: Hello Tomorrow!

Hello Tomorrow's Website: Hello Tomorrow!

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Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:50:26 GMT

Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania

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The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:15:07 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

Official Site: The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

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Awards Season Quick Take: Vikings - Valhalla Season 2

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:15:23 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Vikings - Valhalla Season 2

Official Site: Vikings - Valhalla Season 2

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Awards Season Quick Take: The Last of Us

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:15:33 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Last Of Us

Official Site: The Last Of Us

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Mayor of Kingstown Season 2

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:15:06 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Mayor of Kingstown Season 2

Official Site: Mayor of Kingstown Season 2

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Awards Season Quick Take: The Son

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:15:37 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Son

Official Site: The Son

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Awards Season Quick Take: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:15:35 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Official Site: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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Awards Season Quick Take: Will Trent

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:15:35 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Will Trent

Official Site: Will Trent

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Awards Season Quick Take: All Creatures Great and Small

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:15:32 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

All Creatures Great and Small

Official Site: PBS

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Awards Season Quick Take: Saint Omer

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:15:41 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Saint Omer

Official Site: Saint Omer

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Awards Season Quick Take: BMF

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:15:20 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Woman King

Official Site: BMF on Hulu

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Awards Season Quick Take: Till

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:15:07 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Till

Official Site: Till

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Awards Season Quick Take: Aftersun

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:15:39 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Aftersun

Official Site: Aftersun

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Awards Season Quick Take: The Woman King

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 16:15:24 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Woman King

Official Site: The Woman King

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Awards Season Quick Take: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 16:15:59 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Official Site: Everything

Other Website: Showtime

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Awards Season Quick Take: Bones and All

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:15:44 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Bones and All

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Awards Season Quick Take: The Fabelmans

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:15:10 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Fabelmans

Official Site: Fabelmans

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Awards Season Quick Take: The Menu

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:15:06 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Menu

Website: Searchlight

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Holiday Quick Take: Kaleidoscope

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:15:10 GMT

HOLIDAY QUICK TAKE

Kaleidoscope

Website: Netflix

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Awards Season Quick Take: The Banshees of Inisherin

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 16:15:55 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

The Banshees of Inisherin

Official Site: Banshees

Other Site: HBO

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Awards Season Quick Take: Corsage

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 16:15:15 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Corsage

Official Site: Corsage

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Awards Season Quick Take: Women Talking

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:15:51 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Women Talking

Offical Site: United Artists

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Holiday Quick Take: 1923

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:15:42 GMT

HOLIDAY QUICK TAKE

1923

Website: Paramount+

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Awards Season Quick Take: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 16:15:42 GMT

AWARDS SEASON QUICK TAKE

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Website: Netflix

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Review: Babylon

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:15:31 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW

Babylon

Website: Official Site

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Top Gun: Maverick

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:15:05 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW

Top Gun: Maverick

Website: Paramount+

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Jack Ryan (Season 3)

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:15:00 GMT

SEASON 3 REVIEW

Jack Ryan

Website: Prime Video

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Kindred

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:15:53 GMT

TV SERIES PREMIERE

Kindred

Website: Hulu

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Let the Right One In (Season 1 Finale)

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:15:00 GMT

TV SEASON FINALE

Let the Right One In

Website: Showtime

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:15:10 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Website: Netflix

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: The Recruit

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:15:00 GMT

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The Recruit

Website: Netflix

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: The White Lotus (Season 2 Finale)

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:15:25 GMT

TV SEASON FINALE

The White Lotus

Website: HBO

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Lady Chatterley's Lover

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:00:29 GMT

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Website: Netflix

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: George & Tammy (Series Premiere)

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:00:38 GMT

TV SERIES PREMIERE

George & Tammy

Website: Showtime

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Mood (Season 1 Finale)

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:00:21 GMT

TV SEASON FINALE

Mood (Season 1)

Website: BBC America

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:00:10 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Website: Netflix

Music by Randy Niles.

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Review: Emancipation

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:00:05 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW

Emancipation

Website: Apple TV+

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Andor, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Willow, Magpie Murders, Slow Horses, and Leopard Skin

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:00:05 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Website: Hulu

Leopard Skin

Website: Peacock

Willow

Website: Disney+

TV SEASON FINALES

Magpie Murders

Website: PBS

Andor

Website: Disney+

TV SNEAK PEEK

Slow Horses

Website: Apple TV+

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The Crown, Rogue Heroes, The Good Fight, The Calling, Tulsa King, and The Wonder

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:00:50 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

The Wonder

Website: Netflix

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Calling

Website: Peacock

Tulsa King

Website: Paramount+

Rogue Heroes

Website: Epix

TV SERIES FINALE

The Good Fight

Website: Paramount+

TV SEASON PREMIERE

The Crown

Website: Netflix

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Interview with the Vampire, The Capture, Dangerous Liaisons, The English, The Suspect, and Mood

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:00:23 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Dangerous Liaisons

Website: Starz

Mood

Website: BBC America

The Suspect

Website: AMC+

TV SEASON PREMIERE

The Capture

Website: Peacock

TV SEASON FINALE

Interview with the Vampire

Website: AMC

TV SNEAK PEEK

The English

Website: Prime Video

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Website: Disney

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All Quiet on the Western Front, The White Lotus, The Serpent Queen, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself; Confess, Fletch; The Mosquito Coast, and Causeway

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:00:13 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

All Quiet on the Western Front

Website: Netflix

Confess, Fletch

Website: Showtime

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Causeway

Website: Apple TV+

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON PREMIERE

The White Lotus

Website: HBO

TV SEASON FINALE

The Serpent Queen

Website: Starz

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Mosquito Coast

Website: Apple TV+

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The Stranger, The Patient, The Good Nurse, Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and The Devil’s Hour

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:00:00 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

The Stranger

Website: Netflix

The Good Nurse

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON FINALES

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Website: Starz

The Patient

Website: Hulu

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Website: Netflix

The Devil’s Hour

Website: Prime Video

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The Peripheral, The School for Good and Evil, Magpie Murders, From Scratch, Raymond & Ray, and American Murderer

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:00:00 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

The School for Good and Evil

Website: Netflix

TV SERIES PREMIERE

Magpie Murders

Website: PBS

TV SNEAK PEEKS

From Scratch

Website: Netflix

The Peripheral

Website: Prime Video

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

American Murderer

Website: Apple TV

Raymond & Ray

Website: Apple TV+

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Hellraiser, A Friend of the Family, Walker: Independence, Alaska Daily, Shantaram, and Let the Right One In

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:00:00 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Hellraiser

Website: Hulu

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Alaska Daily

Website: ABC

A Friend of the Family

Website: Peacock

Walker: Independence

Website: CW

Let the Right One In

Website: Showtime

TV SNEAK PEEK

Shantaram

Website: Apple TV+

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Interview with the Vampire, Young Sheldon, So Help Me Todd, Ramy, and East New York

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:17:33 GMT

Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Young Sheldon

Website: CBS

Ramy

Website: Hulu

TV SERIES PREMIERES

So Help Me Todd

Website: CBS

East New York

Website: CBS

Interview with the Vampire

Website: AMC

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Andor, Blonde, Lou, Abbott Elementary, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, Memory, The Rookie: Feds, and Dead for a Dollar

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:00:02 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Dead for a Dollar

Website: Quiver Distribution

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Website: Apple TV+

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

Lou

Website: Netflix

Memory

Website: Prime Video

Blonde

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON PREMIERE

Abbott Elementary

Website: ABC

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Rookie: Feds

Website: ABC

Andor

Website: Disney+

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Quantum Leap, Reboot, On the Come Up, The Enforcer, Thai Cave Rescue, and Bandit

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:00:17 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Bandit

Website: Quiver Distribution

The Enforcer

Website: Screen Media

On the Come Up

Website: Paramount+

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Quantum Leap

Website: NBC

Reboot

Website: Hulu

TV SNEAK PEEK

Thai Cave Rescue

Website: Netflix

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American Gigolo, Moonfall, Last Light, The Good Fight, The Serpent Queen, and Monarch

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:00:00 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Moonfall

Website: HBO Max

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Last Light

Website: Peacock

American Gigolo

Website: Showtime

Monarch

Website: FOX

The Serpent Queen

Website: Starz

TV SEASON PREMIERE

The Good Fight

Website: Paramount+

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Our Reaction to the 74th Annual Emmy Awards

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:00:05 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

74th Annual Emmy Awards

Website: Emmys

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, House of the Dragon, Elvis, The Resort, and Resident Alien

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:22:22 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Elvis

Website: HBO Max

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Website: Prime Video

RAPID FIRE

Resident Alien

Website: Syfy

The Resort

Website: Peacock

House of the Dragon

Website: HBO

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Samaritan, Mike, The Patient, and Everything I Know About Love

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:57 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Samaritan

Website: Prime Video

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Everything I Know About Love

Website: Peacock

Mike

Website: Hulu

The Patient

Website: Hulu

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House of the Dragon, She-Hulk, Orphan: First Kill, The Undeclared War, Partner Track, and Mo

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:00:33 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Orphan: First Kill

Website: Paramount+

TV SNEAK PEEK

Partner Track

Website: Netflix

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Undeclared War

Website: Peacock

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Website: Disney+

Website: Netflix

House of the Dragon

Website: HBO

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Evil, Day Shift, Resident Alien, Echoes, Bad Sisters, Raising Kanan, This Fool, Leonardo

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:00:37 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

QUICK MENTIONS

Echoes

Website: Netflix

Bad Sisters

Website: Apple TV+

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Day Shift

Website: Netflix

TV SERIES PREMIERES

This Fool

Website: Hulu

Leonardo

Website: CW

TV SEASON PREMIERE

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Website: Starz

TV SEASON RETURN

Resident Alien

Website: Syfy

TV SEASON FINALE

Evil

Website: Paramount+

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The Sandman, Prey, A League of Their Own, Thirteen Lives, Fall, Five Days at Memorial

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:05:58 GMT

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Music by Randy Niles.

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

Prey

Website: Hulu

Thirteen Lives

Website: Prime Video

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Fall

Website: Lionsgate

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The Sandman

Website: Netflix

TV SNEAK PEEKS

A League of Their Own

Website: Prime Video

Five Days at Memorial

Website: Apple TV+

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The Resort and the Good, Bad & Ugly From This Year’s Emmys Nominations

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:38:43 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The Resort

Website: Peacock

74TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Website: Emmys

Music by Randy Niles.

Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/whywatchthat

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The Gray Man, The Old Man, Uncoupled, Surface, Keep Breathing, and Rap Sh!t

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:23:45 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

The Gray Man

Website: Netflix

TV SERIES PREMIERE

Rap Sh!t

Website: HBO Max

TV SEASON FINALE

The Old Man

Website: FX

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Keep Breathing

Website: Netflix

Uncoupled

Website: Netflix

Surface

Website: Apple TV+

Music by Randy Niles.

The Gray Man trailer is courtesy of Netflix.

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Resident Evil, Persuasion, Trigger Point, and Transplant

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 01:54:50 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Persuasion

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON FINALE

Transplant

Website: NBC

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Trigger Point

Website: Peacock

Resident Evil

Website: Netflix

Music by Randy Niles.

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Stranger Things, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Black Bird

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 01:58:29 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON RETURN

Stranger Things

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON FINALE

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Website: Showtime

TV SNEAK PEEK

Black Bird

Website: Apple TV+

Music by Randy Niles.

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Downton Abbey: A New Era, The Terminal List, The Bear, and The Split

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:56:30 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Website: Peacock

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The Bear

Website: Hulu

TV SEASON PREMIERE

The Split

Website: BBC America

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Terminal List

Website: Prime Video

Music by Randy Niles.

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Movie & TV Talk: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Spiderhead, The Old Man, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, and More!

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:03:54 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

Father of the Bride

Website: HBO Max

Jerry and Marge Go Large

Website: Paramount+

Spiderhead

Website: Netflix

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Website: Disney+

TV SERIES PREMIERES

You Don’t Know Me

Website: Netflix

The Old Man

Website: FX

TV SEASON FINALE

I Love That for You

Website: Showtime

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area

Website: Netflix

Chloe

Website: Prime Video

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Movie & TV Talk: The Staircase, The Northman, Gaslit, and More!

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:08:18 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

Hustle

Website: Netflix

The Northman

Website: Peacock

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Dark Winds

Website: AMC

Becoming Elizabeth

Website: Starz

TV SEASON PREMIERE

Evil

Website: Paramount+

TV FINALES

Gaslit

Website: Starz

The Staircase

Website: HBO Max

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The TV Agenda: Stranger Things, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Peaky Blinders, and Lots More!

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 02:55:52 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON FINALE

Young Sheldon

Website: CBS

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Angelyne

Website: Peacock

Irma Vep

Website: HBO

Ms. Marvel

Website: Disney+

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Website: Disney+

TV SEASON PREMIERES

P-Valley

Website: Starz

Stranger Things

Website: Netflix

TV SNEAK PEEKS

For All Mankind

Website: Apple TV+

Peaky Blinders

Website: Netflix

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A Movie & Some Shows: Operation Mincemeat, Hacks, Conversations With Friends, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Night Sky, and Now and Then

Fri, 20 May 2022 02:15:07 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Operation Mincemeat

Website: Netflix

SERIES PREMIERES

Conversations With Friends

Website: Hulu

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Website: HBO

SEASON PREMIERE

Hacks

Website: HBO Max

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Now and Then

Website: Apple TV+

Night Sky

Website: Prime Video

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A Mega TV Talk: Under the Banner of Heaven, The Staircase, The Offer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Outlander, The Essex Serpent, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Even More!

Fri, 13 May 2022 01:43:14 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES FINALE

Better Things

Website: FX

TV SEASON FINALE

Outlander

Website: Starz

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Offer

Website: Paramount+

Under the Banner of Heaven

Website: Hulu

I Love That for You

Website: Showtime

Ten Percent

Website: BBC America

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Website: Paramount+

The Staircase

Website: HBO Max

TV SEASON PREMIERE

Tehran

Website: Apple TV+

TV SNEAK PEEKS

The Essex Serpent

Website: Apple TV+

The Lincoln Lawyer

Website: Netflix

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TV Talk: Ozark, The Flight Attendant, and More!

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:36:22 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Gaslit

Website: Starz

We Own This City

Website: HBO

TV SEASON PREMIERE

The Flight Attendant

Website: HBO Max

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Shining Girls

Listen to our SXSW review here!

Website: Apple TV+

Ozark

Website: Netflix

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TV and a Movie: The Batman, My Brilliant Friend, A Very British Scandal, and More!

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:23:05 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

The Batman

Website: Warner Bros.

TV SERIES PREMIERE

The First Lady

Website: Showtime

TV SEASON FINALE

My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Website: HBO

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Heartstopper

Website: Netflix

A Very British Scandal

Website: Prime Video

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Movie & TV Talk: Moon Knight, Winning Time, The Adam Project, and Much More!

