Geraldo Rivera was the voice of reason on Fox News while Judge Jeanine Pirro lost her mind while subbing for Hannity. That’s quite a sentence to behold, I know, but Geraldo’s been pretty levelheaded lately (compared to his Mafia-vault digging and troop-coordinate-exposing days), and Jeanine looks especially unhinged in comparison. She was subbing in for Sean Hannity, and things got pretty wild, so much so that Geraldo actually made the Jake Tapper face while she ranted unabated about why she’s so furious about undocumented migrant workers
Here’s a video clip of Jeanine baselessly lashing claiming that people from other countries are to blame for COVID-19 in the U.S. “They’ve got COVID!” she shouted. “They’ve got all kinds of diseases. They are being released into the United States! Now, you’re not going to tell me that a governor is going to shut me down and not allow me to do my job and let in illegals because we’ve got a heart? Mexico ought to have a heart!”
FOX News’ Jeanine Pirro went full mask off last night, blasting immigrants at the border: “They’ve got COVID. They’ve got all kinds of diseases. They are being released into the United States!”
Whereas Geraldo pointed out that these migrant workers were deemed essential last spring while the pandemic started to heat up. Via Mediaite, Jeanine continued to yell while not realizing that President Trump had made the declaration about the migrant workers being essential. Via a video that’s available at Mediaite, Jeanine would not stop insisting that these migrant workers are taking jobs from Americans, and at that point, Geraldo had enough.
“Seventeen million Americans out of work are not going to go back to picking lettuce,” he countered. “Or go back to the meat packing plant or the poultry processing plant!” His point, of course, is that Jeanine could show a little appreciation for these workers that helped to keep the U.S. food supply chain going in the U.S., but the sentiment was undoubtedly lost in all the shouty fury.
Since January 20, the day Donald Trump left office, you’re more likely to catch Jared Kushner going for a run than talking to his father-in-law. Ivanka’s husband was one of the president’s most trusted advisors when he was in the White House (with an insane responsibility for someone who only got the highest level of security clearance after Donald stepped in), but their relationship has been “fractured” since last November. According to CNN, Trump “has at times in the last several weeks expressed to those close to him that he faults Kushner for losing” the presidential election to Joe Biden.
As one source said, “We know the boss isn’t going to blame himself.”
Jared Kushner was notably not on the list of advisers assisting the former President [for his CPAC appearance]. Kushner, who previously served as chief adviser-cum-micromanager with far-reaching responsibilities and had virtual carte blanche, has tapped out, say several people who worked closely with Kushner at the White House or are familiar with his thinking and told CNN on background in order to maintain relationships.
Kushner, described as “a guy who for four years did everything on behalf of President Trump,” is spending “some much needed time with his family,” an insider close to him told CNN. But that hasn’t stopped Trump from being “angry” at his son-in-law. They couldn’t even say hello to each other while golfing. However, if Trump runs for president again in 2024, as he’s teased (threatened), Kushner “would likely come back into the fold as an adviser.” Mostly because he misses the thrill of not letting Secret Service agents use his toilet.
Anderson .Paak was one of the supporting acts on Bruno Mars’ world tour in support of his album 24K Magic, and it turns out that’s where the seed of pair’s new band, Silk Sonic, was planted. The way Mars tells it, though, things really got started with .Paak getting drunk on his 25th birthday and joining Mars in the studio.
Mars and .Paak chatted about the project and their new song “Leave The Door Open” with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. Mars explained, “There’s a song on the album that we started in 2017, that was on tour. And it was just a little phrase that we had that we were joking around going back and forth about. When we got to the studio, I actually called him on his birthday and I said, ‘I think I figured out that little hook we had. Come to the studio.’ He’s like, ‘It’s my birthday.’ So he came drunk. After every take, he was on fire.”
.Paak then chimed in, “My 25th birthday, bro, what was I going to do?”
