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| Hi there! We have a particularly excessive weekend planned, all because we can’t stop singing “Regret Me” from Daisy Jones & the Six. So we’re tripling down on rock star movies, plus making time for our Grand Crew friends and Michael B. Jordan tangling with Jonathan Majors in Creed III. And to cool off, Next in Fashion returns! Plus, Chris Rock returns to Netflix tomorrow in their first-ever live comedy special! Happy watching! |
| “I really didn't want to be Lizzie McGuire anymore” |
| — Hilary Duff on why she began her singing career. |
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| Daisy Jones & The Six |
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The Story:
Based on the best-selling novel, this tale of mayhem and music stars Riley Keough and Sam Claflin as bandmates (and possibly soulmates) on a meteoric rise to the top of the charts. Filled with brand-new songs, parties at Chateau Marmont, and plenty of benders, it’s a compilation of rock star excess—including talent.
The Elevator Pitch: Fleetwood Mac meets Almost Famous.
For more sex, songs, drugs and rock & roll, check out these three films: |
 | | A Star Is Born | | Choose from the three musical versions of this story: Do you want Judy Garland tragedy? Streisand’s ‘70s intensity (and hair!)? Or Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper diving into the “Shallows”? There’s something to recommend for each, just choose your vibe and sit back. | | Where to watch |
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 | | Walk the Line | | There’s a lot to recommend this Johnny Cash biopic, not least of which is Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix’s chemistry and vocals, and a performance so committed from Phoenix that the infamous scene in which he rips out a sink was improvised. | | Where to watch |
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 | | The Doors | | Only Val Kilmer at the height of his ‘90s heartthrob status could play the impossibly sexy Doors frontman Jim Morrison, he of the tight leather pants and fur coats. And this Oliver Stone-directed biopic is just as excessive and theatrical as Morrison himself. (Plus, Meg Ryan!) | | Where to watch |
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 | | Next in Fashion | | Season 2 of the fashion competition series is finally here, still hosted by Tan France and Alexa Chung. For these professional designers, Next in Fashion is the chance of a lifetime—and unlike that other series, there’s no drama here. We get enough of that at work anyway. | | Where to watch |
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 | | Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | | What more do you need from this Guy Ritchie movie than Jason Statham plays a special agent whose team (including Aubrey Plaza!) must recruit the world’s biggest movie star (Josh Hartnett!) to deal with arms dealer Hugh Grant?! Statham may be the only man alive who can match Plaza’s deadpan, and we’re here for this pairing. | | Where to watch |
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 | | Finding Michael | | Michael Matthews, the youngest man ever to climb Mount Everest, disappeared three hours later. In this documentary, his brother—reality star Spencer Matthews—goes on a search for his body and grapples with grief, loss, and climbing Everest himself. | | Where to watch |
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 | | Grand Crew | | Grab a corkscrew and a couple bottles, because our favorite wine-guzzling friend group is back! An effortlessly funny and also incisive comedy about a group of Black friends in Los Angeles, the under-the-radar show deserves more eyeballs and love. | | Where to watch |
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| The finale of the first season of Yellowstone prequel 1923 was intense! Read on to find out why Aminah Nieves, who plays Teonna Rainwater, stole the show from the Dutton family and is our Winner of the Week. |
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| Brilliant 2023 TV Shows You’ve Been Missing Out On |
 | | Shrinking | | Therapist Jason Segel throws ethics out the window and starts telling his patients what he actually thinks in this feel-good dark comedy co-starring Harrison Ford, from Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs). | | Where to watch |
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 | | Poker Face | | What do you get when you cross a Peter Falk-obsessed Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) with a mystery-obsessed Rian Johnson (Knives Out)? This new case-of-the-week mystery series with Lyonne as a detective and plenty of A-list guest stars. | | Where to watch |
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 | | Party Down | | The beloved two-season cult comedy about L.A. cater waiters is back with a new season after 13 years. The original powerhouse comedy cast returns including Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, and Megan Mullally. Plus, Jennifer Garner joins and hilariously steps out of her comfort zone. | | Where to watch |
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|  | | Fatal Attraction | | In a reimagining of the original 1987 movie starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson strike up a dangerous affair in the new Fatal Attraction series. The first three episodes premiere April 30 on Paramount+. | | View Trailer |
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- The director wanted this film to be a cross between a Britney video and a Gaspar Noé movie.
- Emma Roberts was initially cast before dropping out.
- The first movie released by A24.
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| The Sweet Science |
| Michael B. Jordan returns as the titular boxer and makes his directorial debut with the first Stallone-less movie in the Rocky universe. Do his anime-inspired fight sequences and girl dad plot win the day? Or is this franchise on the ropes? |
- "A structural mishmash. Even at nearly two hours, it repeatedly rushes to the most climactic scenes, jumping ahead to crucial boxing matches with barely any buildup." — Derek Smith, Slant
- "Jordan also finds more for Tessa Thompson's Bianca to do, the actor accessing the nuance in Bianca’s own life-after-stardom journey. And more focus on the Creed’s deaf daughter Amara (Mila Davis-Kent) gives us a welcome, sweet-but-not-syrupy family dynamic." — Amon Warman, Empire
- "[Jordan's] use of slow motion, allowing the viewer to gleefully take in bruising shots to the body, doesn’t feel cartoonish or simplistic. They’re deeply felt, crowd-pleasing swings." — Robert Daniels, Inverse
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 | Coming Soonish |
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🧚 Check out Yara Shahidi's Tinker Bell and Jude Law's Hook in Peter Pan & Wendy.
🎲 Toni Collette inherits a mob organization in Mafia Mama, a new Catherine Hardwicke comedy.
🥁 Stranger Things is turning back the clock for its first spinoff (for the London stage).
🤓 Bebe Neuwirth will reprise her Lilith role in the Paramount+ reboot of Frasier.
🐂 Logan Roy is out of control in the Succession Season 4 trailer.
🎙️ Release date announced for final 9 episodes of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. |
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