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:49:51 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

The Adam Project

Website: Netflix

All the Old Knives

Website: Prime Video

A QUICK GOODBYE FROM THE CRITIC

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Website: HBO

Atlanta

Website: FX

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Moon Knight

Website: Disney+

The Informant

Website: HBO Max

Love Me

Website: Hulu

Tokyo Vice

Website: HBO Max

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Anatomy of a Scandal

Website: Netflix

Roar

Website: Apple TV+

Outer Range

Website: Prime Video

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TV Talk: The Gilded Age, Atlanta, Top Boy, Julia, and Slow Horses

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 03:10:47 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Top Boy

Website: Netflix

Atlanta

Website: FX

TV SEASON FINALE

The Gilded Age

Website: HBO

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Julia

Website: HBO Max

Slow Horses

Website: Apple TV+

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Is It an Afterparty? Part 2 of 2: Our Reaction to Oscars 2022

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:59:12 GMT

Aired on Sunday, March 27, 2022 on ABC

To listen to Part 1 of this two-part episode, click here!

Website: Oscars

Here Are the Categories We Discussed Across Both Parts:

International Feature Film

*WINNER* DRIVE MY CAR

Japan

FLEE

Denmark

THE HAND OF GOD

Italy

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

Bhutan

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Norway

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

*WINNER* CODA

Screenplay by Siân Heder

DRIVE MY CAR

Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

DUNE

Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

THE LOST DAUGHTER

Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Written by Jane Campion

Writing (Original Screenplay)

*WINNER* BELFAST

Written by Kenneth Branagh

DON'T LOOK UP

Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

KING RICHARD

Written by Zach Baylin

LICORICE PIZZA

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Directing

BELFAST

Kenneth Branagh

DRIVE MY CAR

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

LICORICE PIZZA

Paul Thomas Anderson

*WINNER* THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER

*WINNER* Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY

Judi Dench in BELFAST

Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Aunjanue Ellis in KING RICHARD

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST

*WINNER* Troy Kotsur in CODA

Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG

J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS

Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Actress in a Leading Role

*WINNER* Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER

Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS

Nicole Kidman in BEING THE RICARDOS

Kristen Stewart in SPENCER

Best Picture

BELFAST

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

*WINNER* CODA

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

DON'T LOOK UP

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

DRIVE MY CAR

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

DUNE

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

KING RICHARD

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

LICORICE PIZZA

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS

Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK...BOOM!

*WINNER* Will Smith in KING RICHARD

Denzel Washington in THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

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Is It an Afterparty? Part 1 of 2: Our Reaction to Oscars 2022

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:56:06 GMT

Aired on Sunday, March 27, 2022 on ABC

To listen to Part 2 of this two-part episode, click here!

Website: Oscars

Here Are the Categories We Discussed Across Both Parts:

International Feature Film

*WINNER* DRIVE MY CAR

Japan

FLEE

Denmark

THE HAND OF GOD

Italy

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

Bhutan

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Norway

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

*WINNER* CODA

Screenplay by Siân Heder

DRIVE MY CAR

Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

DUNE

Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

THE LOST DAUGHTER

Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Written by Jane Campion

Writing (Original Screenplay)

*WINNER* BELFAST

Written by Kenneth Branagh

DON'T LOOK UP

Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

KING RICHARD

Written by Zach Baylin

LICORICE PIZZA

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Directing

BELFAST

Kenneth Branagh

DRIVE MY CAR

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

LICORICE PIZZA

Paul Thomas Anderson

*WINNER* THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER

*WINNER* Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY

Judi Dench in BELFAST

Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Aunjanue Ellis in KING RICHARD

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST

*WINNER* Troy Kotsur in CODA

Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG

J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS

Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Actress in a Leading Role

*WINNER* Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER

Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS

Nicole Kidman in BEING THE RICARDOS

Kristen Stewart in SPENCER

Best Picture

BELFAST

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

*WINNER* CODA

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

DON'T LOOK UP

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

DRIVE MY CAR

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

DUNE

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

KING RICHARD

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

LICORICE PIZZA

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS

Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK...BOOM!

*WINNER* Will Smith in KING RICHARD

Denzel Washington in THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

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Goodbye to SXSW 2022 & More: Part 2 of 2: Bridgerton, Halo, Pachinko, Shining Girls & Our Oscars Preview

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:53:47 GMT

To listen to Part 1 of this two-part episode, click here!

On this episode of Why Watch That:

OUR PREVIEW OF THE 94TH ACADEMY AWARDS

Will air Sunday, March 27 on ABC

Website: Oscars

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Goodbye to SXSW 2022 & More: Part 1 of 2: Bridgerton, Halo, Pachinko, Shining Girls & Our Oscars Preview

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:50:27 GMT

To listen to Part 2 of this two-part episode, click here!

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Pachinko

Website: Apple TV+

Bridgerton

Website: Netflix

PART 3 OF OUR SXSW 2022 COVERAGE

Shining Girls

SXSW Webpage

Website: Apple TV+

Halo

SXSW Webpage

Website: Paramount+

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SXSW 2022 Part 2: The Man Who Fell to Earth, 61st Street, and Swimming With Sharks

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:29:40 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

PART 2 OF OUR SXSW 2022 COVERAGE

Swimming With Sharks

SXSW Webpage

61st Street

SXSW Webpage

The Man Who Fell to Earth

SXSW Webpage

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SXSW 2022 Part 1: DMZ, The Girl From Plainville, I Love My Dad, To Leslie, and Linoleum

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:04:48 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

PART 1 OF OUR SXSW 2022 COVERAGE

To Leslie

SXSW Webpage

Linoleum

SXSW Webpage

I Love My Dad

SXSW Webpage

The Girl From Plainville

SXSW Webpage

DMZ

SXSW Webpage

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Movie & TV Talk: WeCrashed and West Side Story

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:19:00 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

West Side Story

Websites: Disney+ and HBO Max

TV SNEAK PEEK

WeCrashed

Website: Apple TV+

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Talk Part 2 of 2: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, 1883, Killing Eve, Outlander, and More!

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 01:35:12 GMT

To listen to Part 1 of this two-part episode, click here!

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Killing Eve

Website: BBC America

Better Things

Website: FX

My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Website: HBO

Outlander

Website: Starz

Transplant

Website: NBC

Cobra

Website: PBS

TV SEASON FINALE

1883

Website: Paramount+

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Website: Apple TV+

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Talk Part 1 of 2: SXSW Intro, The Dropout, The Endgame, and More!

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 01:33:16 GMT

To listen to Part 2 of this two-part episode, click here!

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SXSW 2022

Dates: March 11-20

Website: SXSW

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Endgame

Website: NBC

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Website: Showtime

The Dropout

Website: Hulu

Joe vs Carole

Website: Peacock

The Tourist

Website: HBO Max

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Website: HBO

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A Special Announcement

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:59:56 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

A special announcement from the Critic and the Referee

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First Looks & Sneak Peeks: The King’s Man, KIMI, Pieces of Her, and Against the Ice

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:57:29 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

KIMI

Website: HBO Max

The King’s Man

Websites: Hulu and HBO Max

TV SNEAK PEEK

Pieces of Her

Website: Netflix

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Against the Ice

Website: Netflix

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TV Talk: The Book of Boba Fett, Vikings: Valhalla, Bel-Air, From, and The Girl Before

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:13:00 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Girl Before

Website: HBO Max

Bel-Air

Website: Peacock

From

Website: Epix

TV SEASON FINALE

The Book of Boba Fett

Website: Disney+

TV SNEAK PEEK

Vikings: Valhalla

Website: Netflix

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Movie & TV Talk: Marry Me, The Worst Person in the World, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Severance, and A Taste of Hunger

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:00:18 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

A Taste of Hunger

Website: Magnolia Pictures

The Worst Person in the World

Website: Neon

Marry Me

Website: Peacock

TV SNEAK PEEKS

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Website: Prime Video

Severance

Website: Apple TV+

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TV Talk: Pam & Tommy, The Gilded Age, Raised by Wolves, Murderville, This Is Us, and Much More!

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:41:58 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Murderville

Website: Netflix

The Envoys

Website: Paramount+

Somebody Somewhere

Website: HBO

Pam & Tommy

Website: Hulu

Promised Land

Website: ABC

Power Book IV: Force

Website: Starz

The Gilded Age

Website: HBO

TV SEASON PREMIERES

This Is Us

Website: NBC

All Creatures Great and Small

Website: PBS

Resident Alien

Website: Syfy

Raised by Wolves

Website: HBO Max

TV SNEAK PEEK

Inventing Anna

Website: Netflix

TV SERIES FINALE

Gomorrah

Website: HBO Max

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Our Take on Sundance Film Festival 2022: Part 2

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:59:10 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Sharp Stick

Website: Sundance

Resurrection

Website: Sundance

Nanny

Website: Sundance

Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul

Website: Sundance

God’s Country

Website: Sundance

Alice

Website: Sundance

Cha Cha Real Smooth

Website: Sundance

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

Website: Sundance

AM I OK?

Website: Sundance

Emily the Criminal

Website: Sundance

Palm Trees and Power Lines

Website: Sundance

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Our Take on Sundance Film Festival 2022: Part 1

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 03:05:01 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Bring on the Dancing Horses

Website: Sundance

When You Finish Saving the World

Website: Sundance

FRESH

Website: Sundance

Emergency

Website: Sundance

After Yang

Website: Sundance

Living

Website: Sundance

Call Jane

Website: Sundance

892

Website: Sundance

Master

Website: Sundance

Watcher

Website: Sundance

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Website: Sundance

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Welcome to Sundance 2022 + TV Sneak Peeks: Ozark & As We See It

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:30:51 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

2022 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Website: Sundance Film Festival

TV SNEAK PEEKS

As We See It

Website: Prime Video

Ozark

Website: Netflix

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TV Talk: The Book of Boba Fett, Dexter: New Blood, Mayor of Kingstown, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Insecure, and More

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:52:15 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The Cleaning Lady

Website: FOX

Vigil

Website: Peacock

Women of the Movement

Website: ABC

The Book of Boba Fett

Website: Disney+

TV SEASON FINALES

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Website: HBO

Dexter: New Blood

Website: Showtime

Mayor of Kingstown

Website: Paramount+

TV SERIES FINALE

Insecure

Website: HBO

TV SNEAK PEEK

Archive 81

Website: Netflix

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Movie & TV Talk Bonanza: The Matrix Resurrections, Station Eleven, Star Trek: Discovery, 1883, The Tragedy of Macbeth & More!

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:49:54 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

1883

Website: Paramount+

Station Eleven

Website: HBO Max

A GOODBYE

Star Trek: Discovery

Website: Paramount+

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Website: Apple TV+

Jockey

Munich: The Edge of War

Website: Netflix

A Hero

Website: Prime Video

The Duke

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

The Matrix Resurrections

Website: HBO Max

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TV Talk: Emily in Paris, And Just Like That..., Succession, Abbott Elementary, and Landscapers

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:14:05 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Landscapers

Website: HBO

Abbott Elementary

Website: ABC

And Just Like That...

Website: HBO Max

TV SEASON FINALE

Succession

Website: HBO

TV SNEAK PEEK

Emily in Paris

Website: Netflix

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Movie Sneak Peeks: Nightmare Alley, The Tender Bar, Swan Song, Cyrano, and The Novice

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:37:52 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Swan Song

Website: Apple TV+

Nightmare Alley

Website: Searchlight Pictures

The Novice

Website: IFC Films

The Tender Bar

Website: Prime Video

Cyrano

Website: United Artists Releasing

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Movie Talk: Being the Ricardos, Bruised, and Benedetta

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:30:53 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOKS

Bruised

Website: Netflix

Benedetta

Website: IFC Films

SNEAK PEEK

Being the Ricardos

Website: Prime Video

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TV Talk: Lost in Space, The Wheel of Time, Star Trek: Discovery, BMF, and More!

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:23:16 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERES

The Wheel of Time

Website: Prime Video

The Sex Lives of College Girls

Website: HBO Max

SEASON PREMIERES

The Hot Zone: Anthrax

Website: Nat Geo

Star Trek: Discovery

Website: Paramount+

SEASON FINALES

Dopesick

Website: Hulu

BMF

Website: Starz

TV SNEAK PEEK

Lost in Space

Website: Netflix

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First Look: King Richard

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:37:53 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOK

King Richard

Website: HBO Max

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Movie & TV Talk: True Story, The Harder They Fall, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:31:47 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEK

True Story

Website: Netflix

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

The Harder They Fall

Website: Netflix

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Website: Disney+

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TV Talk: Cowboy Bebop, Dexter: New Blood, Mayor of Kingstown, and Condor

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:29:08 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SEASON PREMIERE

Condor

Website: Epix

SERIES PREMIERE

Mayor of Kingstown

Website: Paramount+

REVIVAL

Dexter: New Blood

Website: Showtime

SNEAK PEEK

Cowboy Bebop

Website: Netflix

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TV Talk: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Queens, Baptiste, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Narcos: Mexico, and More!

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:00:00 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERES

Wakefield

Website: Showtime

Queens

Website: ABC

SEASON PREMIERES

Insecure

Website: HBO

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Website: HBO

SEASON FINALE

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Website: Hulu

SNEAK PEEKS

Narcos: Mexico

Website: Netflix

Dr. Brain

Website: Apple TV+

SNEAK PEEK AT AN UPCOMING SERIES FINALE

Baptiste

Website: PBS

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Movie Talk: Finch and Army of Thieves

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:49:21 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOK

Army of Thieves

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: In this prequel to Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, small-town bank teller Dieter gets drawn into the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious woman recruits him to join a crew of Interpol’s most wanted criminals, attempting to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes across Europe.

Release Date: Available on Netflix October 29, 2021

Directed by: Matthias Schweighöfer

Screenplay by: Shay Hatten

Story by: Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten

Starring: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Guz Khan, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen, and Peter Simonischek

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes

Rated TV-MA

SNEAK PEEK

Finch

Website: Apple TV+

Synopsis: In “Finch,” a man, a robot and a dog form an unlikely family in a powerful and moving adventure of one man’s quest to ensure that his beloved canine companion will be cared for after he’s gone. Tom Hanks stars as Finch, a robotics engineer and one of the few survivors of a cataclysmic solar event that has left the world a wasteland. But Finch, who has been living in an underground bunker for a decade, has built a world of his own that he shares with his dog, Goodyear. He creates a robot, played by Caleb Landry Jones, to watch over Goodyear when he no longer can. As the trio embarks on a perilous journey into a desolate American West, Finch strives to show his creation, who names himself Jeff, the joy and wonder of what it means to be alive. Their road trip is paved with both challenges and humor, as it’s as difficult for Finch to goad Jeff and Goodyear to get along as it is for him to manage the dangers of the new world.

Release Date: Available on Apple TV+ November 5, 2021

Directed by: Miguel Sapochnik

Screenplay by: Craig Luck and Ivor Powell

Starring: Tom Hanks and Caleb Landry Jones

Distributor: Apple TV+

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi

Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

Rated PG-13

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Movie Talk: Dune and Passing

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:57:11 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOK

Dune

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Release Date: Available on HBO Max for 31 days and in theaters starting Thursday, October 21, 2021

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve

Screenplay by: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth

Based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Running Time: 2 hours 35 minutes

Rated PG-13

SNEAK PEEK

Passing

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: Adapted from the celebrated 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, PASSING tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York. After a chance encounter reunites the former childhood friends one summer afternoon, Irene reluctantly allows Clare into her home, where she ingratiates herself to Irene’s husband (André Holland) and family, and soon her larger social circle as well. As their lives become more deeply intertwined, Irene finds her once-steady existence upended by Clare, and PASSING becomes a riveting examination of obsession, repression and the lies people tell themselves and others to protect their carefully constructed realities.