Mars continued:
“That’s what it was. It snowballed. And it was like, well, want to come back tomorrow? And we kept coming up with music. It felt like why you fall in love with music in the first place. And jamming with your buddy… There’s no plan, just working out the parts and trying to excite each other. That’s why this wouldn’t happen if it didn’t make sense and it didn’t feel natural and organic. This was a series of events that led us to, ‘Man, why don’t we just do it?’ Starting with the tour, us creating a friendship and a bond and talking to each other and sharing the same love for music, getting into the studio, quarantine, all of these things. it was the equation to get this album and it’s… that’s God.”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
If you took Econ 101, you learned all about the effects of supply and demand. In the simplest terms, if there’s demand for a product without much supply, the price will be driven up. This is true in sneakers and it’s definitely true in the world of bourbon. If a well-known distillery releases a much-coveted expression of high-quality whiskey but it only makes a few thousand bottles available, demand will push the price well past the MSRP.
The boom of whiskey’s secondary market only exacerbates this situation and has led to what whiskey aficionados refer to as “unicorn” bottles — those dream drams that never make it onto the shelves of local liquor stores. The kind of bottles that you can only purchase (at cost) if you are friends with someone at the company or (well above cost) on the secondary market. Or… in this case, you might score a tiny taster because you write about whiskey and the distilleries want you to taste their best stuff so that you cover it, thereby keeping the whole supply-hype-demand-markup machine running.
Below, you’ll find tasting notes on ten bourbons that sell for a giant markup. These are all amazing, high-quality, sometimes life-changing sips, but they often cost an absolute ton more than they should. We do our best to help you parse that below.
Old Forester has been releasing its beloved Birthday Bourbon for twenty years. It’s made to celebrate the birthday of its founder George Garvin Brown. The ten-year-old barrels picked for the bottling are chosen for their unique and exceptional quality. Its price is driven up by the fact that it’s produced in extremely small quantities as the total is supposed to be the equivalent of one day of production at the distillery.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of dried orange peels, buttery caramel, and charred oak. The first sip yields hints of coconut cream, brown sugar, sweet treacle, and subtle cinnamon. The last sip is long, very dry, and ends with a nice kick of spicy cinnamon sugar.
Bottom Line:
This aptly named bourbon is the perfect birthday gift for a friend, family member, or, better yet, yourself… if you can pay somewhere in the $300-300 range (still a ton!).
Michter’s is a big name in the whiskey world. Its most sought-after bottle is its 10-Year Single Barrel Bourbon. Aged for ten years in fire-charred, new American oak barrels, this single barrel, very limited expression fetches much more than its $130 price tag on the open market.
Tasting Notes:
Take a whiff of this very special expression and your olfactories will be met with essences of brown sugar, toasted oak, and subtle cinnamon spice. On the palate, you’ll be greeted with flavors of toasted marshmallows, maple candy, buttery caramel, and allspice. The last gulp is long, lingering, and ends with a nice combination of charred oak and caramel candy.
Bottom Line:
You might be confused as to why a ten-year-old bourbon is so expensive, but after one taste you’ll agree that this is so good that even the markup price is probably fair.
Buffalo Trace is the name when it comes to bourbon. Even its flagship $20 Buffalo Trace Bourbon is memorable. But the brand’s W.L. Weller 12 is one of its most beloved and also most expensive bourbon whiskeys on the secondary market. The 12 year age statement is longer than most wheated bourbons. The result is a luxuriously mellow, velvety smooth sipping experience.
Tasting Notes:
If you take time to nose this expression, you’ll find aromas of caramel corn, toasted vanilla beans, and a nice nutty sweetness. Take one sip and you’ll be well aware that this is one of the best wheated whiskeys on the market — with its rich, dark oak, buttery caramel, sweet almond cookie, and subtle cinnamon flavors. The finish is long, full of warming heat, and ends with a nice kick of caramelized sugar.
Bottom Line:
If you find yourself with a bottle of this rare offering, don’t even consider mixing it with anything. In fact, we suggest drinking it without ice to really take in all of the nuanced flavors. And while the markup here is huge… you’re probably going to be stuck with it for awhile. This was never destined to be a $40 bottle.
Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. is known as the “Father of the Modern Bourbon Industry” because of his legendary impact and innovations in the industry. In his honor, Buffalo Trace makes E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch. Its age isn’t disclosed, but since it’s Bottled in Bond, it’s at least four years old.
