Clockwise from top: Bare, I Am: Celine Dion, Janet Planetand A Quiet Place: Day 1.
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Now, here we go! We’re so used to ever-shifting calendars and slow-paced release weeks that this weekend’s deluge of movies and TV shows feels strange. It’s welcome, of course, but it’s also strange and overwhelming. There’s blockbuster spinoffs, quiet indies, the return of TV’s most chaotic restaurant, and Kevin Costner returning to the big screen. We’re excited, right? —Savannah Salazar
Now that Carmy and Sydney have opened their posh restaurant, no doubt everything will be completely peaceful and conflict-free in Season 3. There’s no way, for example, two or more characters will start a yelling match in the middle of the kitchen in the middle of a very busy dinner service. That just never happens on this show. —Jen Chaney
➽ and what One season that teeth! (To shippers: That’s not happening.)
John Krasinski’s first spinoff Quiet place Origin of the franchise pig Writer and director Michael Sarnoski. first daywhich takes us back to the beginning of an invasion of sound-sensitive alien monsters. Of course, the new characters we meet (Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn) don’t know that yet. Good luck, babes! —S.S.
Award-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her talents to the silver screen in her debut play. Janet PlanetThe story centers on a mother and her young daughter (played by Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler, respectively) who struggle to discover the similarities between them. —S.S.
From Academy Award nominations to co-starring roles Under the bridge Starring in Fancy DanceLily Gladstone has had a great year, most recently starring as an aunt who teams up with her niece to search for the mother of a girl who went missing on the Seneca Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma. —S.S.
A big year for moms in love. Following in Anne Hathaway’s footsteps Your IdeaOn Netflix, Nicole Kidman plays a woman who has an affair with a celebrity (Zac Efron) whose daughter (Joey King) is her personal assistant. I get it, girl. —S.S.
Netflix spinoff That ’70s Show The story follows Eric and Donna’s daughter, Leah Foreman, as she lives with her grandparents, Kitty and Red (Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp), and gets caught up in the mayhem of sitcom life. —S.S.
“this is Dune: Part 1 Movies for Dads (and hello, I’m a Dad) had just started and it seems to have stalled out too.”Currently in theaters, Click here for details.)
The streamer’s female-led drama series tend to follow a formulaic storyline of “bad husband, money troubles, the need to start over,” and this adaptation of a novel by Sandra Berneda falls into that category. Eva Longoria stars as a New York woman who travels to Spain with her mother and teenage daughter to rediscover themselves in the village the family once fled. —Roxana Hadadi
Can you believe Sean Penn is doing a good job in a movie again? We can’t believe it either! Somehow, that’s not the most surprising thing. DaddioIn the film, he plays a chatty New York cab driver who gives rides to Dakota Johnson’s character (listed only as “Girly” in the credits). —Eric Villas-Boas
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Celine Dion still strives for perfection, writes Madeline Leong Coleman in a new documentary.
Have you seen Julio Torres’ HBO series? Phantasmus;Now, ProblemistaAnother surrealist comedy from Torres, this is his directorial debut. Problemistafollows Alejandro (Torres) as he tries to juggle his dream of becoming a toy designer with the fact that he’s been fired from his last job and his work visa isn’t due for renewal in time. He tries to get a job as an assistant to the cantankerous art critic Elizabeth (Tilda Swinton), but it proves to be much harder than he imagined. It’s endearing and very funny. —S.S.
➽ Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga Accelerate Entering digitalizationThe same can be said of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest work. Boy and Heron.
June was a busy month for television.Bridgerton, bear, House of the DragonAmidst all that excitement, AMC Interview with the Vampire A show that surprises you every week. The final episode will be aired on Sunday so now is the best time to watch the whole season. Get ready for season 3. We all need to watch Rockstar Lestat. —S.S.
Yes, DC’s favorite supervillain team is back in animated form. As the title suggests, Different world cleverly plays with the trope by catapulting its characters into otherworldly adventures as Harley Quinn and friends embark on an interdimensional mission for Amanda Waller, with the first three episodes now available. —EVB
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