A taut Polish spy thriller that brings a European perspective to the geopolitical espionage genre, HBO Max’s The Eastern Gate pivots around Ewa, a Polish spy who wants to leave the secret service after a personal tragedy – but ends up drawn in deep when her partner is exposed by the Russians and disappears. Directed
A perfectly timed escape-watch comedy with all the ingredients: a gorgeous destination wedding setting, Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, some top-notch cameos, and comfort food that is rom-com tropes. It’ll work for a date night movie in middle of the winter storms.
An unprecedented lineup of the biggest names in music from across the generations take the stage tonight for the FireAid – a benefit for LA’s fire victims. From legends like Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, Joni Mitchell, Sting, Stevie Nicks, and Graham Nash to Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Alanis Morissette, No Doubt, Pink, Green
A fresh take on the high school years of Peter Parker/Spider-Man that works for non-Spidey and Marvel aficionados alike, Disney’s new “coming of age” animated series has impressed critics and early viewers for melding the best of the franchise while introducing new characters and creating a parallel arc with a would-be nemesis who joins a
After a long wait, the gaming world builders of Apple’s workplace comedy are back, and they’re getting personal. AI and life after COVID are impacting their jobs. Poppy has a new boyfriend, putting the strain on her creative partnership with Ian. And Dana’s rising star is causing some strife. Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, and Danny
Set in a serene world filled with many of the world’s most influential people, Sterling K. Brown plays a Secret Service agent to the president (James Marsden) who ends up accused of murder in this much-anticipated political thriller from This is Us creator Dan Fogelman. From the A.V. Club’s Saloni Gajjar: “Fogelman and the writers
Richard Gere stars as a declining documentary filmmaker determined to tell his own unvarnished life story to his former student (Michael Imperioli), with his wife and collaborator (Uma Thurman) bearing full witness. As his secrets are revealed and his 60s youth reenacted (by Jacob Elordi), it become the story of “a man cleansed of the
For those who like their history with a grain of satire and Swedes, Hulu’s first Swedish series (with English subtitles) is inspired by the events of the 11-day standoff in 1981 between the USSR and Sweden, when a Soviet ‘Whiskey’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters and Ronald Reagan went head-to-head
Ridley Scott is behind Apple’s new eight-episode spy thriller about a mathematician on the verge of a major breakthrough that would kill encryption — throwing him into the crosshairs of a mysterious enemy, the kind that requires him to go on the run with the protection of an NSA agent. A notch more cerebral than
An antidote to some of the hard-to-believe-what-we-are-seeing news coverage, The Daily Show is back and surging in viewers – delivering the nightly laughs many need right now in order to fall asleep. Jon Stewart returns Monday nights, but its worth tuning in for the rotation of rising stars Tues-Thursday nights. 11pm ET on Comedy Central.