Tasting Notes:
Take a moment to breathe in the elegant aromas of dried cherries, caramelized sugar, and charred oak. On the palate, you’ll find sweet cinnamon, buttery caramel, molasses, and toasted vanilla beans. The last sip is long, has a nice bit of warmth, and ends with a nice mix of brown sugar and subtle spicy pepper.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to hard-to-find bottles, this is one of the easier to get your hands on. Sure it’s listed for around $40, but you can easily find a bottle for around $200 — that might be enticing enough for you to grab, depending on your bankroll.
Even before you know what’s inside it, you’ll probably be struck by the bottle itself. Old Fitzgerald 15 Bottled-In-Bond is packaged in a container that’s also a beautifully designed decanter. Inside is a complex, high-wheat bourbon that’s worth its mighty price.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find charred oak, cocoa powder, vanilla beans, and an underlying nutty sweetness. Take a sip and find yourself immersed in notes of pipe tobacco, caramelized sugar, and buttercream. That’s all rounded out with a subtle, cracked pepper finish.
Bottom Line:
Old Fitzgerald 15 is a showcase bottle. If you can get your hands on one, put it front and center in the middle of your collection. It’s bold, sleek in design, and delicious. At $400, you could think of it like paying $300 for the juice and $100 for the decanter.
If you’re a bourbon drinker, you’ve probably tried Baker’s 7-year-old offering from the brand’s small-batch expressions. But perhaps you haven’t tried Baker’s Single Barrel 13 — it’s damn hard to find. As with so many of these drams, demand has driven the price through the roof.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll smell the musty scents of the rickhouse itself as well as vanilla beans, charred oak, and sweet treacle. Take a drink and you’ll be met with flavors of barrel char, dried leather, buttery caramel, and cooking spices. On the finish, you’ll find lingering hints of butterscotch and cinnamon.
Bottom Line:
If you already own a bottle of two of the original Baker’s Bourbon, find a bottle of this gem (cross your fingers to nab it at $300) and compare the two.
Like many well-known bourbons, this rare bottle was named after a legend — former Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Elmer T. Lee. Made up of hand-picked barrels that were chosen to be a nice balance between sweet and spicy, the mash bill here isn’t listed but it’s assumed that there’s a higher-than-normal rye content (between 12-15%).
Tasting Notes:
Take a whiff and you’ll find clean, sweet aromas of toasted marshmallows, vanilla, and dried leather. On the palate, you’ll pick up clover honey, dried fruits, creamy vanilla, and just a hint of peppery rye spice. The finish is fairly long, filled with pleasing heat, and ends with a nice mix of charred oak and pipe tobacco.
Bottom Line:
Start a collection of bourbon pioneers and make this bottle your first addition. It’s a well-balanced expression perfectly suited for slow sipping while you think about the history of whiskey in America. However, we like it a lot better at around $150.
When it comes to hard-to-find bottles, the name Van Winkle always comes up. We could fill this whole list with bottles from the Van Winkle family. But we chose Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 because of the low suggested price and the difficulty in finding it. Aged for 12 years, this whiskey is known for its sweet, rich, mellow, easy-drinking nature.
Tasting Notes:
Take a moment to breathe in the aromas (for god’s sake, take your time with this) and you’ll be treated to the scents of wood char, brown sugar, and vanilla beans. When you take a sip, you’ll find velvety waves of sticky toffee pudding, allspice, buttery caramel, sweet vanilla, and a subtle nutty, almond cookie finish.
Bottom Line:
Old Rip Van Winkle 10 and Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 are both bottles in the Van Winkle family that retail for less than $100. But good luck finding either for anywhere close to that number. Zach Johnston said in his Van Winkle brand ranking that he’d pay $80 for this. I think it’s a value at double that — but we’re agreed that a grand is out of reach.
It should come as no surprise that there’s yet another Buffalo Trace expression on this list. William Larue Weller is aged for over 12 years and bottled at an extremely potent 134.5 proof. It’s well known for its mellow, soft flavor due to the liberal use of wheat instead of rye in the mash bill.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find hints of dried fruits, charred oak, pipe tobacco, and fragrant caramel candy. On the palate, you’ll find flavors of toasted marshmallows, maple candy, creamy vanilla, and subtle cinnamon spice. The finish is medium, mellow, and ends with a final flourish of buttery caramelized sugar.
Bottom Line:
This creamy, buttery, mellow whiskey is perfectly suited for slow sipping neat or on the rocks while you try not to think about the crazy amount of money you spent to get a bottle. Value-wise, you have to have f-you money to go beyond $400 for any bourbon whiskey.