Acclaimed upon its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, PASSING marks the directorial debut of Rebecca Hall, who also adapted the screenplay. The film intimately uses the notion of “passing” to explore not just racial identity but also gender and the responsibilities of motherhood, sexuality, and the performance of femininity.

Release Date: In select theaters on October 27, 2021 and available via Netflix on November 10, 2021

Directed by: Rebecca Hall

Screenplay by: Rebecca Hall

Based on the novel “Passing” by Nella Larsen

Starring: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and Alexander Skarsgård

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 38 minutes

Rated PG-13

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TV Talk: Squid Game, Ted Lasso, Succession, Dopesick, Invasion, and More!

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:00:11 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Dopesick

Website: Hulu

Squid Game

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Young Sheldon

Website: CBS

The Equalizer

Website: CBS

Succession

Website: HBO

TV SEASON FINALES

Evil

Website: Paramount+

Ted Lasso

Website: Apple TV+

TV SNEAK PEEK

Invasion

Website: Apple TV+

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Movie Talk: The Many Saints of Newark and Hard Luck Love Song

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:41:20 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOK

The Many Saints of Newark

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: Witness the making of Tony Soprano. Set in 1967, The Many Saints of Newark reveals the humanity behind Tony’s struggles and the influence his family — especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti — had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.

Release Date: Available via HBO Max for 31 days and in theaters October 1, 2021

Directed by: Alan Taylor

Screenplay by: David Chase and Lawrence Konner

Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, Ray Liotta, and Vera Farmiga

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Crime, Drama

Running Time: 2 hours

Rated R

SNEAK PEEK

Hard Luck Love Song

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: A crime thriller wrapped inside a haunting love story wrapped inside a neo-noir western,' HARD LUCK LOVE SONG follows Jesse (Michael Dorman), a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour hustling pool in dive bars, living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions. Jesse finds himself at an existential crossroads during a chance encounter with Carla (Bush), an old flame, as their complicated past and current troubles threaten to destroy their blissful reunion. HARD LUCK LOVE SONG captures a fractured optimism where characters navigate the choppy waters of life, searching for their 'own kind of American Dream.'

Release Date: In theaters October 15, 2021

Directed by: Justin Corsbie

Screenplay by: Justin Corsbie

Based on the song “Just Like Old Times” by Todd Snider

Starring: Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, Dermot Mulroney, RZA, Brian Sacca, Eric Roberts, Melora Walters, Max Arciniega, Randal Reeder, Taylor Gray, Geri Courtney-Austein, Toni Robison-May, and Zac Badasci

Distributor: Roadside Attractions

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes

Rated R

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Movie & TV Talk: BMF, The Wonder Years, Our Kind of People, Mass, and Acapulco

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:18:04 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Our Kind of People

Website: FOX

The Wonder Years

Website: ABC

BMF

Website: Starz

TV SNEAK PEEK

Acapulco

Website: Apple TV+

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Mass

Website: Bleecker Street

Synopsis: Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents (Reed Birney and Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton), agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz' writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.

Release Date: In theaters October 8, 2021

Directed by: Fran Kranz

Screenplay by: Fran Kranz

Starring: Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton

Distributor: Bleecker Street

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes

Rated PG-13

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Catch-Up Part 2: Nine Perfect Strangers, The White Lotus, Reservation Dogs, Fantasy Island, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and More!

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:15:37 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON FINALES

Reservation Dogs

Website: Hulu

Fantasy Island

Website: FOX

Nine Perfect Strangers

Website: Hulu

Grown-ish

Website: Freeform

The White Lotus

Website: HBO

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Website: Starz

The Good Fight

Website: Paramount+

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Movie Talk: Worth, Old Henry, The Immortal, and Come From Away

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:30:15 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEK

Old Henry

Website: Shout Factory

Synopsis: Old Henry is an action-Western about a widowed farmer and his son who warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide whom to trust. Defending against a siege of his homestead, he reveals a talent for gunslinging that surprises everyone, calling his true identity into question.

Release Date: In theaters October 1, 2021

Directed by: Potsy Ponciroli

Screenplay by: Potsy Ponciroli

Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins, and Stephen Dorff

Distributor: Shout! Factory

Genre: Western

Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes

Not Rated

FIRST LOOKS

Come From Away

Website: Apple TV+

Synopsis: Filmed live on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical tells the remarkable true story of 38 flights grounded in a small Canadian town on September 11, 2001. As the locals host these “come from aways,” they come together and find hope.

Release Date: September 10, 2021 via Apple TV+

Directed by: Christopher Ashley

Written by: Irene Sankoff and David Hein

Starring: Petrina Bromley, Jenn Colella, De'Lon Grant, Joel Hatch, Tony LePage, Caesar Samayoa, Q. Smith, Astrid Van Wieren, Emily Walton, Jim Walton, Sharon Wheatley, and Paul Whitty

Distributor: Apple TV+

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes

Rated TV-14

Worth

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, a lawyer faces an emotional reckoning as he attempts to put a dollar value on the lives lost. Based on real events.

Release Date: September 3, 2021

Directed by: Sara Colangelo

Screenplay by: Max Borenstein

Based on “What Is Life Worth?” by Kenneth Feinberg

Starring: Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, Laura Benanti, Marc Maron, and Chris Tardio

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Drama, History

Running Time: 1 hour 58 minutes

Rated PG-13

The Immortal (L’Immortale)

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: Set in Latvia, this Gomorrah spin-off finds the notorious, indestructible Naples mob assassin Ciro Di Marzio far from home yet navigating an all too familiar world, where immortality is just another form of damnation.

Release Date: Available via HBO Max on July 29, 2021

Directed by: Marco D’Amore

Screenplay by: Leonardo Fasoli, Maddalena Ravagli, Marco D’Amore, Francesco Ghiaccio, and Giulia Forgione

Story by: Leonardo Fasoli, Maddalena Ravagli, Marco D’Amore, and Francesco Ghiaccio

Starring: Marco D’Amore, Giuseppe Aiello, Salvatore D’Onofrio, Gianni Vastarella, Marianna Robustelli, Martina Attanasio, Gennaro Di Colandrea, Nello Mascia, Aleksei Guskov, Nunzio Coppola, and Salvio Simeoli

Distributor: HBO Max

Genre: Crime, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes

Rated TV-MA

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Catch-Up Part 1: See, Foundation, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Scenes from a Marriage, and American Rust

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:10:11 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

American Rust

Website: Showtime

Scenes from a Marriage

Website: HBO

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Website: Hulu

See

Website: Apple TV+

TV SNEAK PEEK

Foundation

Website: Apple TV+

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Goodbye, TIFF 2021!

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:18:24 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Featuring reviews of the following films at 2021’s Toronto International Film Festival:

Sundown

Tim Roth stars in writer-director Michel Franco’s chilling drama about a wealthy Briton attempting to abandon his life while vacationing in Acapulco.

From the outside, it would appear that Neil Bennett (Tim Roth, also at the Festival with Bergman Island), a wealthy Briton vacationing with loved ones at a luxury resort in Acapulco, wants for nothing. Until, that is, a single phone call shatters Neil’s idyll: there’s been a death in the family, and he, his sister Allison (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and the kids must return to London immediately.

At the airport, just before their flight is to depart, Neil pretends to have forgotten his passport at the resort. He insists the others go ahead; he’ll catch the next flight. Instead, Neil checks into a budget hotel, drinks beer at the beach, meets a beautiful local named Berenice (Iazua Larios), and begins concocting reasons to delay his return home. What is Neil up to? How long can he linger abroad while his family grieves and contends with legal matters? And what if things go from bad to worse?

The story of writer-director Michel Franco’s Sundown seems simple, but its twists are riveting and its mysteries rich. As with Franco’s Un Certain Regard–winning After Lucia or his TIFF selections April’s Daughter and New Order, Sundown is an incisive study of class disparity and familial strife. Roth, who worked with Franco previously on Chronic, is brilliantly cast as the film’s enigmatic antihero. His performance is one of immense containment, hinting incrementally at the profound ennui driving Neil to attempt to abandon his enviable life. There is something almost palpably haunted about Neil, and, as he makes his way along this strange journey, his desperate longing will resonate more than you’d expect. -DIANA SANCHEZ

Mexico, 2021

Spanish, English

84 minutes

Director

Michel Franco

Cast

Tim Roth, Iazua Larios, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Screenplay

Michel Franco

7 Prisoners (on Netflix this November)

Alexandre Moratto’s sophomore film follows a young man who compromises his own sense of friendship and community to survive in an extreme situation.

After the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival selection Socrates, director Alexandre Moratto and producer Fernando Meirelles return to TIFF with a compelling tale of modern-day indentured slavery in Brazil.

7 Prisoners follows a group of honest men from the countryside who think they are going to São Paulo for work but end up locked in a junkyard, where they are told they must work to pay off steep debts. The place functions like a prison; they are surveilled at gunpoint and their loved ones are threatened. One of the men, Mateus, tries to make a deal with the owner, Luca, saying he can increase productivity if Luca agrees to release them in six months. But it’s a slippery slope, and Mateus becomes the boss’s assistant in order to get ahead.

The heartbreaking story reflects on systemic oppression and corruption, and on how a person can compromise their own sense of friendship and community to survive in an extreme situation. It also depicts the smuggling and cruel exploitation of migrant workers. There are no winners here, as we discover that dire circumstances can make people alternately endearing and naive, or capable of physical and psychological violence. With a thriller touch and stellar performances by Rodrigo Santoro and Christian Malheiros, the film transcends the facile binary of good versus bad to create a sense of urgency about some of the world’s most blatant injustices. -DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF TIFF

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA

Brazil, 2021

Portuguese

93 minutes

Director

Alexandre Moratto

Cast

Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruno Rocha, Vitor Julian, Lucas Oranmian, Cecília Homem de Mello, Dirce Thomaz

Screenplay

Thayná Mantesso, Alexandre Moratto

Publicist

Netflix

I’m Your Man (Bleecker Street will release on Friday, September 24)

Maria Schrader’s unlikely sci-fi rom-com explores human relationships through the inquisitive eyes of a cyborg. Starring Dan Stevens and Maren Eggert.

How would you react if the perfect partner were created for you — designed to respond to your every conscious or unconscious need? For scientist Alma Felser (Maren Eggert), the reaction is instant skepticism. She is reluctant when offered a job evaluating a new line of humanoid cyborgs to determine what rights they should be granted in society. She believes it takes more than millions of data points collected from the human population to make a human being. But when research funding for her cuneiform studies at Berlin’s Pergamon Museum is dangled, Alma agrees to a three-week trial with Tom (Dan Stevens), an English-accented, rumba-dancing robot who is relentlessly eager to serve one purpose: her happiness.

Writer-director Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man playfully interrogates the complexities of companionship and human interactions, as reflected back in the steely gaze of a replicant. Emotions and ego are explored through a full range of relationships: romantic, familial, professional, and, most importantly, the relationship with one’s self.

Schrader’s profound understanding of, and respect for, our internal contradictions is manifested in the relatable Alma. Conveyed with remarkable authenticity by Eggert in her Berlin Silver Bear–winning performance, the scientist’s reluctant feelings about cyborg Tom evolve ever so lightly into intimacy, in spite of his direct if perfectly charming advances (powered by the bionically good-looking Stevens of Downton Abbey fame — impressive in an entirely German-language role). It must be said: there aren’t many entrants in the sci-fi rom-com subgenre that wholly reflect the human condition. I’m Your Man stands apart as exemplary. -DIANA SANCHEZ

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Germany, 2021

German

108 minutes

Director

Maria Schrader

Cast

Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Wolfgang Hübsch, Annika Meier

Screenplay

Jan Schomburg, Maria Schrader

Publicist

Bleecker Street

The Good House

Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline play ex-flames who rekindle their romance, in this drama from directors Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky.

“I need a good year.” When Hildy (Sigourney Weaver) makes that pronouncement, she’s talking about her sales prospects as a realtor. But there’s also an unspoken acknowledgement that her best years just might be behind her. Bold, brash, and practiced in the ways of her affluent New England town, Hildy’s barely controlled chaos is a bit too familiar to her friends and family. So is its fuel: booze.

Veteran screenwriters Maya Forbes (who also directed Infinitely Polar Bear) and Wallace Wolodarsky adapt and direct Ann Leary’s novel as a piercing observation of a woman capable of great charm, but always ready to sabotage her own success when the mood descends. Seeing the risk escalate, her family stages an intervention. It goes about as well as expected.

Weaver is a pure pleasure to watch here, perfectly pitching Hildy’s captivating side as well as her more vicious moments. A woman who proudly notes that her family has lived in Wendover for almost 300 years, she carries herself with regal bearing, ready to adopt new arrival Rebecca (Morena Baccarin) as a prize. But Hildy’s mass of hurts and insecurities are never far from the surface. The only person who seems to see her fully is Frank (Kevin Kline, also appearing in TIFF selection The Starling), a grizzled old flame who earned his wealth with his own hands and may now be ready to take Hildy into his arms again. Wisely, Forbes and Wolodarsky allow us to bask in the bright glow of these two old pros at work. -DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF TIFF

GALA PRESENTATIONS

United States of America, 2021

English

114 minutes

Directors

Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin

Screenplay

Thomas Bezucha, Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky

Silent Night (in theaters and on AMC+ December 3, 2021)

Keira Knightley and Lily-Rose Depp star in Camille Griffin’s feature directorial debut, about a family’s eventful Christmas dinner in the country.

A cozy house in the English countryside. The tree has been lovingly decorated. A grand feast is being prepared. Over the sound system, Michael Bublé croons about holiday sweaters. Nell (Oscar nominee Keira Knightley), Simon (Matthew Goode), and their boy Art (Roman Griffin Davis, star of TIFF ’19 Grolsch People’s Choice Award winner Jojo Rabbit) are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

A pitch-black comedy rooted in brilliantly conceived characters and wry observations about class and social order, writer-director Camille Griffin’s feature debut merges that most wonderful night of the year with the end of the world as we know it. A poisonous cloud is descending upon the United Kingdom. An extinction event is imminent. YouTube videos display images of people bleeding from the eyes and ears. And yet, even in this hour of ultimate dread, happy announcements are made, disagreements erupt, people dance, and ordinary foibles ensue.

Echoing elements of Last Night and Peter’s Friends, Silent Night fuses festive frivolity with existential angst for high entertainment. Gleaning lovingly textured, frequently hilarious performances from its stellar ensemble cast — which also includes Annabelle Wallis, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Lily-Rose Depp (also at the Festival in Wolf) — Silent Night gives us reasons to toast the human spirit… even when the end is nigh. -DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF TIFF

GALA PRESENTATIONS

United Kingdom, 2021

English

90 minutes

Director

Camille Griffin

Cast

Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch

Screenplay

Camille Griffin

One Second (will be distributed by Neon at some point)

Master director Zhang Yimou returns with his love letter to cinema in which a man escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his beloved daughter.

