A pitch-dark, jaw-drop comedy anthology starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Joe Alwyn, and several other top-notch actors, Kinds of Kindness is broken into three short films, which are loosely connected by a mysterious character who goes by the initials R.M.F. (played by the film’s Oscar-winning director, Yorgos Lanthimos). It’s the kind of film that requires
Acorn’s Danish love triangle / detective series is back for more of investigator Dan Sommerdahl, who continues to work with his ex-wife and the man she cheated on him with: his longtime partner. As if the trust issues weren’t bad enough, this season he has to forgive them for recording his new girlfriend as she
It’s Adam Sandler, so you can expect the dick jokes and the ridiculous. But the usual stand-up format and the usual Sandler get some tweaking thanks to director Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems), and the jokes are new, as are the songs, the dog, and the unexpected heartfelt tributes.
In the wake of its high-octane Olympic extravaganza, Peacock serves up this action-thriller remake from the trailblazing director John Woo — who updates his 1989 classic and moves it from Hong Kong to Paris. It follows a lethal Parisian assassin named Zee (Nathalie Emmanuel) who refuses to kill a young blind woman at a nightclub
Five years after a 16-year-old tennis prodigy loses her career to an injury, she delivers a shocking allegation against her former coach, and finds her life turned upside down. Aidan Turner and Ella Lily Hyland star in the psychological drama that explores the complexities, assumptions, and questions around a #MeToo story. “…overall it is an
A piercing film from Oscar-nominated Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa), Green Border follows the lives of refugees from the Middle East and Africa who were promised an easy entry into the European Union, only to find themselves trapped in an international stand-off between Poland and Belarus. From a Syrian family fleeing ISIS to the dehumanizing border
The moving, critically-praised family epic based on Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel, Pachinko returns to follow the dramatic story of four generations of a Korean family that emigrates to Japan during WWII. “It’s an authentic tale of persisting while facing hardships and finding unexpected joy and freedom in moments of grief and loss.” — A.V.
How to up the ante on this guilty pleasure? Jumping off the dramatic wedding cliffhanger of Season 3 (18 months ago, so you’ll need to rewatch it), the new season sees Emily in another love triangle, and there’s a masquerade ball, only-in-Paris hotties, fully distracting outfits, and workplace tensions. Critics are not on board, but
A summer blockbuster for the living room, Jackpot! is set in a near future California, where the state lottery offers the big prize to anyone who can track down and kill the person holding the winning ticket — without using a gun. The satirical action comedy comes from Paul Feig and stars Awkwafina as the
As the original Fresh Prince describes it, the drama is turned up to 11 this season in the reboot of Will Smith’s 90s comedy, which sees the family celebrating Junteenth, Will and Carlton getting jobs at the Beverly Hills Country Club, and Will’s parents coming together to heal some wounds. The first three of 10