Another whiskey named after a bourbon pioneer, George T. Stagg — this one is uncut, unfiltered, and, while we don’t know the make-up of the mash bill, we do know this expression was aged for over fifteen years. The result is a high-proof bourbon that still manages to be extremely smooth and sippable.
Tasting Notes:
Give this whiskey a proper nosing and you’ll find aromas of cocoa powder, toasted vanilla beans, sugar cane juice, and wood char. Take a sip and enjoy the flavors of pipe tobacco, dried leather, sweet raisins, creamy butterscotch, brown sugar. It all ends in a nice mix of mint and buttery caramel.
Bottom Line:
If you’re starting a collection, George T. Stagg is a great bottle to begin your journey with. It’s potent, rich, and perfect for sipping on a cold evening. $300 feels fair here.
Juice WRLD passed away a bit over a year ago now, but that actually hasn’t had a drastic impact on his musical output. The late rapper has made a number of posthumous appearances since his death, and now the latest one is “Life’s A Mess II,” a collaboration with Post Malone and Clever.
The track is a follow-up to Juice and Halsey’s collaboration “Life’s A Mess” and Clever previously explained, “the juice wrld record is a different version of ‘Life’s a Mess’ by Juice and Halsey. I was on that record before Halsey- and the beat got changed- this version I have is the version Juice wanted as far as the beat goes. it has more of an acoustic vibe.. but with a verse from me on it- oh and this other artist you may have heard of named Post Malone .”
Clever also wrote of the song on Instagram, “This song means so much to me.. everything was working against it- the devil tried so hard to keep it from happening- but it’s out. I wish Juice was here to see this- Thank you for everything. I love you. 999 til the world burns.” In another post from over the weekend, he also wrote, “for an artist that came up under Grade A while Juice was opening the doors for artist like me and Seezyn and Laroi- and then doing a collaboration deal before we lost Juice- between Grade A and Posty Co- a song with me in the middle of Juice and Post Malone couldn’t be more fitting. It really means a lot to me and I hope you enjoy it.”
Spring hasn’t quite yet sprung across much of the United States, and Netflix realizes that we need some help finishing up this endless winter. To that end, there are plenty of options for people who enjoy music, animation, rebellion, and true crime. First up, there’s a fresh installment of the Pacific Rim franchise for those who need some giant robots on their side. Then there’s a long-awaited tribute to a hip hop legend and a celebration of rising up against the high school status quo with a feminist twist. And finally, dig into one of the biggest (and most fatal) scandals to hit the Mormon church. No matter what mood you’re in while binging this weekend, the streamer will satisfy those cravings.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) the streaming platform this week.
Pacific Rim: The Black (Netflix series streaming 3/4)
This animated series is as bonkers as the live action-ish films. There’s massive robots and Kaiju overrunning Australia, which renders the whole continent inhabitable. Amid the mayhem, two siblings search for their missing parents and basically embark upon their search by piloting a Jaeger, which is their only shot at survival. The only thing that’s missing here is an obvious ingredient: Charlie Hunnam.
Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell (Netflix documentary streaming 3/1)
The Notorious B.I.G. gets the celebratory spotlight in this documentary that charts his journey from hustler to rap king. It’s an origin story fit for a legend, and although his lyrics were often autobiographical, this film’s rare footage, testimonies, and in-depth interviews will teach you plenty that you didn’t know about the Hip-Hop icon before hitting play. The documentary arrives in collaboration with Biggie Smalls’ estate while looking ahead to what would have been his 50th birthday and as a followup to his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Sean Combs executive produces alongside Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace, and the film promises to reveal a side Christopher George Latore Wallace that’s never before been revealed to the public.
The streaming service is cranking out the movies (at least one per week) this year, and this series co-stars Amy Poehler as a mom with a rebellious past. That past ends up inspiring her daughter, Vivian (Hadley Robinson), to anonymously publish an underground zine (called Moxie) to expose wrongdoers at her high school. In the process, she inspires a full-on movement and revolution, which leads to a shift and power from the cliques and clubs to a better environment for all at the school. The film also stars Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Josie Totah, Anjelika Washington, Charlie Hall, Sabrina Haskett, Ike Barinholtz, and Marcia Gay Harden.