China’s Zhang Yimou is a giant of international cinema. His many films, including Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers, and Shadow have cemented his place in history. With One Second, he offers a powerful reminder of why film matters. A touching drama set against striking desert landscapes and marked by Zhang’s characteristic flashes of humour, this is a fable about how cinema can inspire us.

Towards the end of the Cultural Revolution, when movies were one of the few cultural experiences available to China’s masses, the film’s nameless hero (Zhang Yi) is sent to a remote labour camp for taking part in a fight. He escapes, but instead of returning to crime, his one aim is to see a screening of a newsreel where his daughter has been captured briefly on screen, immortalized as a model student and worker.

In this journey towards a fleeting, cinematic reunion with his beloved daughter, his unexpected companions include a scruffy orphan girl named Liu (Liu Haocun) — pursuing her own secret search for celluloid — and Fan (Fan Wei), who goes by Mr. Movie and is widely known as the best projectionist around. In one standout sequence, a reel of film has been damaged in the mud and Fan recruits an entire village to clean the long, precious spool and restore it to its former glory.

One Second marks Zhang’s return to the classic, grand storytelling of his early films. He draws on the specific customs of moviegoing from China in the 1970s to craft an enduring, universal celebration of the transformative power of film. -DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF TIFF

GALA PRESENTATIONS

China, 2020

Mandarin

105 minutes

Director

Zhang Yimou

Cast

Fan Wei, Liu Haocun, Zhang Yi

Screenplay

Zhang Yimou, Zou Jingzhi

Publicist

NEON

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Reviews: The Morning Show, Blue Bayou, and Best Sellers

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:34:11 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Morning Show

Website: Apple TV+

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Best Sellers

Website: Screen Media

Synopsis: Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father's publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-addled author who originally put the company on the map decades earlier. In a last-ditch effort to save the company, Lucy and Harris release his new book and embark on a book tour from hell that changes them both in ways they didn't expect.

Release Date: Available in theaters and on demand September 17, 2021

Directed by: Lina Roessler

Screenplay by: Anthony Greico

Starring: Sir Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Ellen Wong, Scott Speedman, and Cary Elwes

Distributor: Screen Media Films

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Not Rated

Blue Bayou

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: An official selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival from award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Release Date: In theaters September 17, 2021

Directed by: Justin Chon

Screenplay by: Justin Chon

Starring: Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh Dan Pham, and Emory Cohen

Distributor: Focus Features

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes

Rated R

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TIFF 2021 Has Begun!

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:31:55 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Our reviews (so far) at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, including:

Petite Maman

Following a girl’s journey to her mother’s childhood home, French auteur Céline Sciamma’s latest is a tender tale of intergenerational connection.

Céline Sciamma’s TIFF ’19 selection Portrait of a Lady on Fire garnered international acclaim for its sumptuous rendering of queer female desire and the overwhelming power of both truly looking and truly being seen. Sciamma’s follow-up brings the writer-director’s exquisite craft and acute insights into longing to bear on a tale of childhood grief and wonder.

After her grandmother dies, Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) is taken to her mother’s childhood home. While her parents go about cleaning out the house, Nelly explores the surrounding woods. She encounters Marion (Gabrielle Sanz), a girl exactly Nelly’s age and to whom she bears a striking resemblance. The pair become fast friends, constructing a hut together, sharing lunches, and talking over the life transitions both are in the midst of. (Marion is only days away from going to hospital for an operation.) Incrementally, the girls’ eerie similarities yield revelations that merge events of the past with those of the present.

Working once again with cinematographer Claire Mathon and production designer Lionel Brison, Sciamma gently ushers us into a series of hushed, crepuscular spaces where the spectral meets the everyday and time seems to fold in on itself. Drawing lovely, subtle performances from her young stars, Sciamma allows us to see the world through Nelly and Marion’s eyes. The result is a film of tremendous tenderness and sombre beauty that, like all of Sciamma’s films, celebrates the spectrum of feminine connection. -DIANA SANCHEZ

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

France, 2021

French

70 minutes

Director

Céline Sciamma

Cast

Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, Margo Abascal

Screenplay

Céline Sciamma

Mothering Sunday

Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star in this deeply affecting adaptation of Graham Swift’s bittersweet novel about secret love in post-WWI England.

Featuring captivating performances from up-and-coming talents Odessa Young (TIFF ’18’s Assassination Nation) and Josh O’Connor (The Crown), and Oscar-winning veterans Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, and Glenda Jackson, this exquisite adaptation of Booker Prize–winning author Graham Swift’s eponymous novella transports us to Britain’s inter-war years for a story of grief, responsibility, and hidden love.

Jane (Young) works as a maid for the Nivens (Colman and Firth), an aging home counties couple who, like so many other families, lost their sons on the battlefields of the First World War. Jane is having a secret affair with Paul (O’Connor), son of the Nivens’ neighbours, the Sheringhams. Paul is the only member of his peer group to return from the front, a status that has left him with a powerful dose of survivor’s guilt and a weighty sense of duty to his family, who expects him to pursue a legal career and marry a woman of his station — which is to say, not the likes of Jane.

On Mothering Sunday, her day off, Jane trysts with Paul at his house while his parents are away. There is a sense of quiet idyll to their stolen hours of lovemaking and Jane’s gentle exploration of this world of wealth and prestige. Yet a double shadow hangs over this precious day, arising from the horrors of the recent past and the disappointments and sacrifices looming in the pair’s future.

Scripted by Alice Birch (TIFF ’16 world premiere Lady Macbeth) and directed by Eva Husson (TIFF ’18’s Girls of the Sun), Mothering Sunday draws us into Jane and Paul’s rendezvous, vividly evoking both its sensuous peaks and sobering undercurrents before zooming ahead into a future time when all this can be placed in perspective. -DIANA SANCHEZ

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

United Kingdom, 2021

English

104 minutes

Director

Eva Husson

Cast

Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Glenda Jackson, Patsy Ferran, Emma D’Arcy

Screenplay

Alice Birch

The Starling

Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd and Kevin Kline star in Theodore Melfi’s bittersweet tale of a couple working their way toward the other side of grief.

Melissa McCarthy has long proved she can play both wild comedy and heartbreaking drama. Working again with her St. Vincent director Theodore Melfi and buoyed by a superb supporting cast, she soars in a complex role that draws upon her impeccable timing and emotional instincts.

Lilly (McCarthy) is always the one who holds it together when things go south for her family. A year has passed since she and her husband Jack (Chris O’Dowd) lost their infant daughter. Grief got the better of Jack, who’s now recovering in a psychiatric clinic. Lilly holds down her job at the grocery store, keeps up the family’s expansive rural property, and faithfully makes the weekly two-hour journey to visit her husband.

Concerned that Lilly isn’t tending to her own grieving process, a counsellor at Jack’s clinic suggests that she see a local therapist, Larry (Kevin Kline, also appearing in Festival selection The Good House). The counsellor neglects to mention that Larry long ago gave up psychology to become a veterinarian — a practice that will prove germane when a dive-bombing starling begins wreaking havoc in Lilly’s garden.

The intricacies of Matt Harris’s sensitive, canny screenplay allow us to observe the ways that every act of love — whether toward a spouse, a client, or an insistent bird — requires both generosity and boundary setting. Lilly can’t bear the notion of being a quitter, but without some self-care, all her efforts to care for others could come to naught.

Helmed with rich insight into the healing process by Melfi (Academy Award– nominated for Hidden Figures), The Starling lights upon a rare balance of levity and gravity, mischief and tenderness. -CAMERON BAILEY

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

United States of America, 2021

English

103 minutes

Director

Theodore Melfi

Cast

Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Timothy Olyphant, Skyler Gisondo, Daveed Diggs, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Loretta Devine, Kevin Kline

Screenplay

Matt Harris

Publicist

Netflix

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

An eccentric artist (Benedict Cumberbatch) introduces Victorian London to the delights of cats, in Will Sharpe’s enlightening biopic.

From Ancient Egypt to TikTok, cats have accompanied humans on life’s journey. But who made the creatures cute? The Electrical Life of Louis Wain tells the story of the Victorian-era artist whose widely published drawings of anthropomorphized cats transformed them from mysterious to irresistible. In a dazzling, career-best performance, Benedict Cumberbatch plays one of Britain’s most influential eccentrics as a flurry of wild ideas and prodigious artistic output.

Louis Wain (Cumberbatch, also at the Festival in The Power of the Dog) brims with creativity, even as his life in the 1880s oscillates between the delightful and the dizzying. To support his widowed mother and five younger sisters, the academy-trained artist sells drawings of animals from the country fair. His skilled and speedy portraiture impresses, but his often stormy view of the world and those in it keeps him from engaging much with society. That is, until he hires a kind, curious governess for his youngest sisters, Emily Richardson (Claire Foy), who illuminates his life in a way even he’d never imagined. Love blooms across the class divide — albeit to the chagrin of Louis’s stern sister Caroline (Andrea Riseborough), second oldest and second in command.

Writer-director Will Sharpe (television’s Flowers, whose co-star Olivia Colman narrates here) uses dynamic visual technique and colourfully shifting mood to convey Louis’s complicated mind, fickle wealth, momentous love, and consuming grief. Cumberbatch’s transcendent performance stands at the centre of an impressive cast that includes Toby Jones and Adeel Akhtar (also at the Festival in Ali & Ava). Alive with imagination in every scene, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain shows just how we came to live in a cat’s world. Meow. -DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF TIFF

GALA PRESENTATIONS

United Kingdom, 2021

English

111 minutes

Director

Will Sharpe

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones

Screenplay

Simon Stephenson, Will Sharpe

Publicist

Amazon Studios

All My Puny Sorrows

Michael McGowan’s touching adaptation of Miriam Toews’ beloved novel about two sisters boasts a fine cast led by Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon.

Michael McGowan’s moving adaptation of Miriam Toews’ beloved novel All My Puny Sorrows is propelled by nuanced direction, an affecting script, and a truly stellar, fearless cast. The story revolves around the women of the Von Riesen clan: writer Yoli (Alison Pill), who’s tormented by self-doubt and is going through a tough, protracted divorce; her sister Elf (Sarah Gadon), a well-known concert pianist whose bouts with depression threaten to consume her; their steadfast mother Lottie (Mare Winningham); their no-nonsense aunt Tina (Mimi Kuzyk); and Yoli’s precocious daughter Nora (Amybeth McNulty).

The family are no strangers to sorrow. They left the Mennonite community after their patriarch (Donal Logue) unexpectedly killed himself. (It’s not said explicitly, but the film suggests his church played a key role in his decision.) How the Von Riesens, especially Yoli and Elf, confront — and fail to confront — tragedy and trauma is the central focus of the film. The sisters’ wisecracking banter and acute awareness of each other’s foibles indicates a profound love and mutual dependency, but as Yoli struggles to understand Elf and protect her from her demons, the women’s fundamental differences come to the fore.

Oscillating powerfully between extremes of joy and sadness, All My Puny Sorrows is also one of the most erudite, literary films you will see this year. Much of the close relationship between Yoli and Elf is based on their love of books (stretching from Philip Larkin to D.H. Lawrence), reflecting their intellectual curiosity and capacity for life — which only makes the film all the more heartbreaking, and its ultimate embrace of life so touching. -STEVE GRAVESTOCK

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Canada, 2021

English

103 minutes

Director

Michael McGowan

Cast

Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Mare Winningham, Amybeth McNulty, Donal Logue

Screenplay

Michael McGowan

Encounter

A decorated Marine (Riz Ahmed) goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an inhuman threat, in the latest from director Michael Pearce.

Suspenseful, wildly imaginative, and eerily resonant, British director Michael Pearce’s follow-up to his TIFF ’17 Platform competitor Beast catapults us into a world where every encounter could lead to peril. Featuring an adrenalized lead performance from Riz Ahmed, this is a thriller for the age of cultural division and seemingly endless existential threat.

A decorated marine, Malik Khan (Ahmed) is trained to identify risk. But what if the risk appears totally ordinary? Malik sees bugs. Evil bugs. Alien bugs that seem to be seizing control of people, one after another. Malik can’t convince the world to sound the alarm, but he can at least protect his two young sons from global parasitic invasion — which might involve kidnapping them from the home of Malik’s estranged wife.

Written with Joe Barton (TIFF ’17 world premiere The Ritual), Pearce’s leap into large-scale filmmaking, with its nod to genre classics like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, brilliantly fuses dazzling spectacle with character-driven drama. Encounter’s visuals are by turns gorgeous and shocking. Its atmosphere of American heartland creepiness is both familiar and unnerving.

Yet the film ultimately rests on its performances. Oscar winner Octavia Spencer is masterful in a supporting role that prompts us to reconsider everything we’ve seen, while Ahmed cements his reputation as one of the most compelling actors working today. Whether playfully joshing with his boys, confronting far-right extremists, or defending himself against a human-insect hybrid, Ahmed imbues Malik’s every gesture with magnetism and mystery, leading up to a showdown that blurs the cosmic with the cognitive. -CAMERON BAILEY

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

United Kingdom, United States of America, 2021

English

108 minutes

Director

Michael Pearce

Cast

Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane

Screenplay

Joe Barton, Michael Pearce

Publicist

Amazon Studios

The Guilty

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Antoine Fuqua’s thriller set over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch centre.

Versatile action auteur Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, screening at the Festival as part of TIFF Rewind) reunites with his Southpaw star Jake Gyllenhaal in this riveting film about an emergency responder’s desperate race to save a distressed caller. Unfolding in real time within the confines of a frenetic 911 dispatch centre, Fuqua’s The Guilty delivers on its high-concept premise, channelled through another powerhouse performance from Gyllenhaal.

As a wildfire rages towards Los Angeles, embittered police officer Joe Bayler (Gyllenhaal) winds down a chaotic but tedious shift answering emergency calls — a punitive demotion he received ahead of an imminent disciplinary hearing. His ennui is soon interrupted by a cryptic call from a woman (Riley Keough) who appears to be attempting to call her child, but is in fact discreetly reporting her own abduction. Working with the meagre clues she is able to provide, Joe throws all his skill and intuition towards ensuring her safety, but as the severity of the crime comes to light, Joe’s own psychological state begins to fray and he is forced to reconcile with demons of his own.

Every tense moment plays out on Gyllenhaal’s face, as he spars with a dynamic ensemble of voices in his headset, including those of Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, and Paul Dano. Building off a script from True Detective creator-writer Nic Pizzolatto, Fuqua and cinematographer Maz Makhani crosscut the white-knuckle drama with a montage of monitors broadcasting the apocalyptic inferno outside; a surreal, but all too familiar reflection of our mad world. -CAMERON BAILEY

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

United States of America, 2021

English

90 minutes

Director

Antoine Fuqua

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Eli Goree, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, David Castañeda, Paul Dano, Peter Sarsgaard

Screenplay

Nic Pizzolatto

Publicist

Netflix

Lakewood

Naomi Watts stars in Phillip Noyce’s nerve-rattling thriller about a mother struggling to rescue her son from a school shooter.

Amy Carr (Naomi Watts) is out for what should have been a restorative morning run when a friend calls with terrifying news: the local high school attended by Noah, her teenage son, has been besieged by an active shooter. Deep within a network of forest paths surrounding her home, miles from town and nearly overwhelmed by panic, Amy refuses to succumb to hopelessness. With her smartphone as her sole means of intervention, she will draw upon every resource she can think of to ensure that her son survives the attack.

Helmed by veteran director Phillip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Dead Calm) and written by Chris Sparling, Lakewood plunges us headlong into a desperate scenario unfolding in real time. The film echoes Sparling’s acclaimed screenplay for Buried, a selection at TIFF 2010, in the sense that most of it unfolds as a one-person show, with Amy navigating the situation remotely. Yet Noyce’s film also functions as a tribute to the power of a community working together in the face of calamity, as Amy enlists the assistance of an auto-body shop manager, a 911 operator, a rideshare driver, and one of her co-workers at the Marion County Division of Taxation to help her take matters into her own hands.

It is rare to encounter a thriller like Lakewood, at once high-concept and heartfelt, exhilarating and poignant. It is also a showcase for Watts, who masterfully conveys a captivating fusion of impromptu heroism and maternal devotion. -DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF TIFF

GALA PRESENTATIONS

Canada, 2021

English

84 minutes

Director

Phillip Noyce

Cast

Naomi Watts

Screenplay

Chris Sparling

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Movie Talk: Candyman and The Night House

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 23:25:32 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

The Night House

Website: Searchlight Pictures

Synopsis: THE NIGHT HOUSE follows a widow (Rebecca Hall of GODZILLA VS. KONG) who begins to uncover her recently deceased husband’s disturbing secrets.

Release Date: Only in theaters August 20, 2021

Directed by: David Bruckner

Screenplay by: Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski

Starring: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis Hall, Evan Jonigkeit, and Stacy Martin

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 47 minutes

Rated R

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Candyman

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO’s Watchmen, Us) and his girlfriend, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials.

With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer (Colman Domingo; HBO’s Eurphoria, Assassination Nation) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

Release Date: In theaters August 27, 2021

Directed by: Nia DaCosta

Screenplay by: Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld and Nia DaCosta

Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Colman Domingo

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Genre: Horror

Running Time: 1 hour 31 minutes

Rated R

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Sneak Peek: CODA

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:18:55 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

CODA

Website: Apple TV+

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, child of deaf adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family's struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and soon finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams.

Release Date: Streaming via Apple TV+ on August 13, 2021

Directed by: Siân Heder

Screenplay by: Siân Heder

Starring: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Amy Forsyth, and Kevin Chapman

Distributor: Apple TV+

Genre: Drama, Music

Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes

Rated PG-13

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Movie and TV Talk: Gunpowder Milkshake, Naked Singularity, and Hit & Run

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:02:48 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Gunpowder Milkshake

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: Sam (KAREN GILLAN) was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (LENA HEADEY), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal. But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl - Emily (CHLOE COLEMAN). With a target on her back, Sam has only one chance to survive: Reunite with her mother and her lethal associates, The Librarians (MICHELLE YEOH, ANGELA BASSETT and CARLA GUGINO). These three generations of women must now learn to trust each other, stand up to The Firm and their army of henchmen, and raise hell against those who could take everything from them.

Release Date: Available on Netflix July 14, 2021

Directed by: Navot Papushado

Screenplay by: Navot Papushado and Ehud Lavski

Starring: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, and Paul Giamatti

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Action

Running Time: 1 hour 54 minutes

Rated R

TV SNEAK PEEK

Hit & Run

Website: Netflix

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Naked Singularity

Website: Screen Media

Synopsis: Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi (John Boyega), a promising young NYC public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack under the daily injustices of the very justice system he’s trying to make right. Doubting all he has worked for and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him, he is pulled into a dangerous high-stakes drug heist by an unpredictable former client (Olivia Cooke) to beat the broken system at its own game.

Release Date: In theaters August 6, 2021 and on demand August 13, 2021

Directed by: Chase Palmer

Screenplay by: Chase Palmer and David Matthews

Based on the novel “A Naked Singularity” by Sergio De La Pava

Starring: John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Linda Lavin, and Tim Blake Nelson

Distributor: Screen Media Films

Genre: Crime

Running Time: 1 hour 33 minutes

Rated R

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TV Talk: The White Lotus, Mr Inbetween, Good Girls, The Beast Must Die, and Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:13:44 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

The White Lotus

Website: HBO

The Beast Must Die

Website: AMC

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Website: Starz

TV SERIES FINALES

Good Girls

Website: NBC

Mr Inbetween

Website: FX

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Sneak Peeks: Ted Lasso, Old, and Jolt

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 02:59:20 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Old

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Release Date: In theaters July 23, 2021

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Screenplay by: M. Night Shyamalan

Based on the graphic novel “Sandcastle” by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters

Starring: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, and Emun Elliott

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Genre: Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 48 minutes

Rated PG-13

Jolt

Website: Prime Video

Synopsis: Lindy is a beautiful, sardonically-funny woman with a painful secret: Due to a lifelong, rare neurological disorder, she experiences sporadic rage-filled, murderous impulses that can only be stopped when she shocks herself with a special electrode device. Unable to find love and connection in a world that fears her bizarre condition, she finally trusts a man long enough to fall in love, only to find him murdered the next day. Heartbroken and enraged, she embarks on a revenge-filled mission to find his killer, while also being pursued by the police as the crime’s prime suspect.

Release Date: Available on Prime Video July 23, 2021

Directed by: Tanya Wexler

Screenplay by: Scott Wascha

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer, with Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci

Distributor: Amazon Prime Video

Genre: Action, Comedy

Running Time: 1 hour 31 minutes

Rated R

TV SNEAK PEEK

Ted Lasso

Website: Apple TV+

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Movie and TV Talk: Loki, A Quiet Place Part II, and Joe Bell

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:23:38 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SEASON FINALE

Loki

Website: Disney+

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

A Quiet Place Part II

Website: Paramount+

Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path in this terrifyingly suspenseful thriller written and directed by John Krasinski.

Release Date: In theaters May 28, 2021 and on Paramount+ July 13, 2021

Directed by: John Krasinski

Screenplay by: John Krasinski

Based on characters by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck

Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, and John Krasinski

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes

Rated PG-13

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Joe Bell

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: From filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green (MONSTERS AND MEN; upcoming KING RICHARD), along with the Academy Award-winning writing team behind BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Diana Ossana & Larry McMurtry) and Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg, JOE BELL tells the intimate and emotional true story of an Oregonian father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin, embarking on a self-reflective walk across America to speak his heart to heartland citizens about the real and terrifying costs of bullying.

Release Date: In theaters July 23, 2021

Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Screenplay by: Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Connie Britton, Reid Miller, Gary Sinise

Distributor: Roadside Attractions

Genre: Biography, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 33 minutes

Rated R

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Movie and TV Talk: Gossip Girl, No Sudden Move, Pig, Schmigadoon!, and Grown-ish

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:27:43 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV REBOOT

Gossip Girl

Website: HBO Max

TV SEASON PREMIERE

Grown-ish

Website: Freeform

TV SNEAK PEEK

Schmigadoon!

Website: Apple TV+

MOVIE SNEAK PEEK

Pig

Website: Neon

Synopsis: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.

Release Date: In theaters July 16, 2021

Directed by: Michael Sarnoski

Screenplay by: Michael Sarnoski

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, and Adam Arkin

Distributor: Neon

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes

Rated R

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

No Sudden Move

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: Set in 1954 Detroit, NO SUDDEN MOVE centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them – and for what ultimate purpose – weaves them through all echelons of the race-torn, rapidly changing city.

Release Date: Available on HBO Max July 1, 2021

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Screenplay by: Ed Solomon

Starring: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin, Noah Jupe, Craig muMs Grant, Julia Fox, and Frankie Shaw, with Ray Liotta and Bill Duke

Distributor: HBO Max

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

Rated R

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First Looks: The Ice Road and Infinite

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:00:00 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOKS

Infinite

Website: Paramount+

Synopsis: For Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), skills he has never learned and memories of places he has never visited haunt his daily life. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, Evan is sought by a secret group that call themselves "Infinites," revealing to him that his memories may be real – but they are from multiple past lives.

Release Date: Exclusively on Paramount+ Thursday, June 10, 2021

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Screenplay by: Ian Shorr

Story by: Todd Stein

Based on the book “The Reincarnationist Papers” by D. Eric Maikranz

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Dylan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, and Toby Jones

Distributor: Paramount+

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes

Rated PG-13

The Ice Road

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a ‘big-rig’ ice road driver (Liam Neeson) must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners. Contending with thawing waters and a massive storm, they discover the real threat is one they never saw coming.

Release Date: Available on Netflix Friday, June 25, 2021

Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh

Screenplay by: Jonathan Hensleigh

Starring: Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, and Marcus Thomas

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes

Rated PG-13

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Sneak Peeks: The Forever Purge and The Tomorrow War

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 19:01:01 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEKS

The Tomorrow War

Website: Prime Video

Synopsis: The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

Release Date: Available on Amazon Prime July 2, 2021

Directed by: Chris McKay

Screenplay by: Zach Dean

Starring: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Jasmine Mathews, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Keith Powers

Distributor: Prime Video

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Rated PG-13

The Forever Purge

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: Vaulting from the record-shattering success of 2018’s The First Purge, Blumhouse’s infamous terror franchise hurtles into innovative new territory as members of an underground movement, no longer satisfied with one annual night of anarchy and murder, decide to overtake America through an unending campaign of mayhem and massacre. No one is safe.

Adela (Ana de la Reguera, Cowboys & Aliens) and her husband Juan (Tenoch Huerta, Days of Grace) live in Texas, where Juan is working as a ranch hand for the wealthy Tucker family. Juan impresses the Tucker patriarch, Caleb (Will Patton, Halloween), but that fuels the jealous anger of Caleb’s son, Dylan (Josh Lucas, Ford v Ferrari).

On the morning after The Purge, a masked gang of killers attacks the Tucker family—including Dylan’s wife (Cassidy Freeman, HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones), and his sister (Leven Rambin, The Hunger Games), forcing both families to band together and fight back as the country spirals into chaos and the United States begins to disintegrate around them.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, July 2, 2021

Directed by: Everardo Gout

Screenplay by: James DeMonaco

Starring: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Cassidy Freeman, Leven Rambin, Alejandro Edda, and Will Patton

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Genre: Action, Horror

Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes

Rated R

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TV Talk: Loki, Kevin Can F**k Himself, The Good Fight, Evil, and More!

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:19:06 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERE

Kevin Can F**k Himself

Website: AMC

SEASON PREMIERES

Evil

Website: Paramount+

The Good Fight

Website: Paramount+

A Discovery of Witches

Website: AMC

SEASON FINALE

The Girlfriend Experience

Website: Starz

CHECK-IN

Loki

Website: Disney+

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Tribeca Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up feat. Werewolves Within, 12 Mighty Orphans, False Positive, Wolfgang, No Man of God, and More! + I Carry You With Me

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:58:45 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEK

I Carry You With Me

Synopsis: Based on true love, this decades spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels the couple to embark on a treacherous journey to New York with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow.

Release Date: Opens Friday, June 25, 2021 in NY and LA (with a national rollout throughout July)

Directed by: Heidi Ewing

Screenplay by: Heidi Ewing and Alan Page Arriaga

Starring: Armando Espitia, Christian Vázquez, Michelle Rodríguez, Ángeles Cruz, Raúl Briones, and Arcelia Ramírez

Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes

Rated R

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2021 WRAP-UP

Featured Narrative Films:

No Man of God

Website: Tribeca

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: It was a radical new approach to criminal investigations: “profiling.” Through one-on-one discussions with serial offenders, FBI researchers could go much more in-depth. FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood), emboldened by this new philosophy, sat down with famed serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby) for several interviews from 1984-1989 inside Florida State Prison, in hopes of figuring out why Bundy murdered more than 20 victims. What started out as a straightforward informational assignment gradually turned personal for Hagmaier, whose feelings about his charismatic subject grew more complicated with each conversation. Is it possible to empathize with evil?

Studies of Ted Bundy’s life and crimes have been in vogue lately, but this two-character study from director Amber Sealey is the most sober and psychologically intricate look at the killer’s story yet. With a pair of dynamic performances at its center, particularly that of an exceptional Kirby as Bundy, No Man of God is riveting in its intimate chamber piece structure. Sealey and company, including writer Kit Lesser, who based the screenplay on real-life transcripts, don’t glamourize the oft-romanticized Bundy; instead, No Man of God deftly balances emotional complexity and clear-eyed truthfulness. —Matt Barone

Release Date: In theaters and available on demand and digital August 27, 2021

Directed by: Amber Sealey

Screenplay by: Kit Lesser

Starring: Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, and Robert Patrick

Distributed by: RLJE Films

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Not Rated

India Sweets and Spices

Website: Tribeca

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: On her summer break from college, outspoken Indian American freshman Alia returns home to her wealthy New Jersey suburb and for the first time pushes back against her parents' pretentious lifestyle. After a year at UCLA, she’s eager to trade in the family’s lavish Saturday-night dinner parties and the gossiping “aunties” of her community for a more meaningful existence—even if she doesn’t quite know what that looks like yet. When Alia meets Varun (Rish Shah), the handsome son of local shopkeepers, she impulsively invites him to her straitlaced mother’s upcoming extravagant soiree, and accidentally uncovers a pair of family secrets in the process. In this fresh take on the classic coming of age story, writer-director Geeta Malik brings a tongue in cheek sense of humor and an acute understanding of class privilege to an award winning script. And actress Sophia Ali delivers a charming performance as the rebellious leading lady who confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity. —Lucy Mukerjee

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Directed by: Geeta Malik

Screenplay by: Geeta Malik

Starring: Sophia Ali, Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Deepti Gupta, Rish Shah, and Ved Sapru

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes

12 Mighty Orphans

Website: Official Site

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: 12 Mighty Orphans tells the true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes—or even a football—to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The architect of their success was Rusty Russell, a legendary high school coach who shocked his colleagues by giving up a privileged position so he could teach and coach at an orphanage. Few knew Rusty's secret: that he himself was an orphan. Recognizing that his scrawny players couldn't beat the other teams with brawn, Rusty developed innovative strategies that would come to define modern football.

Release Date: Opens in Texas Friday, June 11, 2021 and everywhere Friday, June 18, 2021

Directed by: Ty Roberts

Screenplay by: Ty Roberts, Lane Garrison, Kevin Meyer

Starring: Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Wayne Knight, Jake Austin Walker, Lane Garrison, Levi Dylan, Jacob Lofland, Treat Williams, and Scott Haze

Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics

Genre: Drama, History, Sports

Running Time: 1 hour 58 minutes

Rated PG-13

Werewolves Within

Website: Official Site

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: Forest ranger Finn Wheeler (Veep’s Sam Richardson) is jazzed about his latest assignment: temporarily living inside The Beaverfield Inn, a cozy, woods-bound nook run by nice folks and frequented by Beaverfield’s colorful array of residents, for the duration of a new pipeline construction project. Little does he realize, his timing couldn’t be worse. For one, a major snowstorm is set to rid him and the inn’s occupants of communication with the outside world. And two, something is on the loose and brutally murdering Beaverfield’s denizens—perhaps something lycanthropic. As the body count rises, it’s up to Finn to play the reluctant hero and figure what, or who, is shrinking Beaverfield’s population.