Murder Among The Mormons (Netflix limited series streaming 3/3)
Salt Lake City is struck by a series of fatal pipe bombs in 1985, and it’s easily one of the most shocking happenings in the history of the Mormon community. A criminal mastermind is to blame, and clues spring from early Mormon documents and diaries found scattered amid a rare document collection that’s in possession of one of the victims. This is a three-part miniseries and a true-crime documentary that digs into territory seldom seen for a genre that tends to focus on spooks and serial killers. Here, the main crimes in question went down in broad daylight, but as the episodes unfold, the darkness of what sparked these stunning killings slowly rises to the surface.
Here’s a full list of what’s been added in the last week:
Avail. 3/1 Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Batman Begins
Blanche Gardin: Bonne Nuit Blanche
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Dances with Wolves
DC Super Hero Girls: Season 1 I Am Legend
Invictus
Jason X
Killing Gunther
LEGO Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom
Nights in Rodanthe
Power Rangers Beast Morphers: S2 Rain Man
Step Up: Revolution
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
The Dark Knight
The Pursuit of Happyness
Training Day
Two Weeks Notice
Year One
Avail. 3/2 Black or White
Word Party: Season 5
Avail. 3/3 Moxie
Murder Among the Mormons
Parker
Safe Haven
Avail. 3/4 Pacific Rim: The Black
Avail. 3/5 Dogwashers
Nevenka: Breaking the Silence
Pokémon Journeys: The Series: Part 4 Sentinelle
And here’s what’s leaving next week, so it’s your last chance:
Leaving 3/7 Hunter X Hunter: Seasons 1-3
Leaving 3/8 Apollo 18
The Young Offenders
Leaving 3/9 November Criminals
The Boss’s Daughter
Leaving 3/10 Last Ferry
Summer Night
Leaving 3/13 Spring Breakers
The Outsider
Leaving 3/14 Aftermath
Marvel & ESPN Films Present: 1 of 1: Genesis The Assignment
The Student
Leaving 3/16 Chicken Little
Deep Undercover: Collections 1-3 Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment
Silver Linings Playbook
It only took three albums, an EP, a mixtape, and a slew of singles of guest features, but Jhene Aiko finally got to live out her fantasy of being a Disney princess. It became a reality thanks to her new music video for “Lead The Way.” The single will appear on the soundtrack for the upcoming Disney film, Raya And The Last Dragon and in the new visual, Jhene heads to the magical kingdom of Kumandra to deliver the soothing video for the song that focuses on bringing a community together to fight the toughest battles and come out on top.
The singer spoke about the song and her Disney princess dream during a recent interview on Apple Music. “The number one thing was, I heard ‘dragon,’ and I love dragons,” she explained. “I have a big dragon tattoo on my back. I was born in ’88, which is the year of the dragon. And I just think it’s a beautiful, mystical creature that is just so many things, symbolizes so many things for me, personally. I’ve always had this little fantasy of being a Disney princess, voicing one, or like being the character. And so this was the closest that I’ve gotten, so I was pretty excited.”
The video arrives just a little over a week from the Grammy awards where Jhene received three nominations including Album of the Year and Best Progressive R&B Album for Chilombo.
Rexx Life Raj has been giving fans plenty of music over the past few months and in keeping the streak alive, the Berkeley act returns with yet another offering for fans. His latest drop comes in the form of his new song and video for “Built For Everything.” Raj gives viewers his nonchalant take of the world’s most confusing aspects and just labels them as things he’ll have to accept until they one day change. Lines like, “My n**** did a bid for some weed and he still in here / The whiteboy sold the same thing, now he a millionaire,” capture the parts of society that disappoint Raj the most. Elsewhere, he throws some shade at Blueface and speaks about an untrustworthy girl in his life.
The new track joins a growing collection of songs and videos he’s shared over the past few months. His most recent release was “Bounty,” which featured production from Illmind and was later paired with a music video that portrayed Raj as a full-on desperado. He also linked with D Smoke and G-Eazy for his respective “Optimistic” and “Bounce Back” singles and later showed off his new ride in his “Telsa In A Pandemic” video. In the midst of all of this, he also dropped his Californa Poppy 2 EP, with features from Juvenile and Kojey Radical.