Building on the horror-comedy fun of his 2020 debut, Scare Me (a Shudder Exclusive), director Josh Ruben expands both his storytelling scope and offbeat hilarity quotient with this delightfully macabre whodunit/monster movie, based on Ubisoft’s popular VR game of the same name. It’s also the perfect leading man vehicle for Richardson, whose lovable everyman charms complement a strong cast of TV comedy fan favorites, including AT&T commercial fixture Milana Vayntrub, Casual’s Michaela Watkins and What We Do in the Shadows’ Harvey Guillén. —Matt Barone

Release Date: Opens in theaters and drive-ins Friday, June 25, 2021; Everywhere you rent movies Friday, July 2, 2021

Directed by: Josh Ruben

Screenplay by: Mishna Wolff

Starring: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, Michaela Watkins, Cheyenne Jackson, Glenn Fleshler, and Harvey Guillén

Distributed by: IFC Films

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes

Rated R

False Positive

Website: Hulu

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: After difficult struggles with fertility, loving couple Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) seem to have finally found their potential savior in the charming and world-renowned reproductive specialist Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But as their dreams begin to come true and hope transforms to happiness, cracks start to appear in the façade of normalcy, sending the now-expectant mother into a spiral of suspicion that threatens her grasp on reality. A clever and chilling look at gender roles and the notion of unconditional trust, False Positive delivers an unexpectedly twisted tale of modern family troubles. Boasting a solid ensemble cast, including a memorable turn from Gretchen Mol as Hindle’s loyal nurse, director John Lee has truly found a kindred spirit in leading lady and co-writer Glazer. Longtime collaborators on the acclaimed Broad City, the two have shifted gears entirely here, abandoning the jokes but maintaining the edge for this genre-bending thriller about the perils of parenthood. —Loren Hammonds

Release Date: Available on Hulu Friday, June 25, 2021

Directed by: John Lee

Screenplay by: John Lee and Ilana Glazer

Starring: Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol, Sophia Bush, Zainab Jah, and Pierce Brosnan

Distributed by: A24 and Hulu

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes

Rated R

Featured Documentaries:

Wolfgang

Website: Disney

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: From acclaimed filmmaker and Tribeca alum David Gelb (Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Chef’s Table) comes another mouthwatering delight of a film about one of the first “celebrity chefs” to rule the scene and a pioneer in the world of California cuisine, Wolfgang Puck. Pushing beyond the sunny, superstar persona, Gelb follows Puck as he revisits his birthplace in Austria, revealing an abusive childhood that pushed him to flee home and fight for a life of his own as a teenager. With Puck steadily gaining life confidence and cooking know-how in his homeland, France and, eventually, America, he would officially launch a storied career in Los Angeles with the opening of the celebrity hot spot of the 80s and 90s, Spago. Though Puck’s inventive cuisine has remained the core of his popularity, his charming, energetic persona is what pushed him to a stratosphere of fame that would eventually include countless TV appearances, cookbooks and restaurants that span the globe. Using a wealth of archival material and eye-dazzling cinematography of Puck’s truly mouth-watering food, Gelb expertly brings us into the kitchen—and the mind—of this obsessively hard-working and inspirational virtuoso. Be prepared to leave hungry. —Liza Domnitz

Release Date: Available on Disney+ Friday, June 25, 2021

Directed by: David Gelb

Written by: Brian McGinn

Featuring: Wolfgang Puck, Barbara Lazaroff, Byron Puck, Christina Puck, Nancy Silverton, Evan Funke, Ruth Reichl, Laurie Ochoa, and Michael Ovitz

Distributed by: Disney+

Genre: Biography, Documentary, Food

Running Time: 1 hour 18 minutes

The Lost Leonardo

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: In 2008, a few of the world’s most distinguished Leonardo Da Vinci experts gathered around an easel at the National Gallery in London to examine a mysterious painting–an unassuming Salvator Mundi (Latin for Savior of the World)–found in a shady New Orleans auction house, that a select few believed to be a long-forgotten masterwork by Leonardo Da Vinci. That day, Salvator Mundi was authenticated as being the creation of Da Vinci himself, and thus, one of the most beguiling and perplexing stories of the 21st century was set into motion.

Unfolding as a gripping, real-life art thriller, The Lost Leonardo pulls back the curtain to uncover the stranger than fiction story behind how a Salvator Mundi painting went from bargain-basement replication to setting the world record as the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, weighing in at an astonishing $450 million. Director Andreas Keofoed positions this story squarely at the intersection of capitalism and myth-making, posing the question: is this multi-million dollar painting actually by Leonardo, or do certain powerful players simply want it to be? The Lost Leonardo detangles how a painting became a pawn in a geopolitical game played by the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people, ultimately revealing how vested interests became all-important, and the truth secondary. —Shayna Weingast

Release Date: Opens NY & LA Friday, August 13, 2021

Directed by: Andreas Koefoed

Written by: Duska Zagorac, Andreas Dalsgaard, Mark Monroe, Christian Kirk Muff, and Andreas Koefoed

Featuring: Dianne Modestini, Yves Bouvier, Evan Beard, Robert Simon, Alexander Parish, Warren Adelson, Luke Syson, Martin Kemp, Frank Zöllner, Maria Teresa Fiorio, Jacques Franck, Kenny Schachter, Bruce Lamarche, Jerry Saltz, Robert K Wittman, Alexandra Bregman, Georgina Adam, Alison Cole, Bradley Hope, Doug Patteson, Stephane Lacroix, Antoine Harari, Didier Rykner, David D. Kirkpatrick, and Bernd Lindemann

Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics

Genre: Art, Documentary

Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Website: Tribeca

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: This profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James captures the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, driven to share his talent with the world. Known for his unapologetic and charismatic stage presence, James has been celebrated for his massive catalog of such hit songs as "Mary Jane" and "Superfreak." In this definitive portrait, acclaimed filmmaker Sacha Jenkins examines the brain beneath the braids, charting his soaring artistic success and eventual personal decline. Sexuality, race, and the tumultuous stew of American culture all contributed to the transformation of the songwriter born as James Ambrose Johnson into the larger-than-life performer forever known as Rick James. Against a soundtrack that compels you to get out of your seat from the opening moments, Jenkins approaches his subject not with reverence, but instead with indisputable care as he delves into the circumstances that birthed this one-of-a-kind personality. Surprising and enlightening, Jenkins’ film still pulls no punches with its exploration of James’ tragic obsessions. Comprised of rare archival performances, animation, interviews with family and collaborators and recorded conversations with James himself, this crowd-pleasing film proves the impact that this undeniable force had on American music and popular culture. —Loren Hammonds

*Part of the Juneteenth programming

Coming soon to Showtime

Directed by: Sacha Jenkins

Written by: Sacha Jenkins, Steve Rivo, and Jason Pollard

Distributed by: Showtime Networks

Genre: Documentary, Music

Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes

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Movie Talk: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and In the Heights

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:58:45 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOKS

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder, and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

Release Date: Available on HBO Max for 31 days and in theaters Friday, June 4, 2021

Directed by: Michael Chaves

Screenplay by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Story by: James Wan & David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Based on characters created by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Hilliard, John Noble, Eugenie Bondurant, Shannon Kook, Ronnie Gene Blevins, and Keith Arthur Bolden

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes

Rated R

In the Heights

Website: Warner Bros.

Tribeca Film Festival Synopsis: It’s the hottest day of the summer in Washington Heights, NYC. Bodega owner Usnavi dreams of opening a bar in the Dominican Republic, while also pining for aspiring designer Vanessa. His best friend Benny hopes to reconnect with Nina, his ex home for the summer from Stanford. Above it all, Abuela Claudia keeps a watchful eye over the intersecting stories of the rapidly changing neighborhood’s many residents.

Jon Chu’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award®-winning musical is a visual and musical celebration of community, a treat for lovers of Broadway showstoppers and sticky New York summers. In the Heights is the story of a community on the brink of change, but looking fearlessly towards the future. As we too look toward the future—of moviemaking and moviegoing, of NYC itself—we are proud to open the Festival with this joyful cinematic tribute to the city we call home. —Cara Cusumano

Release Date: Available on HBO Max for 31 days and in theaters Thursday, June 10, 2021

Directed by: Jon M. Chu

Screenplay by: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Starring: Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, and Jimmy Smits

Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Running Time: 2 hours 23 minutes

Rated PG-13

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TV Talk: Hacks, Loki, Queen of the South, Younger, Pose, Physical, and Much More!

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:17:07 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERES

We Are Lady Parts

Website: Peacock

Blindspotting

Website: Starz

Loki

Website: Disney+

SEASON PREMIERES

Love, Victor

Website: Hulu

Summertime

Website: Netflix

SEASON FINALES

The Equalizer

Website: CBS

Hacks

Website: HBO Max

SERIES FINALES

Pose

Website: FX

Queen of the South

Website: USA

Younger

Website: Paramount+

TV SNEAK PEEK: SERIES PREMIERE

Physical

Website: Apple TV+

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Welcome to Tribeca 2021 and Reviews of Lupin, Army of the Dead, and Oslo

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:02:56 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

WELCOME TO THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL OF 2021

Website: Tribeca

MOVIE FIRST LOOKS

Oslo

Website: HBO

Synopsis: Adapted from the Tony Award-winning play of the same name, OSLO is based on a true story of negotiations between implacable enemies that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. Starring Golden Globe-winner Ruth Wilson (HBO’s His Dark Materials, Mrs. Wilson) as Mona Juul, a Norwegian foreign minister, and Emmy-nominee Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Black Mirror) as Terje Rød-Larsen, a Norwegian sociologist and Mona’s husband, the film details the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple.

Release Date: May 29, 2021

Directed by: Bartlett Sher

Screenplay by: J.T. Rogers

Adapted from J.T. Rogers’ Tony Award-winning play of the same name

Starring: Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, Salim Daw, Waleed Zuaiter, Jeff Wilbusch, Igal Naor, Dov Glickman, Rotem Keinan, Itzik Cohen, Tobias Zilliacus, and Sasson Gabay

Distributor: HBO

Genre: Drama, History, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 58 minutes

Rated TV-MA

Army of the Dead

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Release Date: May 21, 2021

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Screenplay by: Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten and Joby Harold

Story by: Zack Snyder

Starring: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighofer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, along with Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raul Castillo, Huma S. Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Action, Crime, Horror

Running Time: 2 hours 28 minutes

Rated R

TV SNEAK PEEK: PART 2 PREMIERE

Lupin

Website: Netflix

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TV Talk: Sweet Tooth, Mare of Easttown, Lisey’s Story, Debris, Gomorrah, and Mr. Inbetween!

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:49:40 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SEASON FINALE

Debris

Website: NBC

SEASON PREMIERES

Mr. Inbetween

Website: FX

Gomorrah

Website: HBO Max

LIMITED SERIES FINALE

Mare of Easttown

Website: HBO

SNEAK PEEKS: SERIES PREMIERES

Lisey’s Story

Website: Apple TV+

Sweet Tooth

Website: Netflix

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Sneak Peek: Cruella

Wed, 26 May 2021 15:33:00 GMT

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

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TV Talk: Young Sheldon, Intergalactic, Pose, Halston, and More!

Wed, 19 May 2021 16:10:55 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERES

Girls5eva

Website: Peacock

Hacks

Website: HBO Max

Intergalactic

Website: Peacock

Halston

Website: Netflix

TV SEASON PREMIERES

Pose

Website: FX

Shrill

Website: Hulu

TV SEASON FINALE

Young Sheldon

Website: CBS

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First Looks: Those Who Wish Me Dead and The Woman in the Window

Mon, 17 May 2021 06:59:06 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOKS

The Woman in the Window

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: Anna Fox (Amy Adams) is an agoraphobic child psychologist who finds herself keeping tabs on the picture perfect family across the street through the windows of her New York City brownstone. Her life is turned upside down when she inadvertently witnesses a brutal crime. Based on the gripping, best-selling novel adapted by Tracy Letts, shocking secrets are revealed and nothing and no one are what they seem.

Release Date: Available on Netflix Friday, May 14, 2021

Directed by: Joe Wright

Screenplay by: Tracy Letts

Based on the novel of the same name by A.J. Finn

Starring: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Tracy Letts, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Julianne Moore

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Rated R

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: Jolie stars as Hannah, a smokejumper still reeling from the loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire. She takes a sort of comfort in the pain she inflicts on herself, whether it’s a showy stunt that knocks her on her ass or the self-imposed solitary confinement of her watchtower high above the Montana wilderness. However, when Connor arrives in her remote territory — a skittish young boy who appears bloodied and traumatized — they must set out together to cross the miles of thick forest. Braving deadly lightning storms that threaten even Hannah’s well-honed survival skills, they are unaware of the real dangers they face: two relentless killers hunting Connor from one direction, and a massive fiery blaze coming straight for them, quickly consuming everything in their path. Caught dead center between two evils, can Hannah keep them alive long enough to save Connor and ultimately set herself free?

Release Date: In theaters and available via HBO Max for 31 days starting on Friday, May 14, 2021

Directed by: Taylor Sheridan

Screenplay by: Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, and Taylor Sheridan

Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Koryta

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Aidan Gillen, Medina Senghore, Tyler Perry, Jake Weber, and Jon Bernthal

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Rated R

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Movie and TV Sneak Peeks: The Underground Railroad, The Killing of Two Lovers, and Georgetown

Mon, 10 May 2021 08:00:21 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Underground Railroad

Website: Prime Video

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Georgetown

Synopsis: In this thrilling true crime story filled with twists, turns, and political turmoil, Christoph Waltz stars as Ulrich Mott, an eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C. wrapped around his finger. But when his wealthy, well-connected and much older wife (Vanessa Redgrave) turns up dead in their home, her daughter Amanda (Annette Bening) suspects Ulrich may not be all that he seems as the police investigation begins to uncover a larger deception that goes far deeper than anyone ever imagined.

Release Date: In select theaters May 14, 2021; available on digital and on demand May 18, 2021

Directed by: Christoph Waltz

Screenplay by: David Auburn

Starring: Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave, and Annette Bening

Distributor: Vertical Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes

Rated R

The Killing of Two Lovers

Website: Neon

Synopsis: “The Killing of Two Lovers” follows David, who desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife, Nikki. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship.