The streaming services, as a whole, did not falter throughout this pandemic, and in fact, some new and already successful ones popped up (HBO Max, Peacock), and another contender, Paramount+, launched earlier this week. As a result, Netflix is no longer always king of the streaming weekends, and this week, movies start to come back in a bigger way with Coming 2 America bringing us Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Wesley Snipes, and so much more incredible talent in a long-awaited sequel. More than any other gathering of selections, this solitary entry wins the weekend for Amazon Prime, but the game’s not over yet.
Netflix is bringing the quantity, but there’s a lot of quality out there elsewhere. Hulu’s got a new Frank Grillo action picture and the latest Snowfall episode; and Disney+ is bringing the WandaVision finale, along with an eye-popping adventure film that’s good for the whole family. Peacock isn’t sitting down and twiddling its fingers; instead, it’ll scare the pants off you with more Mr. Mercedes, and HBO Max has some fresh offerings as well. With that said, here’s the best of the best of this weekend’s streaming picks, and no matter what, you won’t be bored this weekend with TV.
Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime
Coming 2 America (Amazon Prime film) — The much-anticipated sequel is (according to our own Vince Mancini) a rare example of a comedy that lives up to the original with a bang-up job in the costume department to boot. The followup also, naturally, celebrates the much-heralded return of Eddie Murphy as King Akeem, who’s definitely got Arsenio Hall around as confidante while they travel from Zaumda to Queens, New York, to take things back to basics. More good news: James Earl Jones is back, and the film co-stars Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Louis Anderson, Jermaine Fowler, Bella Murphy, Rotimi, KiKi Layne, Nomzamo Mbatha, and Teyana Taylor.
Hulu
Hulu
Boss Level (FX film) — Underappreciated action hero Frank Grillo stars as a former special forces agent who’s trapped in a not-so-wacky version of a Groundhog Day-esque time loop and forced to continuously relive his own murder. Sounds like a good time! Mel Gibson plays the government agent that Grillo’s hunting down in a race against the time loop, and the film also co-stars Naomi Watts, Ken Jeong, and Annabelle Wallis. The film’s one of many upcoming projects from Grillo and director Joe Carnahan’s War Party production company.
Snowfall: Season 4 Premiere (FX on Hulu) — The John Singleton-co-created series sees Franklin’s troubles move past the gang warfare and toward Cissy while revenge is the name of the game for Teddy and Gustavo. Franklin’s still aiming to regain control over his empire resisting an all-out war of drug violence in the mid 1980s, Reagan-era streets of America.
Disney+
Marvel
Wandavision: Season Finale (Disney+ series) — Phase Four’s first official MCU entry is skillfully careening to a close after an emotional penultimate episode that promises a showdown between two powerful witches and some sort of cameo that’s been teased by (the possibly trolling) Paul Bettany. After this week, it’s all eyes forward to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, so get your wings and vibranium-arm cosplay ready.
Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney+ film) — Kelly Marie Tran stars in this ambitious fantasy film with striking visuals about Kumandra, yet another world where humans and dragons coexisted together until the dragons sacrificed themselves to save the humans. Oh, this one’s gonna be a tear-jerker but sounds like it’s entirely worth it, especially after reemerging monsters inspire a warrior to find the last living dragon and repeat the path to victory. The film integrates mythologies from many Southeast Asian cultures and promises to be a soaring ride for all ages.
Paramount+ (Launching on Thursday, March 4)
Paramount+
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Paramount+ movie) — Look for Keanu Reeves’ cameo in this irreverent animated adventure, which follows SpongeBob and Patrick, his starfish pal, looking to vindicate Mr. Krabs after he’s been framed for heisting King Neptune’s crown. In doing so, they must leave their Bikini Bottom refuge and make their way to Shell City in a journey that illuminates the power of friendship. In addition to the actual movie goodness, check out our “Rapid Fire” video with rapper 2KBaby as he looks to beat the buzzer in a quiz.
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years: Season 1 (Paramount+ series) — This accompanying prequel series (which landed on the Paramount+ launch day) follows 10-year-old Spongebob at his summer Kamp Koral, which really shakes up the kelp forest as underwater campfires are all the rage near Lake Yuckymuck.