Release Date: In theaters and on demand May 14, 2021

Directed by: Robert Machoian

Screenplay by: Robert Machoian

Starring: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, and Chris Coy

Distributor: Neon

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 24 minutes

Rated R

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Movie and TV Talk: Mare of Easttown, Jupiter’s Legacy, Pink Skies Ahead, The Water Man, and Stowaway

Sat, 08 May 2021 03:01:21 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SERIES PREMIERE

Mare of Easttown

Website: HBO

TV SNEAK PEEK

Jupiter’s Legacy

Website: Netflix

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Stowaway

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: In the near-future, a time when humankind is reaching for the stars, the Kingfisher rocket blasts off from Earth, propelling Hyperion’s MTS-42 for yet-another manned mission to Mars. Leading the team is MARINA BARNETT (Toni Colette), the ship’s commander, on her third and final mission to the colony on the red planet. Joining her is medical researcher ZOE LEVENSON (Anna Kendrick) and biologist DAVID KIM (Daniel Dae Kim), accomplished academics chosen from thousands of applicants who have rigorously trained for a journey that will see them spend two years away from their loved ones. In the course of their safety checks after docking with a miniature space station, Barnett makes a startling discovery: a stowaway. The man MICHAEL ADAMS (Shamier Anderson) is unconscious, his harness wrapped around a pipe attached to the CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) – Life Support. Damaging both Barnett’s forearm and the pipe the situation becomes an emergency. When Adams awakens to realize his circumstances — his sister Ava, who he looks after, is back on Earth alone, and there is not enough fuel to turn back — he gradually accepts the situation and joins the crew in what becomes a fight for their lives.

Release Date: Available via Netflix on April 22, 2021

Directed by: Joe Penna

Screenplay by: Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, and Toni Collette

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 56 minutes

Rated TV-MA

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

The Water Man

Synopsis: Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) and his mother (Rosario Dawson) share a special bond. She supports his daydreaming and artistic pursuits, while his frequently-on-the-road father, Amos (Oyelowo), with whom Gunner shares a strained relationship, has other ideas about where his son’s interests should lie. Gunner and his dad attempt to smooth over their differences for the sake of the family, but when his mom’s sickness worsens, Gunner disappears into stacks of books on both science and the supernatural in search of possible cures. When Gunner and his rebellious friend Jo (Amiah Miller) go missing during their quest into the Water Man’s mysterious forest, Amos must immerse himself in his son’s world to find them and put his family back together.

Release Date: In theaters and via premium VOD on May 7, 2021

Directed by: David Oyelowo

Screenplay by: Emma Needell

Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina, and Maria Bello

Distributor: RLJE Films

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family

Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes

Rated PG

Pink Skies Ahead

Website: MTV VMAs

Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1998. After dropping out of college and moving back home to live with her parents, Winona is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Skeptical of her doctor’s opinion — she hasn’t had a panic attack after all — Winona carries on with her wild lifestyle. Only when things begin to truly unravel around her, does she reluctantly decide to see a therapist and face her truths.

Release Date: Saturday, May 8, 2021 on MTV and Pop TV as part of MTV’s Mental Health Is Health initiative

Directed by: Kelly Oxford

Screenplay by: Kelly Oxford

Starring: Jessica Barden, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael McKean, Rosa Salazar, Lewis Pullman, Devon Bostick, Odeya Rush, Evan Ross, Henry Winkler, and Mary J. Blige

Distributor: MTV

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes

Rated TV-14

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Sneak Peeks: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, The Mosquito Coast, The Girlfriend Experience, and The Outside Story

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:31:53 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEKS

The Mosquito Coast

Website: Apple TV+

The Girlfriend Experience

Website: Starz

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

The Outside Story

Website: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Synopsis: Brian Tyree Henry takes on his first big screen lead role as Charles Young, a broken-hearted video editor. Perceiving a betrayal of trust as a sign his girlfriend Isha (Sonequa Martin-Green) is leaving him, Charles preemptively blows up his relationship and sequesters himself at home. The fates do not comply, and Charles locks himself out of his apartment. Stumbling into a transformational, timely odyssey as he explores his community, Charles meets a dynamic ensemble of previously avoided neighbors (including Sunita Mani, Olivia Edward, and Asia Kate Dillon) who show him everyone's got issues, and it never helps to keep them all locked up.

Release Date: Available on digital and on demand April 30, 2021

Directed by: Casimir Nozkowski

Screenplay by: Casimir Nozkowski

Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Sunita Mani, Sonequa Martin-Green, Olivia Edward, Asia Kate Dillon, and Rebecca Naomi Jones

Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Not Rated

Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse

Website: Prime Video

Synopsis: An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife in Tom Clancy's Without Remorse, the explosive origin story of action hero John Clark – one of the most popular characters in author Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan universe. When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly's mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.

Release Date: Available on Prime Video Friday, April 30, 2021

Directed by: Stefano Sollima

Screenplay by: Taylor Sheridan and Will Staples

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lauren London, Brett Gelman, Jacob Scipio, Jack Kesy, Colman Domingo, Todd Lassance, Cam Gigandet, Luke Mitchell, and Guy Pearce

Distributor: Amazon Prime Video

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Rated R

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Movie and TV Talk: Mortal Kombat and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 03:11:32 GMT

MOVIE FIRST LOOK

Mortal Kombat

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: Why has Outworld's emperor sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, to hunt down MMA fighter Cole Young? In search of answers, Cole finds his way to the temple of Lord Raiden and begins unlocking the secrets of his heritage. As Outworld’s threat to Earthrealm grows, Cole joins warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Kano in a high-stakes battle for the soul of the universe.

Release Date: In theaters April 23, 2021 and available on HBO Max through May 23, 2021

Directed by: Simon McQuoid

Screenplay by: Greg Russo and Dave Callaham

Story by: Oren Uziel and Greg Russo

Starring: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Rated R

TV FINALE

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Website: Disney+

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Our Reaction to the Oscars (2021)

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:48:53 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Our Reaction to the 93rd Annual Academy Awards

Website: Nominees and Winners

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Sneak Peeks: Together Together, Trigger Point, and Limbo

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:53:31 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Trigger Point

Website: Screen Media

Synopsis: Nicolas Brazer is a retired U.S. special operative who worked in the darkest shadows of the government, part of an elite “invisible” team that quietly took out some of the worst villains around the world. After being blamed for the exposure, and ultimately the assassination, of several members of his own team, Nicolas disappeared into a life of solitude and indignity. Now, two years removed, he is reluctantly drawn back into this dangerous world – with both enemies and supposed friends coming after him – to not only clear his name, but to prevent the killing of a new generation of noble operatives.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, April 16, 2021 and available on demand Friday, April 23, 2021

Directed by: Brad Turner

Screenplay by: Michael Vickerson

Starring: Barry Pepper, Colm Feore, Laura Vandervoort, Eve Harlow, Jayne Eastwood, and Karen Robinson

Distributor: Screen Media

Genre: Action, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 22 minutes

Not Rated

Limbo

Website: Focus Features

Synopsis: Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather's oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland. Reflecting the complexity of the movement of people across borders has been a long-held passion for director and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, April 30, 2021

Directed by: Ben Sharrock

Screenplay by: Ben Sharrock

Starring: Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah,

Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Kais Nashif

Distributor: Focus Features

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes

Rated R

Together Together

Website: Bleecker Street

Synopsis: When young loner Anna is hired as the gestational surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s who wants a child, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.

Release Date: In select theaters Friday, April 23, 2021 and available on digital Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Directed by: Nikole Beckwith

Screenplay by: Nikole Beckwith

Starring: Patti Harrison and Ed Helms

Distributor: Bleecker Street

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Rated R

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TV Talk: Shameless, Kung Fu, Shadow and Bone, The Nevers, For All Mankind, and Much More!

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:27:51 GMT

Atlantic Crossing

Website: PBS

Gangs of London

Website: AMC

Kung Fu

Website: CW

The Nevers

Website: HBO

SEASON PREMIERES

Queen of the South

Website: USA

Younger

Website: Paramount+

SERIES FINALE

Shameless

Website: Showtime

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Shadow and Bone

Website: Netflix

For All Mankind Season Finale

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TV Talk: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Them, Superman & Lois, Resident Alien, and Beartown!

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:25:29 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

CHECK-INS

Superman & Lois

Follow the world's most famous super hero and comic books' most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Following the events of 'Avengers: Endgame,' Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities -- and their patience.

SEASON FINALE

Resident Alien

SERIES FINALE

Beartown

TV SNEAK PEEK

Them

A limited anthology series that explores terror in America. The first season, 1950s-set "Covenant" centers around a Black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration. The family's idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces, next door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.

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Sneak Peak: In the Earth

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:12:23 GMT

In the Earth

Synopsis: As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, April 16

Directed by: Ben Wheatley

Screenplay by: Ben Wheatley

Starring: Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires

Distributor: Neon

Genre: Horror

Running Time: 107 minutes

Rated R

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First Look: Concrete Cowboy and Godzilla vs. Kong

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:07:24 GMT

Concrete Cowboy

Synopsis: The film is about a 15-year-old boy from Detroit who is sent to live with his estranged father in Philadelphia and learns about the local urban cowboys. The main source of conflict revolves around his old friend, Smush, and Smush's efforts to undermine the local drug dealer. As the movie progresses it addresses the threat of the gentrification of the stables.

Release Date: September 13, 2020(TIFF), April 2, 2021 (United States)

Directed by: Ricky Staub

Screenplay by: Ricky Staub, Dan Walser

Starring: Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint, Clifford "Method Man" Smith

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Adventure

Running Time: 111 minutes

Rated R

Godzilla vs. Kong

Synopsis: The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance.

Release Date: March 31, 2021

Directed by: Adam Wingard

Screenplay by: Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein

Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Running Time: 67:09

Rated PG-13

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TV Sneak Peeks: The Serpent and Made for Love

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 08:00:46 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEKS

Made for Love

Website: HBO Max

The Serpent

Website: Netflix

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TV Talk: Good Girls, Generation, The Investigation, Bulletproof & More!

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:27:27 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERE

GENERA+ION

Website: HBO Max

SEASON PREMIERES

Good Girls

Website: NBC

Bulletproof

Website: CW

SEASON FINALES

Grown-ish

Website: Freeform

The Investigation

Website: HBO

TV SNEAK PEEK

Who Killed Sara?

Website: Netflix

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Movie Talk: Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Nobody

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:12:37 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEK

Nobody

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: Sometimes the man you don't notice is the most dangerous of all.

Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody.

When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake (Gage Munroe), is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen), seems to pull only further away.

The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (famed Russian actor Aleksey Serebryakov) — and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again.

Nobody is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ilya Naishuller, from a script by Derek Kolstad, the narrative architect of the John Wick franchise, and co-stars legendary Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd as Hutch's father and multi-hyphenate musician-actor RZA as Hutch's brother, whose own hidden talents aid Hutch in his quest for vengeance.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, March 26, 2021

Directed by: Ilya Naishuller

Screenplay by: Derek Kolstad

Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Aleksey Serebryakov, and Christopher Lloyd

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Genre: Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes

Rated R

FIRST LOOK

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: Batman and Wonder Woman enlist a team capable of protecting the world from the impending threat of Steppenwolf and his Parademon army, who are scouring the universe for three hidden Mother Boxes that would enable Steppenwolf to transcend worlds, lay waste to all enemies, and restore his good standing with his master, Darkseid. Though most of Batman and Wonder Woman’s initial efforts are met with resistance, they ultimately recruit Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash. But in order to help preserve the future of mankind, first they must each overcome their own demons.

After Steppenwolf secures two of the boxes buried deep within Themyscira and Atlantis, the superheroes are forced to take advantage of Cyborg’s unique connection to the one remaining. Harnessing the box’s capabilities to resurrect a final team member, they inadvertently provide Steppenwolf with an opportunity to obtain it – setting him up for imminent domination. With DeSaad and Darkseid waiting in the wings and posing catastrophic threats of their own, can this unique band of heroes dismantle the Mother Boxes before Steppenwolf’s synchronization is complete?

An epic, unabridged, and wildly different cut that will more than satisfy the fans who championed its release, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” offers a bounty of extended fight scenes; deeper dives into character history – including a brand-new backstory for Victor Stone, his father, and Star Labs, which ties directly into one of the Mother Boxes; expanded roles for Steppenwolf, Lois Lane, and Martha Kent; two additional forces of evil; and so much more.

Release Date: March 18, 2021

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Screenplay by: Chris Terrio

Story by: Zack Snyder, Chris Terrio, and Will Beall

Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, and many more

Distributor: HBO Max

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Running Time: 4 hours 2 minutes

Rated R

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Our Farewell to SXSW Online 2021!

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:29:47 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Featured Films and TV shows listed in SXSW premiere order:

Women Is Losers

[Narrative Feature Competition]

Synopsis: In 1960’s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera (Lorenza Izzo), sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future for herself and her son that sets new precedents for the time.

Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Fit, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, and Lincoln Bonilla

Director: Lissette Feliciano

Screenwriter: Lissette Feliciano

Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #womenislosersmovie

Ludi

[Narrative Spotlight]

Synopsis: Ludi, a hardworking and exhausted nurse, battles coworkers, clients and one impatient bus driver to learn her self worth as she chases the American Dream in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.

Cast: Shein Mompremier, Alan Myles Heyman, Madelin Marchant, Success St. Fleur Jr., Kerline Alce, Plus Pierre, Patrice DeGraff Arenas, and Farah Larrieux

Director: Edson Jean

Screenwriters: Edson Jean and Joshua Jean-Baptiste

Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes

Premiere Status: Texas Premiere

This film has not been rated. #LudiFilm

R#J

[Festival Favorites]

Synopsis: A re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet, featuring a diverse cast in the classic Shakespearean roles. This modern day take is told on mobile and is a mashup of Shakespearean dialogue with current social media communication.

Cast: Camaron Engels, Francesca Noel, RJ Cyler, Diego Tinoco, Russell Hornsby, and Siddiq Saunderson

Director: Carey Williams

Screenwriters: Carey Williams and Rickie Castaneda

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

Premiere Status: Texas Premiere

This film has not been rated.

Made for Love

[Episodic Premieres]

Synopsis: Based on Alissa Nutting’s tragicomic novel, Made for Love is a dark, absurd and cynically poignant story of divorce and revenge following Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti), a thirty-something woman on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage.

Cast: Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote, and Ray Romano

Showrunner: Christina Lee

Director: Christina Lee

Runtime: 27 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

#MadeForLove

Here Before

[Narrative Feature Competition]

Synopsis: After new neighbours move in next door, a bereaved mother begins to question her reality in this unsettling psychological thriller.

Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, and Eileen O’Higgins

Director: Stacey Gregg

Screenwriter: Stacey Gregg

Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #HEREBEFORE

The Girlfriend Experience

[Episodic Premieres]

Synopsis: Set in the London tech scene, Iris, a neuroscience major, begins to explore the transactional world of The Girlfriend Experience and quickly learns that client sessions provide her with a compelling edge in the tech world.

Cast: Julia Goldani Telles, Oliver Masucci, Frank Dillane, Daniel Betts, Armin Karima, Tobi Bamtefa, and Jemima Rooper

Showrunners: Anja Marquardt and Philip Fleishman

Director: Anja Marquardt

Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh

Screenwriter: Anja Marquardt

Runtime: 1 hour

Premiere Status: World Premiere

Language Lessons

[Narrative Spotlight]

Synopsis: A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.