Netflix
George DuBose/Netflix
Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell (Netflix documentary): The Notorious B.I.G. gets the celebratory spotlight in this documentary that charts his journey from hustler to rap king. It’s an origin story fit for a legend, and although his lyrics were often autobiographical, this film’s rare footage, testimonies, and in-depth interviews will teach you plenty that you didn’t know about the Hip-Hop icon before hitting play. The documentary arrives in collaboration with Biggie Smalls’ estate while looking ahead to what would have been his 50th birthday and as a followup to his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Sean Combs executive produces alongside Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace, and the film promises to reveal a side Christopher George Latore Wallace that’s never before been revealed to the public.
Pacific Rim: The Black (Netflix series): This animated series is as bonkers as the live action-ish films. There’s massive robots and Kaiju overrunning Australia, which renders the whole continent inhabitable. Amid the mayhem, two siblings search for their missing parents and basically embark upon their search by piloting a Jaeger, which is their only shot at survival. The only thing that’s missing here is an obvious ingredient: Charlie Hunnam.
Moxie (Netflix film): The streaming service is cranking out the movies (at least one per week) this year, and this series co-stars Amy Poehler as a mom with a rebellious past. That past ends up inspiring her daughter, Vivian (Hadley Robinson), to anonymously publish an underground zine (called Moxie) to expose wrongdoers at her high school. In the process, she inspires a full-on movement and revolution, which leads to a shift and power from the cliques and clubs to a better environment for all at the school. The film also stars Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Josie Totah, Anjelika Washington, Charlie Hall, Sabrina Haskett, Ike Barinholtz, and Marcia Gay Harden.
Murder Among The Mormons (Netflix limited series): Salt Lake City is struck by a series of fatal pipe bombs in 1985, and it’s easily one of the most shocking happenings in the history of the Mormon community. A criminal mastermind is to blame, and clues spring from early Mormon documents and diaries found scattered amid a rare document collection that’s in possession of one of the victims. This is a three-part miniseries and a true-crime documentary that digs into territory seldom seen for a genre that tends to focus on spooks and serial killers. Here, the main crimes in question went down in broad daylight, but as the episodes unfold, the darkness of what sparked these stunning killings slowly rises to the surface.
Peacock
Peacock
Mr. Mercedes: Season 3 (Peacock series) — The crime-thriller series that’s based upon Stephen King’s best-selling Bill Hodges Trilogy continues from executive producer David E. Kelley and director Jack Bender. Viewers know that this series brings us a very different Holly Gibney (as portrayed by Justine Lupe) than the one we witnessed on HBO’s The Outsider (as played by Cynthia Erivo), and this season was co-written by Kelley and King. Settle in as the murder of a beloved local author (and American icon) becomes the focus of Hodges, Holly, and Jerome, who find that this case is much more complex than mere cold-blooded killing.
HBO Max
HBO Max
Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests (HBO Max documentary) — Personality tests can be insightful, sure, but they can also reflect into doing more harm than good when they’re essentially applied out of context. Americans are obsessed with these things, so please enjoy this opinion-altering documentary.
Allen V. Farrow (HBO documentary series, HBO Max on Sunday) — This four part documentary series continues this weekend while digging into a notorious and still-raging scandal of what, exactly, happened with Woody Allen and his family. That includes daughter Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse against her father along with Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi, and the custody trial that grew especially ugly. In the aftermath, a sprawling family fractured, and that divide continues to this day with continuing disputes that revolve around the allegations.
Last Week Tonight: Season 8 Premiere (HBO Series, Sunday On HBO Max) — Everyone’s favorite sarcastic and satiric late-night host finally returned a few weeks ago (after blowing up 2020 and getting weird with sweet Adam Driver), and not a moment too soon. John Oliver will break down exactly what’s wrong with our society in a way that only he can do, and let’s hope that he brings back that award-winning hoodie, so we can all get fancy with him.
In the meantime, he’s also been busy relaunching the OVO Sound Radio Show with SiriusXM, notably moving the show away from its former home at Apple Music. Back to his imminent new album, for fans who are eager to trace Drake’s evolution from the early days of So Far Gone all the way up to the superstar he’s become, check out our timeline leading up to the release of Certified Lover Boyhere. But if you’d rather hear more exasperated flexes and watch him take snowy night drives, check out the video above.
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