Cast: Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry, and Christine Quesada

Director: Natalie Morales

Screenwriters: Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales

Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes

Premiere Status: North American Premiere

This film has not been rated.

The Fallout

[Narrative Feature Competition]

Synopsis: High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.

Cast: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz, Julie Bowen, and Shailene Woodley

Director: Megan Park

Screenwriter: Megan Park

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #TheFallout

Witch Hunt

[2020 Spotlight]

Synopsis: In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.

Cast: Gideon Adlon, Elizabeth Mitchell, Abigail Cowen, Nicholas & Cameron Crovetti, and Christian Camargo

Director: Elle Callahan

Screenwriter: Elle Callahan

Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #witchhuntmovie

Violet

[2020 Spotlight]

Synopsis: A film development executive realizes that "guiding voice" inside her head has been lying to her about everything.

Cast: Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux

Director: Justine Bateman

Screenwriter: Justine Bateman

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #VIOLETthefilm

Them

[Episodic Premieres]

Synopsis: 'Them' is a limited anthology series that explores terror in America.

Cast: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Melody Hurd, and Alison Pill

Showrunner: Little Marvin

Director: Nelson Cragg

Screenwriter: Little Marvin

Executive Producer: Lena Waithe

Co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios

Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

The Lost Sons

[Documentary Spotlight]

Synopsis: 1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby? In a tale of breathtaking twists and turns, two mysteries begin to unravel and dark family secrets are revealed.

Cast: Paul Fronczak

Director: Ursula Macfarlane

Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #thelostsons

Twyla Moves

[Visions]

Synopsis: Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: choreographing a dance for a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic. An American Masters documentary.

Cast: Twyla Tharp, Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Byrne, Billy Joel, Herman Cornejo, Jesse Huot, and Misty Copeland

Director: Steven Cantor

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated.

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TV Sneak Peek: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:24:08 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Premiere Date: Friday, March 19, 2021

Website: Disney+

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Welcome to SXSW Online 2021!

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:50:20 GMT

SXSW 2021 EVENT INFORMATION

SXSW is launching SXSW Online as part of our 2021 offerings. The digital experience will feature conference keynotes and sessions, screenings, showcases, networking, and exhibitions. The dates for SXSW EDU Online are March 9 – March 11, 2021 and SXSW Online will take place March 16 – March 20, 2021.

“The challenge of building a new future is one that we’re excited to tackle. This has been such a year of change and we, like the entire world, are reshaping our perspective on how we connect. We’re pleased to be working on SXSW Online as part of our program for 2021, and regardless of platform, we will continue to bring together the brightest minds from creative industries worldwide.” – Roland Swenson, CEO and Co-Founder

SXSW Online programming takes place in web, mobile, and Connected TV apps, XR environments, plus video networking and mentoring platforms. Content includes 24/7 streaming across five channels and on-demand Keynotes & Featured Sessions, Conference Sessions, Film Screenings, Music Showcases and Special Events.

FEATURED OFFERINGS

Listed in order of scheduled premiere:

Made for Love

[Episodic Premieres]

Cast: Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote, and Ray Romano

Showrunner: Christina Lee

Director: Christina Lee

Runtime: 27 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

#MadeForLove

Here Before

[Narrative Feature Competition]

Synopsis: After new neighbours move in next door, a bereaved mother begins to question her reality in this unsettling psychological thriller.

Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, and Eileen O’Higgins

Director: Stacey Gregg

Screenwriter: Stacey Gregg

Runtime: 83 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #HEREBEFORE

The Girlfriend Experience

[Episodic Premieres]

Cast: Julia Goldani Telles, Oliver Masucci, Frank Dillane, Daniel Betts, Armin Karima, Tobi Bamtefa, and Jemima Rooper

Showrunners: Anja Marquardt and Philip Fleishman

Director: Anja Marquardt

Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh

Runtime: 60 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

Language Lessons

[Narrative Spotlight]

Synopsis: A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.

Cast: Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry, and Christine Quesada

Director: Natalie Morales

Screenwriters: Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales

Runtime: 91 minutes

Premiere Status: North American Premiere

This film has not been rated.

Twyla Moves

[Visions]

Cast: Twyla Tharp, Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Byrne, Billy Joel, Herman Cornejo, Jesse Huot, and Misty Copeland

Director: Steven Cantor

Runtime: 82 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated.

The Fallout

[Narrative Feature Competition]

Synopsis: High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.

Cast: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz, Julie Bowen, and Shailene Woodley

Director: Megan Park

Screenwriter: Megan Park

Runtime: 92 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #TheFallout

Cruel Summer

[Episodic Premieres]

Synopsis: From Exec Producer Jessica Biel, Freeform’s Cruel Summer is a psychological thriller taking place over three summers when a popular girl goes missing and an awkward outlier transforms to queen bee and eventually, the most despised person in America.

Cast: Olivia Holt, Michael Landes, Froy Gutierrez, Harley Quinn Smith, Allius Barnes, Blake Lee, and Brooklyn Sudano

Showrunner: Tia Napolitano

Directors: Tia Napolitano and Max Winkler

Executive Producer: Jessica Biel

Runtime: 45 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

Violet

[2020 Spotlight]

Synopsis: A film development executive realizes that "guiding voice" inside her head has been lying to her about everything.

Cast: Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux

Director: Justine Bateman

Screenwriter: Justine Bateman

Runtime: 92 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

This film has not been rated. #VIOLETthefilm

Them

[Episodic Premieres]

Synopsis: 'Them' is a limited anthology series that explores terror in America.

Cast: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Melody Hurd, and Alison Pill

Showrunner: Little Marvin

Directors: Little Marvin and Nelson Cragg

Screenwriter: Little Marvin

Executive Producers: Little Marvin and Lena Waithe

Co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios

Runtime: 102 minutes

Premiere Status: World Premiere

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Sneak Peek: The Courier

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:00:14 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEK

The Courier

Website: Roadside Attractions

Synopsis: THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK's MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, March 19, 2021

Directed by: Dominic Cooke

Screenplay by: Tom O’Connor

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, and Jessie Buckley

Distributor: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions

Genre: Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes

Rated PG-13

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TV Talk: Superman & Lois, WandaVision, Genius: Aretha, Debris, and Beartown

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 17:00:04 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERES

Beartown

Website: HBO

Superman & Lois

Website: CW

Debris

Website: NBC

SERIES FINALE

WandaVision

Website: Disney+

SNEAK PEEK

Genius: Aretha

Website: National Geographic

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Sneak Peeks: Coming 2 America and Boss Level

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:47:51 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEKS

Coming 2 America

Website: Prime Video

Synopsis: Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.

Release Date: Available on Prime Video March 5, 2021

Directed by: Craig Brewer

Screenplay by: Kenya Barris and Barry W. Blaustein & David Sheffield

Story by: Barry W. Blaustein & David Sheffield and Justin Kanew

Based on characters created by Eddie Murphy

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, and Shari Headley, with Wesley Snipes and James Earl Jones

Also starring: John Amos, Teyana Taylor, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Paul Bates, Nomzamo Mbatha, and Bella Murphy

Distributor: Amazon Studios

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes

Rated PG-13

Boss Level

Website: Hulu

Synopsis: From acclaimed filmmaker JOE CARNAHAN – writer-director of NARC, SMOKIN’ ACES and THE GREY – comes BOSS LEVEL, an action-drama like no other. Roy Pulver (FRANK GRILLO) has a helluva problem: Every morning, he’s slaughtered by assassins in different ways. Sometimes he’s shot, then blown up, or beheaded, or stabbed — then that days starts anew, on and on, for reasons he can’t figure out. A former Delta Force member, Roy needs to figure out why he’s stuck in this repeating loop in time and space, how he can save his ex-wife (NAOMI WATTS) and 11-year-old son, and what an evil military scientist named Ventor (MEL GIBSON) wants with something called “The Osiris Spindle.” By setting things right, Roy can become the best version of himself – if he can save himself from being killed again.

Release Date: Available on Hulu March 5, 2021

Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Screenplay by: Chris Borey, Eddie Borey, and Joe Carnahan

Story by: Chris Borey and Eddie Borey

Starring: Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Annabelle Wallis, Ken Jeong, Will Sasso, Selina Lo, Meadow Williams, and Michelle Yeoh

Guest Starring: Rob Gronkowski, Rashad Evans, and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

Distributor: Hulu

Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes

Rated TV-MA

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The Best and Most Notable Movie Moments of 2020 (and Early 2021)!

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:10:50 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

Movies Mentioned (in alphabetical order):

Da 5 Bloods

Website: Netflix

The Dig

Website: Netflix

Elizabeth Is Missing (TV Movie)

Website: PBS

Farewell Amor

Website: Official Site

The Father

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Website: Netflix

Hamilton (Stage Film)

Website: Disney+

Judas and the Black Messiah

Website: Warner Bros.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Website: Netflix

The Mauritanian

Website: Official Site

Minari

Website: A24

Miss Juneteenth

Website: BET

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Website: Focus Features

Nomadland

Website: Searchlight Pictures

One Night in Miami…

Website: Prime Video

Small Axe: A Collection of Five Films (TV)

Website: Prime Video

Soul (animated)

Website: Disney+

Sound of Metal

Website: Prime Video

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Website: Hulu

Wolfwalkers (animated)

Website: Apple TV+

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Our Reaction to Golden Globes 2021!

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:34:55 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

GOLDEN GLOBES 2021 WINNERS AND NOMINEES:

TV NOMINEES AND WINNERS

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

John Boyega (“Small Axe”) WINNER

Brendan Gleeson (“The Comey Rule”)

Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Jim Parsons (“Hollywood”)

Donald Sutherland (“The Undoing”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”) WINNER

Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”)

Julia Garner (“Ozark”)

Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Cynthia Nixon (“Ratched”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Bryan Cranston (“Your Honor”)

Jeff Daniels (“The Comey Rule”)

Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”)

Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”)

Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”) WINNER

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”)

Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”)

Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”)

Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”)

Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”) WINNER

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

“Normal People” (Hulu/BBC)

“The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) WINNER

“Small Axe” (Amazon Studios/BBC)

“The Undoing” (HBO)

“Unorthodox” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Don Cheadle (“Black Monday”)

Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”)

Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”) WINNER

Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”)

Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”)

Elle Fanning (“The Great”)

Jane Levy (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”)

Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) WINNER

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

“Emily in Paris” (Netflix)

“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)

“The Great” (Hulu)

“Schitt’s Creek” (CBC) WINNER

“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Olivia Colman (“The Crown”)

Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)

Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) WINNER

Laura Linney (“Ozark”)

Sarah Paulson (“Ratched”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Jason Bateman (“Ozark”)

Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) WINNER

Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)

Al Pacino (“Hunters”)

Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”)

Best Television Series – Drama

“The Crown” (Netflix) WINNER

“Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

“The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus)

“Ozark” (Netflix)

“Ratched” (Netflix)

FILM NOMINEES AND WINNERS

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.) – H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas

“Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Daniel Pemberton, Celeste

“Io Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi WINNER

“Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth

“Tigress & Tweed” from “The United States vs. Billie Holliday” (Hulu) – Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

“The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat

“Tenet” (Warner Bros.) – Ludwig Göransson

“News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – James Newton Howard

“Mank” (Netflix) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

“Soul” (Pixar) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste WINNER

Best Motion Picture – Animated

“The Croods: A New Age” (Universal Pictures)

“Onward” (Walt Disney Pictures)

“Over the Moon” (Netflix)

“Soul” (Walt Disney Pictures) WINNER

“Wolfwalkers” (Cartoon Saloon)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”)

Olivia Colman (“The Father”)

Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”) WINNER

Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”)

Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)

Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) WINNER

Jared Leto (“The Little Things”)

Bill Murray (“On the Rocks”)

Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell – “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)

Jack Fincher – “Mank” (Netflix)

Aaron Sorkin – “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) WINNER

Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton – “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Chloe Zhao – “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

“Another Round” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

“La Llorona” (Shudder)

“The Life Ahead” (Netflix)

“Minari” (A24) WINNER

“Two of Us” (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)

Kate Hudson (“Music”)

Michelle Pfeiffer (“French Exit”)

Rosamund Pike (“I Care a Lot”) WINNER

Anya Taylor-Joy (“Emma”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) WINNER

James Corden (“The Prom”)

Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”)

Dev Patel (“The Personal History of David Copperfield”)

Andy Samberg (“Palm Springs”)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) WINNER

“Hamilton” (Walt Disney Pictures)

“Palm Springs” (Neon)

“Music” (Vertical Entertainment)

“The Prom” (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)

Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) WINNER

Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)

Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)

Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”)

Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) WINNER

Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)

Gary Oldman (“Mank”)

Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian”)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)

David Fincher, “Mank” (Netflix)

Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)

Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)

Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) WINNER

Best Motion Picture – Drama

“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Mank” (Netflix)

“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) WINNER

“Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)

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Movie Talk: I Care a Lot, Cherry, The Father, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:00:01 GMT

On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOK

I Care a Lot

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) is a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly bilks through dubious but legal means. It’s a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business-partner and lover Fran (Eiza González) use with brutal efficiency on their latest “cherry,” Jennifer Peterson (two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest) — a wealthy retiree with no living heirs or family. But when their mark turns out to have an equally shady secret of her own and connections to a volatile gangster (Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage), Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play — one that’s neither fair, nor square.

Release Date: February 19, 2021

Directed by: J Blakeson

Screenplay by: J Blakeson

Starring: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, and Alicia Witt, with Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Dianne Wiest

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 58 minutes

Rated R

SNEAK PEEKS

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Website: Hulu

Synopsis: The legendary Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe. Beginning in the 1940's in New York City, the federal government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad, "Strange Fruit." Led by Oscar® nominated director Lee Daniels and introducing Grammy® nominated singer-songwriter Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday unapologetically presents the icon's complicated, irrepressible life. Screenplay writer Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, pens this intimate tale of a fierce trailblazer whose defiance through music helped usher in the civil rights movement.

Release Date: Available on Hulu February 26, 2021

Directed by: Lee Daniels

Screenplay by: Suzan-Lori Parks

Starring: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Natasha Lyonne, Garrett Hedlund, Miss Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Tyler James Williams, Tone Bell, and Erik LaRay Harvey

Distributor: Hulu

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music

Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Rated R

Cherry

Website: Apple TV+

Synopsis: “Cherry” follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging life circumstances. Inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name, “Cherry” features Tom Holland in the title role as an unhinged character who drifts from dropping out of college to serving in Iraq as an Army medic and is only anchored by his one true love, Emily (Ciara Bravo). When Cherry returns home a war hero, he battles the demons of undiagnosed PTSD and spirals into drug addiction, surrounding himself with a menagerie of depraved misfits. Draining his finances, Cherry turns to bank robbing to fund his addiction, shattering his relationship with Emily along the way. Brought to the screen in bold, gritty fashion by visionary directors Anthony and Joe Russo, “Cherry” is a darkly humorous, unflinching coming-of-age story of a man on a universal quest for purpose and human connection.

Release Date: In select theaters on Friday, February 26, 2021 and globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 12, 2021

Directed by: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo

Screenplay by: Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg

Starring: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg, Forrest Goodluck, and Michael Gandolfini

Distributor: Apple TV+

Genre: Crime, Drama

Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Rated R

The Father